- at once, in a study lounge, a barbie doll punishes her laptop with index-finger typing and annoys everyone with her loud clickity-clacks. students curl up on tiny couches like kittens, basking under sunlight pouring through the windows.
- orangutans on bikes make their way through campus. i call them that because they do not grip the handles, but to balance themselves they stiffen their arms and hold them straight down like an orangutan. there's no need to bike handle-less except to look cool, and towards this end they fail miserably.
- a particular religious fanatic wears a harness to support his massive "God hates sinners" sign. though his evocation of curses aren't necessary given the extensive list of sinners on the sign (witches, lazy christians, fags, effeminate academics(?)), he curses on-lookers nonetheless. a few brave and equally annoying individuals defend themselves against his accusations, but he is louder and more shameless than the rest.
- remnants of the annual hippie-fest persist, long after the aroma of marijuana and hemp-wearing vendors has past. a woman's long-flowing skirt flails in the air as she twirls a hula-hoop over her head. smelly homeless guys ask for change before tooting their alpenhorn (the long instrument from the ricola commercials). the weekly farmers market attracts the hippie crowd as they sway to the mellow bluegrass band.
- pages of the california aggie, the newspaper to which i am employed, strew about like tumbleweed, especially in the narrow tunnels between buildings. the wind picks them up, and a more artistic person would find beauty in their mid-air suspension (a la the paper bag in American Beauty). it makes me sad though, because usually the pages left strewn about are from the arts section for which i write.
i have a meeting with my professor now so the moments of springtime will be cut short for now. and thus ends the lamest post in the world.
2 comments:
kris do you fall under the "effeminate academic" category? also i think bikers who ride with no hands look cool, especially when they're talkin on the cell phone with one hand and carrying a jamba juice with the other. you should invest in a bike and practice that maneuver.
now that i think about it, my econ prof is kind of effeminate.. =/
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