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.