I cloned myself

Throughout my college career I usually hear about people never having enough time. I decided to solve this. My options were to either a] create a time machine(which is scientifically impossible I might add) or b] duplicate myself.

Thanks to the super smart programmers who discovered the miracle of copy and paste, I give you my latest project, clones of myself. I guess something went wrong in the process because it looks like one of me grew a mustache while the other now needs extremely thick glasses. Here we are discussing the best way to split homework assignments. Now that my efficiency is tripled I've noticed that the amount of girls I'm able to Facebook stalk has tripled as well.

Always classy,
David

20 years of creativity

I turned 20 years old today. I had been wanting to do something significant for my birthday, since I realized I will never been a teenager again, and decided I wanted my creativity project to tie into my birthday. I spent a few hours wondering what kind of thing to do, when I realized I had too many options, like we discussed in class. I decided to limit myself to making something out of things I already had in my apartment. I found some clear glass stones that I had from a project last year, and decided creating something with those would be perfect. I decided to write a number on each of the stones, representing a year of my life. I thought I could paint the stones after writing the number, with a color that related to that year of my life. I soon discovered that we had no paint in our apartment! I had to write on the stones with a Sharpie marker, and then paint over the back with nail polish. On the day of my birthday I went and put the stones in significant places that reminded me of that year of my life. This project, and the limitations I forced on myself, was something I wouldn’t have ordinarily done. I was really glad to have this assignment, as well as the discussion beforehand that made me realize that sometimes limitations can help us. 

P90X Combined with a Thunderstorm

I'll be honest- I love to work out. I often use some creativity in putting together my exercise options for the day and enjoy changing it up. Today, I decided to exercise in the late afternoon, and out of nowhere a huge thunderstorm came in, so I definitely wasn't going outside. The power in my apartment was going on and off, so obviously I needed to stay inside.. but I decided to put a twist on indoor exercising.

I turned off all the lights in my apartment, and decided to do a P90X workout in the dark (I did have enough light from outside though to at least see what I was doing to avoid hitting something). I propped my computer on the windowsill and did something different by having a backdrop to look out on while I exercised- for the first time doing an indoor workout, the video wasn't the focal point. While progressing through my workout, I was able to watch the lightning and rainstorm outside. Since I am also on the third floor of an apartment building, I tried doing a couple of the exercises on the couches so my jumping wouldn't be so loud for the people living below me. With this combination of new ways to complete the same exercise program, I had a much more interesting workout, and responded creatively to the present circumstances. Instead of just focusing solely on the moves the trainer was doing in the video, I saw myself in relation to the forces of nature outside and had a greater awareness of myself and my surroundings.

DO YOU WANT FREE CAFE RIO? Yes.

We, as college students, are often quite uncreative when it comes to the obtaining and making of food—even though we face near-starvation sometimes. Within our lifetime cars have become hybridized, the human genome has been mapped and CD’s have gone extinct. Yet we are STILL EATING the same old cereal and milk, or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that we ate when we were 3. We take the same old trips to the same old store to buy and eat the same old food.

This weekend I was on a creative quest to get food—good, Mexican food—through Facebook.

Facebook is a technology that I use all the time and food is something that I look for all the time. So here's how I was creative...

I found this Café Rio picture of delicious food with this caption that taunted me:

            “Free Meal Friday Contest: Who is the best football team?

            We will pick only ONE winner this time. The person who gets the most l                 Likes on their post (by Monday) wins a free football catering package                       for 20 people to use at your next game day party!”



Guess whose comment WON!? :) Go cougaaaars! Go Cafe Rio!

I sprinted around the Facebook world, as well as the real world, to tally up likes and win this contest! And it worked!

Then on Sunday, I had a spiritually creative moment/slap to the face. "Peter, you don't need 20 persons worth of food. Who really needs it?"

Now, I am on the search for a mini humanitarian project. Feed the masses (or at least 20 of them) with Cafe Rio! What hungry souls DESERVES FREE CAFE RIO? I'm open to ideas.

Creativity With a Hint of Onion

As I looked into my empty fridge tonight thinking, "I have nothing to eat," I decided to put my creativity in problem solving to the test. Thankfully my starving brain came up with a pretty yummy idea. Along with some random condiments and a wilted head of lettuce, here's what I had in my fridge: the last 1/4 of a tomato, half of a white onion, two eggs, half of a mushy avocado. Thankfully I had the sense to buy a loaf of bread Monday night on my way back into Provo after Labor Day weekend. Even though I would never think of eating eggs for dinner unless they were in fried rice, I cooked up one of the eggs by cracking it in a frying pan and covering it to be steamed. My mushy avocado spread nicely on one slice of bread to give my sandwich the perfect amount of moisture. I sliced what was left of my tomato and salted it after I laid it on the avocado-smothered bread. Next I put my steamed egg over the tomato and avocado, topped it with onions that I browned in the frying, and finally crowned my creation with another piece of wheat bread. When I cut my egg sandwich in half, the yolk broke and soaked into the bread. Usually I don't even like the yolk but it was actually really good soaked into the bread and paired with the distinct tastes from the onions, avocado, and salted tomato. Perhaps this sounds like the grossest sandwich ever, and I'll admit I was hesitant to try it, but I promise it was SO good because it was out of the ordinary for my taste buds! And yes, I realize McDonald's sells Egg McMuffins (basically egg sandwiches!), but I never would have thought to make my own sandwich with an egg - especially for dinner. I dare you to try it!

Who knew the "limitations" of being a worn-out college kid who doesn't want to cook or grocery shop and doesn't have a money tree could turn out so yummy?