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Ever since I was a child, I've always been drawn towards eating.  My passion for meals can even border on the obsessive.  Sometimes I feel I can't live without food.  As a child with a natural--some may call unhealthy--proclivity toward dinner, I am certain that I can make positive contributions to the Pierson dining hall community.  Whether it's consuming the more obscure dishes like Gaelic soup, bussing my tray in a timely effective manner, or chatting with friends at the frozen yogurt machine, my leadership abilities and thirst for knowledge and Orange-Guava juice make me an ideal dinner eating prospect.  Also, my father had dinner in Pierson in 1975.

Letters of Recommendation:

Aunt Jemima - Director of Undergraduate Studies: Maple Syrup Relations

Captain Crunch - Visiting Lecturer: Grand Naval Tactics and Whole Grain Wheat.

Are you applying for dinner anywhere else: 

I'm also interested in the dinner program offered at Davenport, but Pierson's variety, dessert options, and sheer abundance of meat make it my first choice.

What other eating time commitments do you have for this evening: 

I participate in midnight snacking on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 11:30-12:45.  Of course, if accepted to have dinner in Pierson, it will be my chief commitment and primary food source for this evening.

Are you applying for Accelerated Food Perspectives and Applied Utensils (AFPAU): 

Yes.  I also have a fellowship from the United States General Dinner Grant (USGDG).

What are your Dinner Entrance Exam scores:

Tray Balance - 720

Etiquette - 4 out of 5

Bacon - YES

ESSAY:  "It's not the presence of food that creates a man's character, but how he reacts to it."  In no more than 500 words, explain a time in your life when you felt threatened by a fruit or vegetable, and overcame an obstacle to prove them all wrong."

My essay, "Alone and Seedless," is attached.

Is there anything else you'd like to add to your application:

I've enclosed pieces of my previous meals and video samples of my eating techniques.  I have also attached a CD of three songs I composed "Creamy Corn Casserole Blues"  "You gonna eat that... (No, seriously are You?)" and "Mango, Mango, Everybody Mango!"

 Thank you for applying to eat Dinner at Pierson.  1^st round Interviews will be held tonight at 4:30;  2^nd round interviews are at 5:15.  Tap night is at 6pm.  Bring a napkin.