Fortune Cookies & Bad Fortunes

Upon my recent visit to the Szechuan (Shesh-wan) Inn, a Chinese food establishment in Orange City, two of my friends recieved disturbing messages in their fortune cookies.

Message #1: "God will give you everything that you want."

Now wait a second. The last I knew was that China was a communist country in which it was illegal to distribute the Holy Bible. And to have a fortune cookie say to Lawren that God is going to give him everything that he wants, I'm seeing a little discrepency here.

Message #2: "The will of the people is the best law."

My goodness. First of all, how is this message a message of fortune? Second of all, does this mean that whatever the people want is the proper way?

I don't know who is in charge of writing these fortune cookie messages, but their employment needs to be seriously questioned.

Lastly, what about the message that I got? Well, I refused to take a fortune cookie from the waitress who tried to force one on me. She asked how I can come to a Chinese Restaurant and not leave with a fortune cookie. I had to politely explain to her that although Chinese food was on the menu, this was by no means an authentic Chinese Restaurant. Having a photo of the Great Wall of China on the wall does not constitute a Chinese Restaurant.

0-3

Intramurals can be fun and exciting, even with an 0-3 record. I, the captain of the Switch-Hitters, have yet to win a game. We're off to a shaky start that may result in not making the playoffs this year. But thats ok--we're having fun.

We are by no means a great softball team, but we do have our strengths. Our infield is our forte`, our pitching is accurate and consistent, and our outfield (led by me) is a quality outfield.

As a captain, I have responsibilities to make sure we do our best to win--forget that. I have the most fun when our team can make comments about the other team, or when my team makes fun of me for being struck out by a girl tonight.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still competitive and I like winning, but this is intramurals. Having fun with your team is what matters.