Score!

I've written in the past about how much I love getting free stuff, today has been a bonanza of free stuff. When I opened my box of Frosted Mini Wheats this morning, there was a free pedometer in it! It's got a picture of Tucan Sam and everything! I'm not sure if it's the best quality - before I left the house this morning it said that I had taken 703 steps even though I just sat at the table watching Saved by the Bell as I ate my cereal - but it was free, so can't complain. Plus, I bought two boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats, so I'll have another free pedometer to look forward to in a few days.

After I taught my class I headed over to Pierpont Commons to use the computer lab, and stepped into the career fair, a.k.a. the motherload of free stuff. Almost all the students there were dressed up in suits to impress the recruiters, so no one at the booths was even paying any attention to me as I brazenly walked right up to the table and grabbed their swag. Among my haul were such items as: two t-shirts (from Rolls-Royce and some submolecular research group), a bunch of pens, a USB drive that I can plug my camera's memory card into (yay - no more clunky wires and draining my camera's battery while I pull pictures off), a roll of chapstick (courtesy of Bain & Company), and a John Deere hat (now I can look just like Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan!).

My only regret is that I'm now in my (gasp!) eighth year of college and I've only now discovered the splendors of the career fair. So if you know of any upcoming career fairs or other events with free swag (the Oscars or Emmys, for instance), give me a call.

Editor's note: Later last night after posting this I scored once again - I enrolled for my new free health and dental insurance plan! I guess that GEO strike I participated in back in March was worth it after all.