posted 2003/09/03 at 21:07
So here's a little slice of my messed up life for you ...
Today was the Student Activities Fair at UT. You know, where all the organizations set up tables outside to try to recruit new members and all of that. I had to run the Spectrum table, so I got in early, and spent about two hours (with a break in between for a class) outside, making sure people didn't take too many free condoms at once, answering questions and all that. I wasn't harrassed the whole time I was there, so I guess it was a success.
The thing is, when I got done there, I realized that I'd emptied my water bottle. Now, I normally carry around a thirty-three ounce Water Joe bottle (the venerated "Joey Absopure" for those of you who remember back that far), and normally it lasts me through the day. But I still had five hours before my last class let out. So I went down to the vending machines in the Student Union to get a bottled water, right?
I go down there, and it's a buck for a twenty-ounce bottle. Not quite as cheap as the mammoth jugs of Absopure at the house, but I gotta have something, right? The thing is, I had two choices for water: Dasani, which is made by the Coca-Cola Company; and Aquafina, which is made by PepsiCo. And I swear, I must have stood there for about three minutes, going through in my head all I knew about the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, trying to figure out which company it would be less offensive to buy the water from.
I think I need a break from politics. Now.
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