There are many wonderful things that make life worth living. You all know the standard list: raindrops on roses, wiskers on kittens, etc. Well I've recently added to that list. Free t-shirts. And there's no better place to collect them than right here at BYU. So this week my quest for free shirts began in two ways.
1. Intramural sports. Although the high school glory days of varsity sports are long gone, there are tons of opportunities to play competitively on campus. I've joined a soccer team and a tennis tournament. Yeah, it's great fun to get out and play the sports I loved so much in high school; to have good, wholesome, sportsmanlike competition; and to burn off all the free donuts and ice cream I downed at the last ward social. But let's not kid ourselves - those aren't the reasons you play intramurals. The ultimate goal? Win the most coveted free T shirt on campus: Intramural Champion 2009.
Unfortunately, getting the intramural champion shirt has one tricky catch. You have to win. So I've found another way to reach my goal of T shirt acquisition.
2. Participate in school-sponsored causes. My econ 110 professor claims that nothing is really free. The saying goes, "there's no such thing as a free lunch." While in theory that may be true, in reality I was recently fed a delicious lunch of cookies and juice and didn't pay a cent. Another thing I didn't pay for is the shirt I'm wearing - I Bleed True Blue. So what if I had to invest an hour of my Thursday and donate a pint of myself to the blood bank? Those things don't come out of my bank account.
Now, I know what you're thinking - how can an afternoon possibly get any sweeter than a free lunch that comes with a free shirt, right? Well how about two free shirts! It's like getting two toys with your happy meal, just when you thought it couldn't get any happier. And for the second, all I had to do was fumble around campus blind for a while. Some people may think it's a bad idea to wear tunnel-vision goggles for two hours while already on the verge of fainting from blood loss. Well it's those same people who will never truly appreciate what it must be like for someone with tunnel vision to donate blood. Thanks to Disability Awareness Week and the blood drive going on simultaneously, I was able to experience just that. . . and get two free shirts.
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Once again Sam you brought a smile, actually a chuckle (and if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to wake up your Dad who was sleeping on the bed a few feet away from me, a full all out laugh) to my day. Thank You. You should get a free t-shirt for that.
ReplyDeleteHaha...I'm happy to hear you are continuing your collection of free t-shirts. They can go right up there with your "I love old people" shirt. Good luck with the intramural t-shirt! I am trying to get one too(with soccer and kickball), but since we aren't competing against each other, I can still wish you luck! :)
ReplyDeleteSam - this post was awesome. I am totally blog-stalking you now b/c i think you are a great writer. (Plus - if you consider that I was technically 'invited' to read your blog by your mom and that I am also your favorite aunt - then it may not actually be considered a 'blogstalk').
ReplyDeleteI used to donate blood every 8 weeks when I was at the Y and I also participated in the disability awareness thing when I was there - only I had to walk around with crutches or something. And I NEVER GOT NO STINKIN' T-SHIRT for either of those things!!! I'm just sayin'...