Middle--that's where I've been since forever. Looking back, I realized that I rarely took a definite stand on things. In most situations, I always pick the "safest routes," the "maybes," the "OK langs," and the like. I steered clear of sides, thinking that grounding myself in the middle will prevent me from regretting my decision if the side I picked turned out to suck.

A while ago, however, taking the safe route bit me in the ass, big time. And now I feel like crap.

It's the last day for midterms, and I have the burden of taking two midterm exams for major subjects today. The first one was easy; since it was a back subject, it dealt with elementary stuff. The last exam, however, was hell. I'm glad I still have my hair after the test--I was pulling it so hard while answering the exam, hoping to squeeze every last drop of correct answer from my brain.

I don't understand the fascination with automated test checkers, but our school suddenly ordered that all tests be of the multiple choice type. Easy, right? Well, apparently not. Our professor, who usually gives essay-type tests, joined the bandwagon and made a multiple choice type test. The catch is, almost all choices were variations of: true, false, always, seldom, maybe, perhaps, yes, and no. I usually do not give a flying frak on true/false tests, but this one was just insulting.

Note to self: NEVER ANSWER WITH A 'MAYBE'. When I saw the choices, my fascination for the safe route kicked in, and I suddenly found myself knocking myself out with maybes, seldoms, and perhapses. And since every item was situational, I just helped myself with safe-route answers.

We checked our papers afterwards, and from what I've gathered, I ranked third from lowest. Crap. Thank you, frakking uncertain multiple choice choices. Hope to never see you again.