jayzus jOhn ...you coulda made yer own spaghetti in that amount of time, without all the mess. Forget the microwave - it's a tool of the devil. Here's what you do:

1. Boil some water
2. When it's rolling like the sea during hurricane season, toss in some dry spaghetti. Toss in a pinch of salt too if you want.
3. Let it cook about 10 minutes (about the same amount of time you hiroshima'ed - pardon the political incorrectness - the packaged crap you put in the microwave)
4. Pour off the water (be careful here..please be really really careful)
5. Throw the spaghetti on a plate - nah, hell - forget that. Save washing a dish. Just smother everything in the pot with a jar of spaghetti sauce. Feel free to be creative here. You can cut up onion, mushrooms, garlic, whatever you fancy, and throw it in there too. Mix everything up real good, and eat it right out of the pot (reward yourself for being thrifty- remember, you didn't have to wash a plate).
6. If you really feel frisky, you can heat up some of that garlic bread in the oven while all the other stuff is going on. I usually just eat mine with white bread, nothing fancy for this old boy, maybe a little butter on the bread.

There - much better than the crap in a package, probably just a little better for you nutritionally, you get a sense of accomplishment, and you can impress your lady friends by telling them you know how to 'cook.' Then you can invite them to dinner at your place. Show them what a suave devil you are and set a lit candle in the middle of the table, just like at the restaurants. I would recommend using plates for this occasion, though - generally, it makes a better impression (although everyone communally slurping spaghetti out of the same pot does conjur up more 'intimate' images).

Happy eating, and it sure beats the hell out of a cheese sandwich.