Ariele and I went to Panda Express for a quick lunch today. [In the interest of full disclosure, Ariele actually brought a smoothie from Jamba Juice into Panda Express to sit with me while I ate lunch.] At the end of the meal, Ariele asked if she could open my fortune cookie for me, which of course I said was fine. She read back the fortune, which went something like
You have a deep interest in all things artistic.
Wow. That’s fairly bold. And wrong. I have a “deep interest” in some things, but very few, if any, of those things are “artistic”. But even so, all things artistic? It was a far cry from “Your future prospects are bright”, or some such nonsense.
Maybe this is something that you have yet to learn about yourself! Or perhaps its a prediction of the future. Maybe tomorrow you’ll be walking across campus and some squirrel will throw an acorn at you, hitting you in the head and knocking all of the science right out of it, causing you to re-examine your life and discover your hidden talent as the world’s next great master artist.
Comment by Adam — November 2, 2005 @ 8:38 pm