Why is that, you might ask? Well, for starters it is because I have a lot of shit to get done and not a whole lot of free time. An extra 3 hours sounded like a great chance to get caught up on homework or add some new pieces to my portfolio or continue developing my Capstone.
That would have made me the happiest. Not because I enjoy doing all of those things, but because they need to get done and, in doing them, I would have more free time to do "happy things" later. However, I didn't do those things, because the assignment specifically forbids me from doing so.
Instead, I tried to figure out what things actually make me happy. Not surprisingly, sleeping was at the top of my list. This was followed closely by eating good food and video games. Well, I couldn't just sleep or eat or play video games for 3 hours. I mean, that's too boring to write about later.
I couldn't think of one, big, awesome thing that made me happy, so instead, over the past couple of week, I have done a lot of things that make me happy. (Warning: Lots.)
The first thing I did was called up a friend I hadn't seen in a while and asked if he'd like to go get Japanese food with me. I LOVE Japanese food and I stuffed my face with it on this occasion. A couple bowls of onion soup, large quantities of fried rice, teriyaki chicken, and some grilled steak. It was phenomenal.
My friend was complaining during the meal that he was going to have to run up to the high school afterward so that he could drop of a paper he had written. I decided that I would go with him. I really enjoyed high school and had a lot of teachers that I hadn't seen in a long, long time.
So, he went to drop off his paper and I chatted with my old art teacher for a couple hours. It was awesome! She even suggested I come by and do a couple lectures on computer graphics for her class. I am going to email her about it in the upcoming weeks.
Later in the week, my parents, my sister and her boyfriend, my girlfriend and her daughter and I all went to the Indianapolis Children's Museum. We had a great time and afterward we went to Buca Di Bepo's for some outstanding Italian food.
A few days later, I decided to check out this local video game shop that I had been hearing about. It was owned by an older gentleman and rumor had it that he possessed a lot of old systems and games. I was intrigued.
When I walked in, I was blown away. This guy had everything! I think I had to change pants. A few minutes later I was driving home with a new Nintendo Entertainment System and an assload of games.
The last thing I did, wasn't really for me, but it made me happy so I think it counts. I decided to take my girlfriend's daughter to Chuck E. Cheese. She rode the little mechanical cars, got her picture taken with Chuck E., and even won some tickets and got some candy and stickers to take home with her.
After that we went to a Chinese buffet that we had never been to before. This can be risky, but it paid off this time. They had this unnamed chicken dish that was out of this world. I almost tried to sneak some out with me. It was so good, I have been craving it ever since... Like, I'd go right now.
So, my Bliss assignment turned into about 6 Bliss assignments in order to meet the requirements. I had a good time and it was nice to forget about deadlines and commitments for a little while. Ultimately, I still had to come home and do homework and projects though, and knowing that, it was hard to really enjoy myself as much as I could have.
This assignment really reinforced my desire to pound out this last year and a half of school and get on with my life. I love the work I do here, but I am ready to make a living doing it so that I don't have to spend all my time making money and doing what I love separately.
Anyways, on to the Stuffed Animal Business.
This one was easy. It wasn't super creative or anything like that, but I had to do it.
As soon as you threw my stuffed animal to me I noticed that it still had the tag on it. I read it and saw that it was a "limited edition Rocky and Bullwinkle stuffed animal." Apparently, this thing was only available at CVS for a short period of time in 1999.
I wasn't about to do anything damaging to this stuffed animal until I saw how much it was worth. Ebay. Turns out, this thing is actually worth 60 times what it was purchased for. OMGOMGOMG!! Exciting right?!?!
Nah... It was on clearance and only being sold for $0.50...
So, I could sell it for $30.00... Not bad, but I'm not sure if it is worth my time to try and find a buyer or pay to ship it and all that jazz. Still, kind of funny to think that you threw 30 bucks at me last class.
Anyways, if I decide to sell it, I will probably use the money to make some food item for all the members of the class. Or just buy gas... have you seen that ridiculous shit? I am a college student!
Well, I think that's about it for this edition of the Almighty Helmet's blog entry. Later bitches!
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