Assignment 8- Isaac

Fears: Death, not knowing something important, fear itself
Annoyances: Watching someone not know the controls to a game even though it's the tutorial and it's showing them how to do stuff but they ignore the instructions, things that are "original flavor" (other than bubble gum)
Accomplishments: Stumping an NRA lobbyist who gets paid over 110k a year just to answer questions. Also one time I won a ribbon for participation in something
Confusions: People, dating
Sorrows: stress, anxiety
Dreams: Being a games journalist, living in a city
Idiosyncrasies:Very good but selective memory, tapping the side of a plane twice before I get on it because then it "can't crash), nerd
Risks: Trying to self-teach free-running, following my ambitions
Beloved Possessions (now and then): A note from a dear friend who loves in Jersey, Hitchhiker's Guide (now), a plethora of Hot Wheels (then)
Problems: Organization, bonding w/ people

Let me be clear- I LOVE strange flavors of food. They're interesting to think about (who comes up with root beer flavored gum?) and sometimes delicious (again, root beer flavored gum). Plus, living in a house with three other people who ruthlessly take your snacks isn't easy, so if I can find a flavor that turns everyone off on sight but I adore, then it's all mine. But one thing about flavors really irks me: The"original" flavor. Bubble gum gets a pass because there's no other name for what that flavor is, but you know exactly what gum labelled with "original" will taste like. The problem is, if I hand you an "original" flavor lollipop, you have no idea what that means. The same is true for coffee creamer, Cheese-its, and Powerade, all of which have "original" flavors. I've got news for you, Coffee-Mate: JUST BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN AROUND SINCE 19-WHATEVER DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE KNOWS WHAT YOUR ORIGINAL CREAMER TASTED LIKE. CALL IT VANILLA, OR CREAM, OR SOMETHING THAT GIVES ME ANY INDICATION OF WHAT YOUR CREAMER WILL TASTE LIKE. The practice of calling a product "original" flavor is asinine, lazy, unhelpful, and flat-out rude to the consumer, and I can't stand it.