College is weeiiirrddd
Oct. 6th, 2003 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allichatonOh man, college is weird. Go out on the weekends, and it's dead. I went down to the student center on Saturday, which is about a half-mile walk each way, and can count on both hands the number of people I saw outside of Middle Earth.
Step outside of Middle Earth during the week, however, and it's an adventure. On Friday, I went down to the Student Center. On the way, I got to walk through proselytizers, TAs on strike, girls trying to get me to join their sororities, and guys trying to get me to come to their frat parties. I went down to the student center again today. Just outside of Middle Earth, there were several people using bullhorns, shouting about Prop 54 being Bad, and Evil, and how everyone should vote NO on it, even if they don't usually vote. Didn't bother to tell us what Prop 54 was about, though, which I was disappointed about. Got me interested. Anyway, after the political shouting, there was...some sort of bazaar. I don't know what it was, but I hope it's a frequent thing, because it was cool. Stands set up along either side of Ring Road, people selling all sorts of things, from shoes to purses to wallets to artwork to candles and votive holders, bright colors all over the place, and the smell of incense in the air. Very cool. Very surreal--not the sort of thing I ever would have expected to see walking through a college campus. But very cool. Made me wish I had brought a couple bucks with me--most of the stuff was priced very well.
And now, I'm off to Helm's Deep to try to get my anthro reading done. It's very interesting stuff, it's just slow going. I've got about 30 pages left.
Step outside of Middle Earth during the week, however, and it's an adventure. On Friday, I went down to the Student Center. On the way, I got to walk through proselytizers, TAs on strike, girls trying to get me to join their sororities, and guys trying to get me to come to their frat parties. I went down to the student center again today. Just outside of Middle Earth, there were several people using bullhorns, shouting about Prop 54 being Bad, and Evil, and how everyone should vote NO on it, even if they don't usually vote. Didn't bother to tell us what Prop 54 was about, though, which I was disappointed about. Got me interested. Anyway, after the political shouting, there was...some sort of bazaar. I don't know what it was, but I hope it's a frequent thing, because it was cool. Stands set up along either side of Ring Road, people selling all sorts of things, from shoes to purses to wallets to artwork to candles and votive holders, bright colors all over the place, and the smell of incense in the air. Very cool. Very surreal--not the sort of thing I ever would have expected to see walking through a college campus. But very cool. Made me wish I had brought a couple bucks with me--most of the stuff was priced very well.
And now, I'm off to Helm's Deep to try to get my anthro reading done. It's very interesting stuff, it's just slow going. I've got about 30 pages left.
