ha! mr. porter, biology king. being reminded of figures from your past you haven’t thought about for years is so much fun. it’s like seeing a favorite rerun old enough where you forgot all the jokes — all you remember was how funny they were. that guy used the phrase “and now for a little review…” more than any teacher in the history of teaching. our class wasn’t always so boring though because mr. porter was so nice that the kids totally took advantage of him. it got to be a zoo in that place some days. i remember one time everyone was talking so loudly they were practically yelling, while we were supposed to be looking at things in microscopes, and one kid named drew standing up on top of his lab stool and doing some sort of dance or something… it was like i was in preschool for christ’s sake. but not in that fun build-things-with-blocks way.

last night was good. sitting around, concocting a little audio-potion to return the favor, and just being stupid and listening to some good tunes. i think tonight’s project is to burn a bunch of family guy episodes and skits from the state onto a nice handy cd library from secret sources before they disappear. such wealths of comedy are too good to be true, almost, so must be preserved before some authority swoops in and ruins the fun. that, and the utter excitement and satisfaction of an advertising midterm. do you know what phase of the advertising spiral this ad is a part of? is it pioneering? competitive? retention? oh boy, i sure hope i can figure it out!

speaking of which, i had sort of a conflict today. i’ve been thinking for a while that i’d like to go into advertising. seems like a nice thing to do with a business degree that still allows to be creative and work with creative types, work with other people, have deadlines and projects and all that to keep things interesting. but at the same time, i’m so not the mainstream consumer. i don’t read any magazines regularly. i don’t do sitcoms, or tv dramas, or any other popular programming really. i think adbusters is cool. i don’t think i would want to buy myself any of the things i would be expected to try to make other people buy… so am i just walking into a life of hypocrisy here? that’s a kind of scary thought.

maybe i should stay away from lifelong ethical dilemmas for the moment and concentrate on getting to anthropology class (for once) and finishing this mixtape. these are nice friendly little obstacles we can deal with without calling into question my whole college education. not something i need to be doing with only 2 and a half semesters left til i’m all on my own.