Final post--Today I wandered around campus with my five cigarette rocks in search of locations for the building of rock piles. I chose four locations that are important to me in some way. No one passing by asked what I was doing, probably because I looked too weird to even talk to. It took longer than I expected to actually build the piles. That tumultuous Troy wind kept blowing over the piles right as I was about to take photographs. Luckily Sarah was there to help retrieve the ones that kept rolling down hills. Surprisingly though, it was quite a meditative experience. I felt a sense of accomplishment after every pile I built. It was nice to just walk around campus, reminiscing, not worrying about being late for class, and freezing our faces off. So that's all, folks. No more nasty smell in my clothes or on my hands, though the stench may stay embedded in the carpet for a few more weeks.
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1st Location:
Right outside of BARH, on top of a plank of wood...that was on top of a pile of rocks. (Coincidence?) BARH is a nice place to live. Good food.
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1st Location:
Right outside of BARH, on top of a plank of wood...that was on top of a pile of rocks. (Coincidence?) BARH is a nice place to live. Good food.
2nd Location:
The hill near the gazebo on Freshman Hill. Used to sled down this hill last winter on Commons lunch trays. We later upgraded to an actual snow tube! No longer were our fingers scraped and bloody after every run!
The hill near the gazebo on Freshman Hill. Used to sled down this hill last winter on Commons lunch trays. We later upgraded to an actual snow tube! No longer were our fingers scraped and bloody after every run!
3rd Location:
Hall Hall. Last year I "lived" in Quad, but all my friends lived in Hall. Naturally, I spent the better part of freshman year in this dorm. Good times fitting way too many people on one side of those tiny rooms.
Hall Hall. Last year I "lived" in Quad, but all my friends lived in Hall. Naturally, I spent the better part of freshman year in this dorm. Good times fitting way too many people on one side of those tiny rooms.
4th Location:
I've always found the little garden up the stairs from West Hall to be quite quaint. A semblance of nature in the midst of Troy is a nice change of scenery. It took me a while to get it into my head that the pond was frozen and I could walk right out into the middle to build this last rock pile. So there it stays, I decided, until some environmentally conscious person with a sense of duty comes around and dumps it in the nearest trash can. It had a good life.
I've always found the little garden up the stairs from West Hall to be quite quaint. A semblance of nature in the midst of Troy is a nice change of scenery. It took me a while to get it into my head that the pond was frozen and I could walk right out into the middle to build this last rock pile. So there it stays, I decided, until some environmentally conscious person with a sense of duty comes around and dumps it in the nearest trash can. It had a good life.
