UC Irvine
It happened last night. I was determined to stay up all night, because I knew that I was unprepared for the physics final. I needed to study, study hard, and get the equations into my head. It worked, I did well on the final, but that's another story.
However, at about 1 am, my head was packed. I had been going over the midterm solutions to make sure I could do those problems again. I knew that I needed some supplies in order to make it through the night, awake, and mostly alert.
Now, near the UCI bookstore, there's Cornerstone Café. Now, normally they close at around 10-10:30. However, they realized that college students rarely sleep at standard intervals during finals (right now I'm sort of on a 4 - 11 pm sleep schedule...), so they stay open ALL THE TIME during finals week. And they sell frappachinos and energy drinks.
All that caffine can NOT be good for my heart :).
So I get up, and walk over there. Its about ten minutes, and those were possibly the most blissful ten minutes I've spend in the last few days.
First off, Middle Earth is designed to look like civilzation grew out of the forest, not that they built the buildings and then planted trees here and there. No cars, no loud noises, nothing but trees and lights. And also, against all odds, there was a light drizzle going on. Lighter than a light drizzle, actually. Mist that doesn't obscure sight.
And its quiet. No sounds of far-off cars roaring down the road. No weird night-owls playing loud music non-stop. None of the static, constant noise of a hundred conversations, overlapping, canceling themselves out to just create a lot of white noise.
Nothing.
And I walked there, happy and content, knowing that in about 12 hours I was going to be nervous and afraid, but I didn't care.
Its something I've rarely experienced. Even back at home, there's a major street only a few blocks over, and nature is confined, not looking like it grows where it will.
Its... nice. Its something I'm going to miss.
And its a memory I'm going to cherish for a long time.
I'll be glad to get away from the books, from the tests, from the ten page papers for thirteen weeks.
But I'll still miss the nights.
However, at about 1 am, my head was packed. I had been going over the midterm solutions to make sure I could do those problems again. I knew that I needed some supplies in order to make it through the night, awake, and mostly alert.
Now, near the UCI bookstore, there's Cornerstone Café. Now, normally they close at around 10-10:30. However, they realized that college students rarely sleep at standard intervals during finals (right now I'm sort of on a 4 - 11 pm sleep schedule...), so they stay open ALL THE TIME during finals week. And they sell frappachinos and energy drinks.
All that caffine can NOT be good for my heart :).
So I get up, and walk over there. Its about ten minutes, and those were possibly the most blissful ten minutes I've spend in the last few days.
First off, Middle Earth is designed to look like civilzation grew out of the forest, not that they built the buildings and then planted trees here and there. No cars, no loud noises, nothing but trees and lights. And also, against all odds, there was a light drizzle going on. Lighter than a light drizzle, actually. Mist that doesn't obscure sight.
And its quiet. No sounds of far-off cars roaring down the road. No weird night-owls playing loud music non-stop. None of the static, constant noise of a hundred conversations, overlapping, canceling themselves out to just create a lot of white noise.
Nothing.
And I walked there, happy and content, knowing that in about 12 hours I was going to be nervous and afraid, but I didn't care.
Its something I've rarely experienced. Even back at home, there's a major street only a few blocks over, and nature is confined, not looking like it grows where it will.
Its... nice. Its something I'm going to miss.
And its a memory I'm going to cherish for a long time.
Be Like That (American Pie Edit) by 3 Doors Down
"If i could be like that
i would give anything
just to live one day
in those shoes."
I'll be glad to get away from the books, from the tests, from the ten page papers for thirteen weeks.
But I'll still miss the nights.
posted by Wraithy at 6/17/2004 05:19:00 AM
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