Winners and Losers
Conflict: Stephanie vs. Illness
Winner: Illness
Ya – remember how in my last post I was feeling like I’d been hit by a bus? Turns out it was not your common cold. It was walking pneumonia. My doc gave me some horsepills and some cough syrup with codeine. I spent three days at home in bed coughing up a lung. The cough hung on for a little bit, but now I’m all better. But for the time being, it seriously kicked my butt.
Conflict: Money vs. Movies vs. Sleep
Winner: Movies
Really this was no contest. I made the best investment of my life. F.Y.E. stores have a backstage pass membership. For $25 you can have a yearly pass that gives you 10% off of everything, including sale items, and then I get 20% off during the week of my birthday!! I’m in heaven. I spend like $30 on movies a week. This conflict also means that I will stay out late at night, even though I have to get up for work at 4 am, to see very important movies (Oscar nominees especially). Yesterday Kimmy and I spent the day at the mall and saw two movies.
Subconflict: Blind Side vs. Shutter Island
Winner: Blind Side
No contest. Shutter Island was predictable, the music was AWFUL and anti-climatic. It was just…meh.
Conflict: Stress vs. Sanity
Winner: Toss-up
This one changes daily. I’ve been trying to get everything set for graduation, which includes setting up an internship for the summer. So far this has proved incredibly difficult and if I don’t get it set up in the next two weeks, I won’t graduate. Ok…so maybe stress wins. But sanity gets a few minutes when I settle down for a bath and some reading.
Conflict: Wendy’s vs. A&W vs. Burger King vs. McDonalds
Winner: A&W
Last night after our movie excitement, Kimmy and I decided to hunt for the best cheeseburger in town. We only made it to the four basics before we got so hungry we had to stop accepting applicants. Which means the Crown Burger was exempt from the contest, which is a shame because he would have surely won. A&W came in first – it was 49 cents more expesensive, but it was worth it. Followed closely by McDonalds with Wendy’s Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger coming in 3rd. It was cold, and there was too much lettuce. BK’s Jr. Whopper came in dead last. The King has been dethroned.

























