Cheese Dip. Now That Could Save the World.

I may have won this battle but the war is far from over.

I'm sure you remember my endlessly talking about how I despised my film class this semester due to it's INSANE grading policies. Well, I just got the grade back for my big scene review project and it was an astounding "A!" That's a good 25% of my final grade that is solidly taken care of and a huge sigh of relief. My respite must be brief, however, due to the fact that quizzes are still to come as well as my uber hard final paper and final exam (collectively 50% of my grade.)

But I know people don't come to WilmingSloan to hear about my depressingly normal student life. Or if you do I must question the quality of life of those who read it.
Juuuust kidding...
So now I'm going to go into a completely random story, as is become my custom.

Tonight's topic will be restaurant decorations and how they can be related to people, (top that for randomness!)

Earlier this evening the family and myself went to the oh so enjoyable restaurant Ruby Tuesday. Please note that there is not possessive "s" attached to the "Tuesday." This is a common mistake that even I must admit to having made quite frequently.
While I was in there I glanced around at all the decorations they put up on the walls. Movie posters, college flags, North Carolina tid bits, you guys know what I'm talking about. Just random crap. If I were in the movie Office Space I suppose I would call it flack. Well, I got to thinking about it and all that crap is pretty interesting.
You know that Ruby Tuesday and Applebee's and all those places that do that kind of stuff have to send someone in to find all the local stuff out about a place. Of course, these people only hit the bigger, general, more obvious stuff about a place and miss the little details. They go in and get the high school jerseys, trophies, newspapers, ect. ect. I guess that makes them feel like they're fitting in with the location but to the actual locals, we feel it an awkward attempt.
Then I started thinking about how I know people just like these restaurants. The only way I could identify it was by the emotion or feeling that I got from it. In my life I have met so many people that are absolutely astounding and gathering superficial details about how to fit in and implementing them in their life. They usually have a lot of "friends" and get higher up on the popularity ladder but if someone they're trying to emulate really gets to know them, it's just awkward for them.
Believe it or not, there are some people out there that try to emulate nerds. As a card-carrying nerd these people in particular stick out like sore thumbs to me. The only reason I can guess as to why they would want to do this is because, being unable to define themselves personally, they attach a proxy identity to themselves based on the identity of someone they admire or enjoy the company of. Sadly, it just doesn't work.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying these are bad people. To some extent we all define ourselves through observations we make of others. I think its just that some of us do it less consciously than others. That makes a big difference.

The U.S.S. Constitution, which is now docked in Boston Harbor, packed some heat. 52 cannons worth of heat to be exact. Now get your music pirating butt off the internet before in sails in and takes over your booty!