extended VROOM

last night was interesting. studying with strangers is something i never minded as long as they were a comfortable distance away. not at the same table. and to end up with them in the engineering building at ungodly hours of the night... unexpected.

there's this stigma about the engineering department that they're a bunch of geeky guys that hang out in an old building because they have nothing better to do except sit around and talk about a transmodulator or the next big invention (for the record, i dont know what a transmodulator is, or even if it exists. i just like the sound of it). for the most part, engineering is a male-dominated department... and in general they are a bunch of nerds. dont try to deny it if your bf or yourself is an engineering major... because you know i'm RIGHT!

so last night myself, (sister)michele, and michele's roomie decide to do some studying on campus. we run into a bunch of michele's roomie's friends and decide to make it group study (all different subjects, so i guess it was just studying together). after about half an hour looking for a table to fit our large group, we finally find a table on the third floor... which is normally eeriely quiet, but that night it was a madhouse. it was like trying to study in east commons. because our group just kept getting bigger and bigger and we were getting less and less done.

the obnoxious BOOOOOP of the overhead finally boots us out of the main library. and at this point, we've gotten close to ZILCH studying done. so we migrate to the RBR... which is even more of a madhouse, and it has a concert-vibe going on. so many people looking for a place to park their asses to get some work done. after a few minutes sitting in a corner squished shoulder to shoulder between two cubicles, michele's engineering friend clues us in on a secret studying place. the engineering building. apparently, the guys there leave newspapers in the doorway to keep the building open 24 hours a day. we openly take the invitation, because at this point, we just needed an alternative.

a 10-minute trek through the dense fog and we arrive at the engineering building. hardly a sight to see, but we were happy. so we enter the dark building. the lights are flickering and there's a strange aura in the building (god forbid a social-sciences major to enter). our excursion through the building was like that out of a horror movie (the japanese Grudge, comes to mind... the scene in the hospital). three flights of stairs later we find an empty classroom that doesnt rattle or flicker as much as the others. and we park it. 3 hours of dead silence in a strange building that creeks will definitely keep you focused on a topic.

and can someone please tell me the reasoning behind painting all of the windows so that no light enters or exits? makes no sense to me.

the funny thing is that the building has ONE working womens restroom with ONE toilet. in the ENTIRE building. all four stories and the millions of classrooms and offices in there. and all the women share ONE toilet. what's even more disturbing, there was a note on the door of the restroom that addressed the "sick and twisted individual that keeps clogging the toilet by stuffing it with paper towels and seat covers" to please stop trying to ruin the one bathroom that they have.

in any case... that's my story. my adventures in the engineering building. i should go back to studying for my VERY LAST FINAL IN COLLEGE!!!!

posted by ahoy there matey @ 9:28 AM