Random Thought Deposit

If my thoughts were like grains of rice (or some other non-perishable good), this particular entry is akin to a burlap bag into which I can place said grains so as to make room for others.

Did that make any sense? Man, I hope so cuz that took a while to think up there.

Okay. I thought this was somewhat amusing. This is an ad from microsoft. I don't know if you can read it, but it is for "the new msn Search." It says "Have questions, get answers with Instant Answers." Okay... who was the brain-box behind the Instant Answers campaign? Now you can get answers with answers, but these answers are of the instant sophistication. Wait, it gets better. The sample query is "Where is champagne?" A reasonable question, as many people know of the beverage, but not the geographic location that this particular libation hails from. Thanks to the magic of Microsoft's new Instant Answers we get solid results: "Champagne (wine) sparkling wine produced by a traditional method in the Champagne region around..." Now, perhaps I am just not quite as clever as those hepcats from MS, but all this search has managed to tell us is that champagne is located in the Champagne region. Magnificent. I am so glad to see that Microsoft is continuing its tradition of excellence.

Next thought: College is weird this year. I have a roommate... I mean, he's a close friend of mine, but still. I got a single freshman year and I was a sponsor last year, so this is a relatively new experience for me. I'm also going to be working a lot harder. Last semester was my hardest so far (including my brief stint in the science world), and yet I managed to get really decent marks. I need to start figuring out my life. Damn... I mean, where am I living next summer? How am I going to get a job? What are my goals after college? I have to start thinking about all this junk now and it's creepin' me out. I kinda just want to be a kid again.

That's a funny thought: being a kid again. I've been feeling recently that I am sort of growing out of college. I mean, I love it here. I love going to school, hanging out with friends, etc. but the thing that gets me is the college social life. I mean, talk about banal. Every weekend it's the o so common "what are we going to do tonight?" and the answer is always something to do with sleazy college parties and alcohol. Surprise! I'm bored of that. I want a real life where I do real things. I sowed my oats freshman year, and now I'm actually proud of the fact that I can remember what I did on a given night. It's ridiculous. This weekend, for instance: dry week ended for almost all (all?) of the colleges except for Pomona. So what happened? College kids swarmed like flies around a dead animal. What the hell? It looked like someone had detonated a small thermonuclear device at CMC. I wanted to drag some cops up there just so they could bust people on littering alone. Wow, such egregious disrespect for... everything.

Blah.

Okay, I need to wake up early for class, so I should make the 2ft trek to my bed. Goodnighter.

Thoughts deposited.