How Full Is Your Bucket? Oh, wait. Do you HAVE a Bucket?

This just in: willing the universe is for professionals only and should not be relied upon for day-to-day conveniences.

Today (in retrospect, of course) I discovered that the Universe-Willing technique is not only unreliable, but can backfire if used incorrectly. I guess I should start with the night before-hand. I willed myself to sleep. Success. Today. I first exercised my willpower to force my phone to be loud enough to wake me up. I obviously over-did it a little and woke up my roommate, Samyak, all the way from the living room. He proceeded to come out of our room, into the living room, turn off my cell phone's volume, and return to bed. Failure.

I then proceeded to will my roommate to get out of the shower. It must take a little longer for the psionic signals to penetrate the shower curtains, 'cause it waited til 7:54 to work. Six minutes before my first class. And then my other roommate decided to rush in; must've been urgent. Nope! Just showerin'. By this time I thought I should just give up. But no! We must stay positive!

I began to walk, showerless 'n' all, to campus. A thirty minute walk...unless you run. Yes, that toolbox with his head down, backpack up, joggin' to class like he's got somethin' to show? That was me. I half-heartedly attempted to will someone to stop and give me a ride, but I think I'll be retaining my powers to eco-friendly products. Namely printers.