Everyday Kinds of Things.

Hey everyone, just thought I would show you some of the things I come to everyday, kind of the lowest common-denominator type things all college students share. Just think of it as my "Campus Tour" post, but on a much more intimate, less-broad scale.

Meteor Hall. This is the residence hall I currently live in, located in Revelle College. It is part of a group of identical buildings called "The Fleets", and it sits pretty much on the edge of campus. These buildings are used mainly to house Revelle freshmen, but they also house "overflow" students from other colleges. I personally am not supposed to live here, being a sophmore Eleanor Roosevelt College student, but I really don't mind. Being the oldest college on campus, most of Revelle's buildings are built entirely out of concrete and cement. The insulation in the building comprises mainly of asbestos, so it's VERY apparent that these buildings are pretty old. There are 4 floors, each floor has 2 suites, one male and one female, and each suite has 5-6 rooms. I live on the 3rd floor, which gives me an awesome view of...the adjacent Discovery Hall...

This is an interior shot of Center 101 Hall, located next to Price Center in the heart of the campus. Most of the other lecture halls around campus fit this similar "stadium" seating, and house around 200 students. Keep in mind, that this photo was taken 20 minutes before my Programming class started, so it was fairly empty, but quickly filled to it's capacity as lecture drew near.

Please, mind the mess, here is my suite. This area is the connecting corridor to the 5 rooms. Not much to look at, as it's rather small, it more of just a place to relax when you're tired of being cooped-up in your room. There is a balcony, free cable, and free WiFi to enjoy in each suite. Revelle has one of the worse suite areas around, and does not even compare to the large, warm, and inviting suites of say, ERC. Notice the stolen Tabasco sauce on the small table, courtesy of my room mate!

My room, complete with my room mate Danny. Isn't he cute? The rooms in Revelle aren't actually half bad, they're nice-sized squares of about 40 x 40 ft. My room is a double, meaning it has two occupants. Some people have a room all to themselves (a single) while some other unlucky students live in a triple, with two other room mates.

My workstation! Haruhi keeps me focused while I work on my Calculus homework.

I must say, some of the finer points about college is the diet. Much of it is healthier than what I have back at home, here I'm having a nice, balanced dinner of calamari, some seasoned potatoes, peas, a nice leafy-green sald with some cucumber and beets, with a water to drink. All of this, however, disappears once your "dining dollars" (money used to purchase food, it's part of your dining and housing plan) runs out. After that, students must live off of instant ramen, hot pockets, coffee, liquor, and cigarettes.

Ok, so this isn't part of the ordinary college-life, but I thought it was spectacular to see. Some poor soul actually managed to flip his car into this trench alongside one of the parking structures on campus. I managed to get a close shot from the top of said parking structure. Reports claim that drugs were involved and that the driver was under the influence at the time of the accident, however, these are largely unconfirmed. Time of accident: around 2 am. This serves as a reminder that, if you're going to party hard, please stay off the road.

So there you have it, a slice of my normal, everyday routine.