I lied last week...and it worked out.

It was an honest mistake. I was late for class and forgot that the most direct route between my apartment and Business Strategy with Prof. Bonita Austin went straight through the campaign booths for student elections. I had intentionally been avoiding these folks all week. But I turned the corner and there they were. From a distance, they looked like a crowd of those giant M&Ms you see in commercials. See, each party picked a color and had Tshirts made. The Tshirts were the party’s color with some black writing. Every party supporter wore those shirts for, like, 3 weeks so that you knew which side they were on. Kinda reminded me of those huge capture-the-flag games at summer camp.

Anyway, on this particular day, there were only members of the green team and the yellow team. Apparently the orange team had been knocked out the week before in a primary election. I was fine with that. Their party name was “Synergy”. Synergy? Really? That’s such a used-up Kleenex of a buzz word from ten years ago. The yellow team was the “Go” party and the green team was the “Revolution” party. Shouldn’t the “Go” party have been green? I’m just sayin.

That’s a picture of me and a ladyfriend with one of the green team. Actually, I better not suggest that, being that I’m holding a yard of margarita. That was in Vegas. Why was I with a giant M&M in Vegas? It’s a story I love to tell but really doesn’t have anything to do with MBA school. So I’ll resist.

In defense of the ousted orange team, they gave me a fortune cookie. People used bagels, hot dogs, pancakes, and coffee to curry my vote. But I liked the fortune cookie best. I was hesitant to take it at the time. Not supposed to take candy from strangers. But I figure cookies aren’t really candy. I know, that’s dangerous thinking.

Anyway, back to my lies. I was late for my date with Prof. Austin and her Business Strategy class, so I really didn’t have time to listen to the yellow and green team spiels. So I lied. I told them I planned to vote for them. I told them I was already on their e-mail lists. I told them whatever I thought they wanted to hear. Just so long as I didn’t have to slow down or stop.

I got to class on time.

Completely unrelated…Here’s a study music recommendation. Go to http://music.aol.com/radioguide/indie-radio and click on any of the stations. That will get you into the player. Once there, in the drop downs on the left, go under Lite Sounds and select “Ambient”. Mostly instrumentals, but not relaxing. Very kinetic.