Our eyes had caught for a moment, as was common with strangers in crowds, but this time it felt odd.
His eyes were dark, grim, and blood-shot; the people nearest him glanced at his face, moved farther away, and hurried onward, and I felt sure that his expression had changed dramatically as soon as his eyes focused on mine.
He had looked almost... triumphant.
But the next second I was through the door and in the donut shop, and I forgot momentarily about him in my haste to order.
When I came out, he was sitting at a small table at the outdoor restaurant a few stores over, his slickly polished briefcase on the table, and his position was such that he faced the donut shop door.
As I saw him, I began to turn away as I remembered his odd stare, but was too late.
He looked up at me, reached for his briefcase, and began to get up.
I spun around and practically ran through the crowd, slipping between various people and glancing over my shoulder.
My inexplicable feeling of danger was not an illusion - the mysterious man was pushing his way through the crowd, hurrying after me, clutching his briefcase, and wearing a determined look.
I knew I wouldn't be able to evade him for long. I needed a distraction.
I turned the corner onto another street; this one's sidewalks were filled with tourists and little kiosks, and the street had no cars. I stopped running as I made my way along the thickly crowded sidewalk, fumbling in my pocket, and praying for enough time.
After I dropped the smoke bomb and went into the back streets, the mysterious man had vanished.
I had caught only one last look at him before I had made my move. He had been running down the sidewalk, briefcase swinging wildly in the air, and then it had caught on a nearby kiosk - the little wooden stand toppled over, landing on top of him and its manager - and a cascade of used books flapped up into the air like old brown birds.
The smoke bomb had only served to further confuse the tourists, as most of them were standing around gaping at the collapsed kiosk, and when the smoke and light filled the air, they stampeded away from the street and exactly where I had planned them to go.
The mysterious man would've had quite a headache extricating himself from the books, the kiosk, the incensed manager, and the throngs of terrified and 911-dialing people now surrounding him.
Which is probably the only reason why I made it back to my apartment.
Dear reader, I have moved. Again.
I suppose you are wondering why I'm not used to this by now, but since that is secret, secret, secret information, I am not going to tell you. Ha ha ha!
I was forced to leave my nice new couch (sniff, pout), but I brought Hypnos with me, thank goodness.
Today's Topic of the Day:
Majors.
Yes, today's topic is about Select Categories of Students' Interests!
I shall list a few CSUF Majors for you:
1. Business
2. Communication
3. Nursing
4. The Best of All Time Ever For Ever and Ever and EVER: ENGLISH
5. Some Boring Thing like Biology
6. Math (Equals Barf)
7. Political Science (this one is actually halfway interesting, so check it out)
8. Engineering
9. Geology (ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)
10. Anthropology
11. Psychology (also sort of interesting - I took a Psychology class and liked it!)
12. History.
So, dear reader, you might like to hear my insights on my Major.
I will not go into them.
If you really want to know what kinds of jobs to look forward to if you become an English major, read on.
NONE.
Well, that is a bit exaggerated.
You could maybe become a writer, but you'd starve. You could work on a newspaper, but soon they will all go out of business or part of the Internet, so that is depressing. You could review books, but there's a lot of book reviewers - are you sure they'd hire you? You could slave away at a different job during the day, and write when you get home, but I daresay you'd be too exhausted to write anything any good.
That is exaggerated also, dear reader!
Here is my advice:
Do what you want to do, but do it well. Perfect it. In the meantime, stack up your other options. If you are any good at anything else, work on that. Apply to any place that will hire you. Keep going. Don't give up.
As for all those other Majors, I will tell you about what they will be doing in the future:
1. Business Majors: will rule the world. I'm not kidding. I mean, they know how to run everything! How to hire employees, and make them work, and all about economics!
2. Communication Majors: will be the peacemakers. As in ambassadors, speech givers, political candidates. They will work under Business Majors.
3. Nursing/Medical Majors: will patch everyone up and earn lots of money. This is quite obvious, but also good to know if you're in the dark. If you're sick, injured, or mentally confused, go to one of these people and ask for advice. They will probably work under Business Majors too, although I bet some of them will end up being heads of hospitals and other important things.
4. English Majors: will write dissertations, become English Professors, and writers, and continue to read avidly. We will probably work for Business Majors, although some of us stick our noses in the air when confronted with authority, and will end up working for ourselves on the street somewhere.
5. Biology/Other Science Majors: will also rule the world. They will become scientists, researchers, and those other smart (and occasionally not so smart) people that show up on the news to discuss relevant scientific events. These are the people you turn to when there is an earthquake or other natural disaster, or when there is an epidemic of something. They're also the ones the government turns to, so they're rather important.
6. Math Majors: must I write about them? It goes against my very nature!!!!!!!!!!! All right, fine. These...people...will....become....teachers...and other boring math things...and they will...probably...also...rule...the...world........arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
7. Political Science Majors: will become some of those nice people that beat up bad guys and put them in prison. Yay! They will also be Supreme Court Justices, Congressmen/women, Speakers of the House (and etc.), and last, but not least, LAWYERS! Oooooooooh....Ahhhhh...
8. Engineering Majors: will write complicated computer programs and advance technology. They are cool. They will probably also rule the world.
9. Anthropology Majors: will travel to distant parts of the world, hang out with people I've never heard of, write books and dissertations and other long things about them and their cultures, and then travel back and become Anthropology Professors. These people are also scientists sometimes.
10. Psychology Majors: will understand somewhat how people think and why people do what they do, although I daresay they will be stumped by me! I presume that these people will end up running their own practices and working in various jobs. They may not rule the world, although they will probably say they understand it a whole lot better than other people do.
11. History Majors: are very important, for all you readers who disagree. They will be the ones to write down things about our current time period, look to the past and point out our mistakes, and remember those who have done great things. Hopefully, a few of them will put me down in history also. These people are mostly ignored nowadays, as they end up being behind-the-scenes sort of people, working in museums, as History Professors, writing History Books, and discussing old things like why the French Revolution happened. I would like to say, although very tentatively, that these people are just as important as all those hot shot Math Majors and Biology people.
So those are my opinions on Majors.
On a side note, an interesting thing happened today.
I was at CSUF, picking up my box of Fried Zucchini from the sundial, and sneaking successfully around.
Then I went home and sat on my floor. I have no furniture yet.
Hypnos sat down next to me and fell asleep sitting up.
After I ate all the Fried Zucchini, I looked in the bottom of the box (for no reason, really. I guess I was curious?) and saw something altogether fascinating.
It was a note.
Dear Anonymous Titan,
I hope you enjoy the fried zucchini.
- C. Mason
So I flipped it over.
There was an address on the back, which I shan't write here, but I think I may write back.
I'll tell you when this mysterious person sends another note.
Tips of the Day:
Tip #51: Enjoy the summer weather. Go for a walk in the morning, before it gets too hot! Go to the mall. Go to a store. Go to a museum, a park, a beach, or a restaurant. Then look around and enjoy it! I suggest that you buy a souvenir to remember your happy day by. Or draw a picture, write a poem, or a haiku (those are fun) or go outside and lie on the grass and count the birds that fly over. Watch out for falling poop.
Tip #52: Write a haiku and put it on the sundial. I have enough Fried Zucchini for now, dear reader. Here is a haiku I wrote:
I see the morning
Bright light breaks on green-gold leaves
Why's it so darn hot?!
So send them to me!!!!!!
Please, nothing mushy or overtly romantic.
And no more food, although I did appreciate your gifts.. It's too hot for food to sit out all day on the sundial. Adios, melted fried zucchini.
Farewell, all you other readers. Have a nice day.
