So strawberries aren't berries but bananas are

Well that’s interesting, I thought to myself as I walked on. You never know what you can learn on a poster in the fruit aisle. Well, I guess the strawberry’s seeds are on the outside, so technically they aren’t berries, but what about banan­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ − OW. I instinctively let out a “sorry” as I turn around to look at the person I just bumped into. The guy looked like he was in his mid-twenties, obese, and was wearing a gears of war t-shirt. For convenience’s sake, let’s call him Jabba. Jabba looked at me for a few seconds, then answered “Better watch yourself, kid”, in a tone that was surprisingly infuriating. Wait, kid? I’m taller than you… And it was both of our faults; you weren’t watching where you were going either. I wasn’t going to let him talk to me like that, so I hit him square in the face with all my strength; and as he fell down, I climbed onto him in victory and the lamentations of the bystanders echoed through the store. No, unfortunately that was not what happened. That was the scenario I imagined in my head as I walked away. What really happened was that I apologized again, while cursing my timid nature when dealing with strangers.

Fast forward ten minutes, and I’m at checkout. And who would be in front of me but Jabba. This time, he’s in a heated argument with the clerk. Aside from the occasional profanity every here and there, I didn’t really catch with he was saying. As Jabba finished his rant, I couldn’t help but feel sorry as I looked at the frustrated face of the clerk. But just as I thought the clerk was gonna explode, the clerk took a deep breathe, and to my pleasure, said in the most amazingly calm and professional manner − “Sir, I can tell one customer a year to go **** himself, and I am not going to waste it on you”. Instead of starting off the introductions with a list of my hobbies and such, I give you a little story that happened in a grocery store in Atlanta, Georgia this summer. Not only did I think the whole thing was immensely entertaining, but I hope by following my stream of consciousness that day, which I remember ever so vividly, I introduced myself better than if I had just listed my likes and dislikes. But now, onto the trivial stuff.

您好，我的名字是孙睿: “Hello, my name is Rui Sun”. Quite literally the only Chinese I know how to write, I remembered this line because I always thought that it would come in handy sometime in the future. That moment hasn’t happened yet, but one can hope. My biggest goal this year is to kick my habit of procrastination. So far, my goal in school has been to get an A with the minimum effort possible. It worked pretty well in elementary school, had a little trouble in middle school, and hasn’t quite worked out in high school. So with college coming up fast, I aim to give it my best effort to get the best grade possible. My other biggest obstacle has got to be the internet. I spent an extraordinary amount of time on this addiction. Whether it’s browsing reddit or playing games, whatever I do on it, I do too much. Reddit, probably my most frequented and favorite website, provides me with endless entertainment. So that's it, I hope you find my story/introduction/rant to not be a complete waste of your time. Oh yea, random picture.

tl;dr − Hi, I'm Rui.