Friday, February 22, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Drunken Exodus
I've lived here for four years and so far I have been able to miss the mass undergraduate drunken exodus downtown. Until last night. It was enthralling. Seriously.
I normally go to a local bar on Friday nights, but I leave around 11pm, 1) because I'm old, and 2) because I want to avoid the drunk students. I see them arrive (some arrive on the "Drunk bus"; it shuttle students from campus to downtown.)
But, tonight there was a local band playing, and I have wanted to see them for some time--tonight was the time.
In addition to the band (who were great), there was the aftermath of a fight, lots of police, possibly some blood, an ambulance, and a pissed off girlfriend yelling, "And guess who will have to bail him out of jail?" into her phone.
And at exactly 1:00 AM the students swarmed out of three bars--all into the street. We stood in the "grown up" bar, watching. There were more fights, puking, and puking and fighting. We saw several games of How Many People Can We Stuff Into This Ginormous SUV. We're guessing twenty. We heard screams of "The Drunk Bus is here, run!" followed by the sound of four-inch heels dragging along the concrete as drunk girls stumbled to the bus. I stood outside, watching and waiting for the crowd to clear because I had to wade through it to get to my car. I also wanted to give the drunkest drivers a chance to get off the road before I headed out.
Seriously. Wow. Part of me wanted to take pictures because it was so fascinating. And the other part of me felt bad for wanting to take pictures.
I also saw There Will Be Blood tonight. Excellent.
I normally go to a local bar on Friday nights, but I leave around 11pm, 1) because I'm old, and 2) because I want to avoid the drunk students. I see them arrive (some arrive on the "Drunk bus"; it shuttle students from campus to downtown.)
But, tonight there was a local band playing, and I have wanted to see them for some time--tonight was the time.
In addition to the band (who were great), there was the aftermath of a fight, lots of police, possibly some blood, an ambulance, and a pissed off girlfriend yelling, "And guess who will have to bail him out of jail?" into her phone.
And at exactly 1:00 AM the students swarmed out of three bars--all into the street. We stood in the "grown up" bar, watching. There were more fights, puking, and puking and fighting. We saw several games of How Many People Can We Stuff Into This Ginormous SUV. We're guessing twenty. We heard screams of "The Drunk Bus is here, run!" followed by the sound of four-inch heels dragging along the concrete as drunk girls stumbled to the bus. I stood outside, watching and waiting for the crowd to clear because I had to wade through it to get to my car. I also wanted to give the drunkest drivers a chance to get off the road before I headed out.
Seriously. Wow. Part of me wanted to take pictures because it was so fascinating. And the other part of me felt bad for wanting to take pictures.
I also saw There Will Be Blood tonight. Excellent.
Monday, February 11, 2008
When the lights go out...
Hey, guess what happened on campus today? The power went out. All of it. All over campus. Seems there was a glitch, some transformers attached to the university generator blew and they don't know when it will be back on.
But you know what still worked? The alarm. Telling us the power was off.
Who had the misfortune of telling the students that anything they were working on (using the library computers) was lost? Me! I was at the reference desk.
Questions asked during a campus-wide power outage:
Do you know when it will be back on? (No)
Is it just the library? (No, it's campus wide.) Is there power anywhere on campus? (No, it's campus wide.) So will the lab in Bondurant work? (No, the power outage is campus wide.) Oh.
Will they cancel classes? (I don't know.) Will professors cancel tests? (I don't know.) Wow, this is the best day ever! (And she meant it.)
If I bring in my laptop, will the [electrical] plugs work. (Uh, no.)
On a serious note, when the power goes out in a library it is kind of freaky. It's dark, it echoes, we have lots of nooks and crannies no tot mention mezzanines that are creepy when the power is on. And... elevators. I don't think there was anyone in them, but they have to check all of them to be sure.
I have been told that it is common to find people going at it in the stacks during a power outage.
But you know what still worked? The alarm. Telling us the power was off.
Who had the misfortune of telling the students that anything they were working on (using the library computers) was lost? Me! I was at the reference desk.
Questions asked during a campus-wide power outage:
On a serious note, when the power goes out in a library it is kind of freaky. It's dark, it echoes, we have lots of nooks and crannies no tot mention mezzanines that are creepy when the power is on. And... elevators. I don't think there was anyone in them, but they have to check all of them to be sure.
I have been told that it is common to find people going at it in the stacks during a power outage.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Can you believe it?
Forrest Gump won the damn Super Bowl.
And Randy Moss stormed off the field... just like old times when he played with the Vikings. The bastard still can't play for a team that can win when it matters.
And Randy Moss stormed off the field... just like old times when he played with the Vikings. The bastard still can't play for a team that can win when it matters.
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