Fishing.

Asian Wayne Campbell says "Zang!"

Recently it occurred to me that fishing is the greatest, most useful metaphor for life. The secret behind fishing's utility is its versatility. Literally anything can be compared to fishing. Whether it is tying a hook onto a fishing line, skewering live bait on the hook, casting a line, waiting for fish to bite, fighting a fish caught on the line, reeling a fish in, gutting a fish; all of these actions can be used to describe life.

Lets give this a try by talking about my life in terms of fishing:

On The Soda Machine Eating My Quarters:
"Fish ate my bait!"

On Being In Grad School:
"I'm holding on for dear life to this fishing rod."

On Quals:
"I'll get that sucker on my next cast."

On Research:
"The fishing line is snagged in the reel and my bait is dying."

On Taking Only One Class This Semester:
"I'm reeling it in, no problem."

On The Weather Getting Colder:
"This is just like ice fishing."

On Playing Halo Reach:
"Just like fishing, I don't get to do it as much as I want to."

On Being Optimistic:
"I'm going to land the big one!"

On Dating:
"No fish are biting, the bait is dead, and theres a hole in the boat"