one of these things is not like the other

at one of the many orientation events i've attended over the past week, we were encouraged to take part in a fun (read: lame) activity in which we "got to know" two other postgrad students. we had to obtain basic info from these other students, including "the person in the world you would most like to meet," and submit our form into a drawing for a $50 book voucher.

normally i would have scoffed at such an activity, but as i have been without gainful employment for over a month, the lure of the prize was too strong to resist. thus, i threw myself into the assignment with the sort of enthusiasm that only the promise of free money can elicit. the first student i met was a middle-aged urban planning/social policy student from geelong; the other was a business student from india. i'd like to share with you now our answers to the "person we'd most like to meet" question:

student 1: nelson mandela
student 2: jesus christ
me: stephen colbert

and i almost put david bowie.

and no, we didn't win the book voucher.