cursed liar!!

one of life's most difficult decisions has to be choosing a doughnut. whether it be cinnamon or boston cream, each and every doughnut has something good to offer. thus was the dilemma i faced not too long ago. with a large box of doughnuts in front of me, i had to choose but one to indulge myself with. unlike some doughnuts, these were the non-holed/filled variety, each with a little something peaking out of the center, suggesting of its contents. perhaps i should get one with cherry? or maybe lemon? as i laid eyes on the one doughnut, i just knew it had to be mine. it had a dollop of chocolate icing peeking out from the hole in the middle. excitedly i got a napkin and swooped it up. as i walked back to my cube, i stopped by some co-workers' cubes to chat a bit and show off my chocolate icing doughnut--my first ever! so after parading around my doughnut, i arrived at my desk to enjoy my newly gotten treat. the first bite into this doughnut didn't yield any chocolate icing. no big deal, a lot of times, the filling doesn't get properly distributed, so i took a second bite. again. no chocolate icing. and then a third. and a fourth. it turns out that the doughnut was a complete fraud. there was no chocolate icing inside it at all! there was just that small dollop on the surface, pretending as if there were more on the inside. never has the words "don't judge a book by its cover" ever rung so true.

stupid doughnut.

cash or wood?

today, i was surprised to receive an email at work with a big "Congratulations" in the subject, followed by a declaration that i had won an award. now i normally don't open the "you've won a million dollars!" or "click to get your reward" emails, but this was at work, and i typically don't receive much spam here. anyway, apparently i did receive a reward for doing something or other at work and i get a prize! i get to choose between an engraved plaque or a $35 visa gift card. and therein lies the dilemma.

what would i do with a visa gift card? it's only $35, which might be enough to pay my gas bill. or maybe partially fill my gas tank. in other words, it's a drop in the bucket and i'm too practical and will probably just end up spending it on my essentials. but then again, what good is a plaque? it's a piece of wood with my name on it and is good for hanging up. in other words, useless. so now what?

interestingly enough, the email doesn't contain any mention of why/how i got this reward. so i'm still a bit in the dark, but hey, i'm not gonna complain.

wine of the leet.

so i went to buy some wine yesterday. why? i'm not really sure. i just have this conception that sophisticated people drink wine. and besides, dealing with a quarter life crisis and not being able to drown myself in good wine would hardly be appropriate.

not knowing much about wine, i starting perusing without really anything in mind. i figured something from california would be both economical and tasty. one bottle was able to catch my attention with a prominent "1337" printed on the label. well, actually it was "337", but at first glance i thought it was a bottle of wine for 1337 h4x0rs like myself. how could i possibly pass this one up?

so i took this bottle of cabernet sauvignon home and had a little taste. to be honest, i thought it was okay. but then again, it could just be my insensitive palate. i guess it will come with experience. does anyone want to go wine tasting with me?