Out at a crowded bar, my group unfortunately lands in a major pass-through zone. We're moving for bartenders, crates of beer, buckets of ice, and a seemingly-unending stumble of tipsy dingbats.

Random dude pauses in my peripheral vision, clearly seeking a path through. I move further into our circle, gesturing at him to go past and then turn back ( Read more... )

 I do not think that "Now! Printers in every residence hall computer lab!" is going to really be the turning point in anyone's decision to dorm.

 I have a cat on my head. She is snoring.

 Discovered in the archives this week: A 1976 UIC Nursing thesis on "Social Interaction in Singles Bars."

And how did you earn your nursing degree?

 Have I really not posted anything since September?

I voted. =)

 Plz to not be singing along with your iPod during class.

Why do I even have to SAY this?

 I'm currently looking at archival stuff that hasn't been touched in so long that it's still labeled "University of Illinois at Chicago Circle." And nobody even knew it was stashed in this random dusty closet  except for the fact that the old database had (closet) in parentheses. This woman's files are in three different locations in the basement, ( Read more... )

9:45am, first day of classes. Every. Single. Computer. at the library is being used ( Read more... )

Why am I cranky, tired, and headachy? Oh, I haven't had any coffee today.

It would seem that simply blocking off the ends of the road with a couple of Tahoes, harassing your neighbors to move their cars, and putting your up-to-eleven stereo outside gives you a block party. (Not much of one, though...the street just looks abandoned with no cars on it since there's nobody actually AT the block party ( Read more... )