Monday, August 22, 2005

The first thing I vow to do as soon as I get on campus (after I track down a computer savy friend and have him get all of those awesome programs and games back on my computer and fix my stupid video card, of course) is figure out how to post pictures on here and then put up at least one good/funny pic of me or an event on campus during the week. I think it'll make the site better.

So tonight at work me and this other dude (whose stupidity annoys me greatly) were sitting around talking during a looooong lull in customers. For whatever reason we were on the topic of my hair (I'm not vain or anything....for some reason, though, it's often in conversation). Anyway, I was telling him that I was going to get it trimmed shorter again, since it's been a while (April) since I got it cut. Here's the conversation:
Me: Yeah, I need to get it cut back again.
Him: You're going to cut it short? Why?
Me: No, just shorter. I'll get it cut way short when I graduate, though.
Him: Why don't you just leave it long?
Me: 'Cause then I'll be preparing for interviews and "The Man" says I need it short for that.
Him: "The Man?" Who is that?

I couldn't believe it. How could this kid never have heard of "The Man." Isn't that common knowledge in our culture? "You gotta fight The Man." "Don't let the man get you down." "The Man always steals your paycheck." But this kid looked at me like I was stupid. Said I watched too much T.V. Unbelievable. Please tell me you all know about "The Man."