eating blindly

on my walk home today, i found the famous campus ice cream store. because i live in wisconsin, and we are known for our dairy and all that jazz, our ice cream is especially good. and even though i can't eat ice cream (or dairy for that matter) i was craving some ice cream, so i threw the 'rules' out the window, and walked in. the store was amazing, filled with multitudes of ice cream flavors. i looked at the board, and one stood out to me. jump round. it's description "bright red, vanilla-flavored ice cream with white marshmallow swirls and chocolate-covered peanut butter footballs." i sampled, i liked, i bought. as i walked out the doors of the ice cream shop, a sign caught my eyes.

"food panel today" ohhh free food!! now anything free makes me happy, but i was in an unusual hungry mood, so i put my ice cream aside, sat at the booth and raised the little door. out slid a questionnaire of multiple pages. i quickly skimmed the front page and signed my name at the bottom. 30 seconds later a tray was pushed out the miniature door filled with two plates of what looked like the same food. i tasted both and began filling out the questionnaire. i soon realized i was supposed to do it one at a time. the food, to say the least, was awful. hahahaha. it was some kind of ham and cheese and egg precooked frozen meal. i gulped down a few bites and marked terrible for everything. i opened up the little door, slid back in the tray and questionnaire, took my ice cream and left the dairy store.

the experience was good. i now know where to find free food when i want it, but i am weary of what they will try giving me to taste test. i wish i would have gotten monetary compensation, a warning about what i was eating, even a verbal 'thank you' would have been nice. but i am okay what what i earned. for the 15 minutes i sat at that little booth, i helped some research efforts, and for that i feel accomplished.

hmm... as far as classes. biomolecular chemistry was interesting. i tried to make friends, sitting next to a random boy. he looked nice and normal, but when i sat down and tried to make conversation, i realized looks can be deceiving. he was quiet, mumbled and didn't comply with answering the simple questions i asked. after giving up on him, a girl came and sat next to me. it was her first day and i talked with her for a bit. she seemed nice and decent. however, she texted through the entire lecture and left early. so much for her good grade. maybe next time i'll make a friend. it's worth it. with that class, suffering with someone is so much better than suffering alone...