time-to-give-out-some-awards(.com)
since this is my blog, and i can talk about whatever i want, i’m going to give out two awards today, which i am calling the DOT COM award. mostly because the names of the awards are long and hyphenated, if that makes any sense (think about it):
1) the zoned-out-rocky-balboa(.com) award
today i was walking up the stairs from the burrito place on campus and i heard some aggressive stair-climbing behavior behind me; whomever this most likely athletic research scientist was ascending the concrete flight of about 25 steps - he was doing the every-other step thing. so right as this guy was going to pass me i decided to take every other step (just to make it awkward) and stay even with him - BUT, he took down the final two steps in one dramatic leap to beat me to the top in a photo finish. DAMN. he carried on as if nothing happened - one more triumph to himself, probably. (which should have been mine.) i’m sure he won’t even think or remember this event from his daily routine, so i thought i’d make all 4 of you aware of it. if you know or are this guy: congratulations, you’re really cool.
2) the hardcore-double-stuffed-oreo-eating(.com) award (awarded daily)
this trophy goes to a guy in my lab whom i saw dunking his OREO cookies in coca-cola this evening. crap, his teeth must be made out of stainless steel. i’m surprised he didn’t proceed to crush the coca-cola-logged OREO into a fine powder and SNORT it. for the illustration below, i’ve chosen to use chuck norris as a representive of hardcoreness. if you wish to contest this matter i refer you to chuck norris.
stay tuned tomorrow for point totals from the “coin flip bracket” (see below, march 15) after round 1.