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Friday, April 13, 2012

Check You Out!

... and you're not being checked out from the library.

I see you checking yourself out there buddy. In fact, I check myself out too, as I breeze by any reflective surface. I'm not vain, self-absorbed, or worried about my current appearance at all. [note collective sarcasm]

Observe any doors, display windows, or pictures hanging on the walls, and you'll find yourself someone who is checking themselves out. I tried to pull the whole, "look in the left door while I open the right door" move the other day, and I ended up getting smacked in the face. Let's just say I got what I was looking for.

What is the real purpose of display windows? Let me tell you. So people can momentarily get a glimpse of their beauty.

Perfect locations for "the checkout:"

  • doors from BBP to the student center - especially now that the windows don't have panels anymore
  • the pictures on the walls of the basement-language department under Burns and Chapman
  • outside Harry's Coffee where the curtains hang (actually, this is probably the optimum place)
  • outside of the bookstore, the actual display case. Like anyone really looks at the display.
  • nowhere in the library, you should be studying
  • Propst, but not at a high-traffic time
  • on the Quad with your laptop on a sunny day, like you can see anything on your screen besides your face. judge those people.
I'm merely pointing out one of humanity's common quirks.
It is quite fascinating - to see what people do when they think nobody is watching.

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there's a pair of us!"

-A pair of us indeed, Emily, a pair indeed.

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