Things to accomplish in this lifetime:
1) Become besties with Jennifer Aniston. (We’re slowly but surely getting there. I’m convinced Jen’s hairdresser’s niece reads this blog. Yes, Memos to Myself is getting BIG TIME.)
2) Eat a piece of cheesecake and like it. (I’m really not sure what the point of a dessert is if there’s no chocolate involved. Cheese as a dessert? Really, people? Really?)
3) Beat my older brother…at anything. (This might possibly be the hardest challenge on my list to date because the man is a bionic genius…and I didn’t make that up. Someone actually referred to my brother as “a bionic genius” once. This obviously lead me to believe I was adopted.)
4) Solve a Rubik’s cube like this guy:
In an effort to cross #4 off my list, I did some research on the Rubik’s cube and found the following directions titled, “5 Simple Steps to Solving a Rubik’s Cube.”
1. Use the centers as a guide. Put the white pieces around the white center, and put the red pieces around the red center.
2. Try to find each piece on the Rubik’s Cube and decide where it belongs before making random turns.
3. Solve layers, not faces. If you get a face, try to get the side edge around the face to match in color.
4. Break and fix. You can break apart certain groups, and fix them in a certain way to accomplish your goals (note he’s not suggesting that you actually break the cube, rather break the sequence of colors).
Umm, what? I’m sorry, did you just confuse me with Good Will Hunting? Contrary to popular belief, I’m not Rain Man’s sister. Given that I don’t even understand the directions, I think I’ll stick to writing, thank you very much.
Forget #4, let’s move on to #3 on my list: beat older brother. Bionic Genius, you better watch out. I’ve been reading “The Economist” cover-to-cover and doing non-girly push-ups at the gym for the past few months in preparation. I think I’m ready: I officially challenge you to a thumb war. Bring it!
3 Comments
April 28, 2007 at 12:54 am
Listen here o’ love of my life…cheesecake is barely comparable to having “cheese for dessert.” First off, it’s sweet. Second, it typically is dressed with something sweet (chocolate, fruit, etc,). Third, the texture is the third best dessert texture there is…next to tiramisu and bananas foster, which really is the best dessert on the face of the earth.
May 1, 2007 at 11:06 am
Dude’s right, hater.
Cheesecake is for lovers.
May 4, 2007 at 8:30 am
I don’t really like cheesecake. The texture bothers me. Sorry eastcoast…
Um, so my computer I’m on here is slow and you might have already seen this or linked to it, but did you know there are speed cubers?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C05%5C03%5Cstory_3-5-2007_pg9_14
I ran across that looking up something else. Nuts! I’m way too dumb for it…