I Love Free Stuff

There is this website deals.woot.com.  I've gotten so much free stuff from here it is crazy.  Most of the time they only have good/great deals, but if you check at the right time they have links to free samples/promotions.  Over the last month, I've gotten the following for FREE!

Adult diapers. I've got no use for these (honestly) but IT WAS FREE!  Might as well, right?  Maybe I'll get a good prank out of them.

Breathe-Right strips.  I saw the same pack at Wal-Mart for $0.99, but I got em' shipped to me for free.  I actually HOPE I get a cold soon so I can use them.

Lotion-ed Kleenex. I grew up always having to blow my nose with toilet paper.  These were like heaven.

Granola Bars.  Approximately at $0.75 value: awesome.

and my personal favorite...

Red Bull.   I was dubious about this one because it sounded too good to be true.  A 4-pack of energy drinks was delivered to my box today.  "What is this, a block of led?" said the guy from the mail center.


So free stuff rocks my socks.  I've gotten about $10 worth of free stuff in trade for a whole bunch of promotional emails probably.  And it's awesome because most of this stuff takes 2 months to get delivered.  So by the time you get it, you've forgotten that you ordered it which means a huge surprise!

Cleaning out the fridge

Today Erik made some popcorn chicken.  He decided it would go well with his bbq sauce.  He couldn't find it in our fridge because of this:

our fridge is a MESS!

So Erik was digging around in the back, and he found some milk.  This particular milk was super bloated and it happened to expire 3 months ago!!!  Jameson wanted to see it explode, so we went outside and he threw it in the road! It made a pretty good explosion, though you can't really tell in the video. I wanted to be the good guy and not litter, so I picked up to take it to the dumpster.  Grossest thing ever! I held my breath after I got a huge wiff of neurotoxic milk fumes.

We then cleaned out all of the expired food in our fridge (actually Erik cleaned it all out while Jameson and I wathced).  There was a TON of expired, moldy, and unknown substances.

...oh, and Erik found his BBQ sauce!!!

Bring in the Semester

Yay for new classes! After 2 days of classes, I can tell how this semester is gonna be. Here's my surmise for the next few months.


Looking forward to:  
American Civilizations! I've never been into history that much, but the way my professor has introduced us into the course has got me all excited. 
Chemistry! Today, there was an explosion in class. Nobody saw it coming. It's only a 1010 class so It's not gonna get too technical, so the class and lab should be fun.
Film.  Getting college credit to watch, analyze, and critique movies. 


Dreading:
Sociology. I LOVED AP psychology in high school.  Sociology sounds like a dumbed down version of psych.  The professor does seem like a cool guy though, hopefully I'll learn something new.

Trigonometry.  It turns out that the only people that take trig are engineering majors (guys).  3 girls in a class of 30 people. Odd for a college with 3x more girls than guys...other than that, it's a typical math class (bleh)

I'm a very busy man now-a-days! Not much free time at all, but if I survive it'll only make me stronger. Ugh, is that cheesy?

Wild Card Weekend

My first day on the job starts Monday, which makes me so happy!  I was really afraid I was going to have to work this weekend, which just so happens to be the first week of NFL playoffs.  My Houston Texans are playing the Bengals - loser is eliminated.

I've been wondering what the psychology is behind sports fans.  Why do I get so excited over watching a game on TV?  I came to the conclusion that sports fans feel like they are on the journey with the team.  If the team wins, then they win.  I totally agree!  When I watch the Texans, I feel a rush and it makes me super happy to see them win.  Also, while reading forums from people talking about sports, they address their favorite team as "we" rather than "they," as if they are IN the team.

Why do I like the Houston Texans?  I remember when I was in elementary school I liked the Houston Rockets basketball team because of a giant Chinese guy, Yao Ming.  Then when my roommates got me into football this year, I decided that I was going to like the Texans purely because they're from the same city as the Rockets.  Now I'm a huge fan of them!  It's really weird the way that works but honestly, being into football makes life more fun.
So good luck to the Texans this weekend!  Maybe if we're lucky, we'll make it to the Super Bowl.

Training

I watched 3 hours of safety/training videos at McDonald's the other day.  I learned sooo much! Things like "wash your hands after you go to the bathroom," and "don't serve meat raw."  It felt like a video for 1st graders, but I can't really blame McDonald's.  It must be in the video for a reason - someone has made the  mistake before.

I learned the til/cash register.  It is incredibly simple.  I could see myself having it down within a few hours of messing with it.  At Taco Time, it literally takes months to figure out everything with the til.  I really think I will enjoy this job!  Everything is really fast paced which makes time go really fast.  And the people seem really fun too (which is the main reason I loved Taco Time)

2012 - new year, new job

Yeahh I decided it's a new year and I'm going to try something new-by blogging!  Don't know if I'll ever update but I'm trying it out.

Basically my whole financial life is being held up with the money I made over the last 3 years at Taco Time.  Unfortunately it's not lasting nearly as long as I'd hoped.  It's been so depressing seeing my bank account dwindle.  But with this new semester rolling in, I've got plenty more time than I did last semester.  I applied at McDonald's.  When I was a young boy I made a life-long goal never to work there. But being older and wiser now, I've come to realize that it's necessary.  It's one of the 3-4 possible jobs in Ephraim.

Over Christmas break, I got a call from them wanting to interview me.  I came back to Ephraim a week before school started and there is no one here! It's really quite depressing.  But my interview went well and I got hired!  I've still got a whole week in this town all by myself, but at least I start training tomorrow so I don't die of loneliness.

So I'm hoping I'll love Micky D's as much as I loved Taco Time!