The hunt for earbuds... and Salad Nicoise

I had another adventure today. Well, technically I have adventures every day, so it goes without saying.

On a trip to Big Lots in search of little earbuds to substitute for my gargantuan headset that I normally use, I got a glimpse of a very interesting assortment of merchandise.  Choosing the earbuds alone took plenty of time, as there were several different brands, colors, styles, and sizes. I had to make sure the driver diameter was the same, for the color that I wanted, with the correct features and most importantly, the right sized jack to plug into my computer's port. Or a CD player, for that matter. I do own a larger adapter for electronics that have a larger port...  but finding one small enough, that's the trick.
Ah well, I finally picked out a silvery-white toned set. I toured the rest of the store, pausing now and again to exclaim over some oddity or novelty.  There were hair curlers decked out in pink and black spots, funny balls of yarn in interesting color variations, all manner of good-smelling candles (always an attraction for me), psychedelic colored tinsel trees (reminiscent of Charlie Brown and the metal Christmas tree lot), framed prints, an aquarium-style lava lamp with fish instead of lava (don't ask), and the softest knit microfiber socks you ever saw.  Let's just say it was fun. I enjoy random outings like this one.

At school, I had to knock out two midterm exams, one after the next. But in between, I savored my salad nicoise, an old recipe from my childhood which my mother let me borrow for the week. For all those of you not in "the know", salad nicoise has components similar to a chef's salad. Without giving away the complete recipe, the ingredients are cooked potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, black olives, tuna, lettuce, green beans, and mayonnaise mixed with Italian salad dressing (more oil and vinegar, ironic).  In my family, we put a twist on it and make the dressing with tofu instead of mayonnaise - saves on the grease factor and adds protein! Mmmmm.
In class, we had an impromptu discussion about a particular professor who is apparently fond of dressing monochromatically - and I'm not talking black.  According to my professor and other student witnesses, he comes to class each day dressed from head to toe in a single color - sometimes a rusty brown, or a deep green, a blue or red.  Furthermore, this individual dresses solely in garments and gear labeled with a single brand name for that day. I heard that today's outfit was Adidas in green.  Turns out he's an advanced biology professor who sits on the panels for getting into med school.  Watch out! I started to joke that he might be into chromatherapy.  Remember that?

Life is definitely too short to die. Looking forward to the adventures tomorrow will bring...