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intjonathan) wrote2005-03-23 09:15 pm
intjonathan) wrote2005-03-23 09:15 pm
Reading at night
We're out of U of A for the second time. Apparantly the rehearsal was fantastic and Whit is very pumped up to go there now. Dad and I were less involved but did get to wander around the fabulous theater/studio building they have there, which is all black steel and glass, very modern and tasteful.
We did need to track down some internet before the rehearsal finished, so us guys left to see what they had on this campus. We worked our way West down the main drag and came across the Science & Engineering and Oriental Studies library. No, I am not making this up. The geeks and animu nerds have their own library. Perfect, I said, nerd central. They'll have lots of internet here! And sure enough, open terminals. We couldn't print anything but the connection was fast. I picked up Becky's restaurant recommendations along with the rest of my email, which was considerable. Rumor has it Bellingham misses me.
We concluded we needed another day to be excited about mexican food again, plus the recommended place in Phoenix was real close to where we're staying, so we settled for eating on campus at UoA. I had Panda Express, and made sure there was at least one asian guy working among the mexicans.
Ironically, there are no mexican places, even chains, on campus at UoA. I guess they don't want to compete with the authentic places within walking distance.
Also, familialarity with how WWU's campus works gave me a surprising amount of good instincts for navigating this campus, even though I know nothing about it. I was a little surprised. We also noticed a number of restaurants and trends around the campus that we'd seen at UW and WWU but nowhere else, such as Pita Pit and street parking with permits, and reached the conclusion that state colleges are really all the same but with different people. They all face the same issues regarding parking and entertaining a large number of (ironically) carless people in the middle of the city, and being inviting to kids 18-25.
We did need to track down some internet before the rehearsal finished, so us guys left to see what they had on this campus. We worked our way West down the main drag and came across the Science & Engineering and Oriental Studies library. No, I am not making this up. The geeks and animu nerds have their own library. Perfect, I said, nerd central. They'll have lots of internet here! And sure enough, open terminals. We couldn't print anything but the connection was fast. I picked up Becky's restaurant recommendations along with the rest of my email, which was considerable. Rumor has it Bellingham misses me.
We concluded we needed another day to be excited about mexican food again, plus the recommended place in Phoenix was real close to where we're staying, so we settled for eating on campus at UoA. I had Panda Express, and made sure there was at least one asian guy working among the mexicans.
Ironically, there are no mexican places, even chains, on campus at UoA. I guess they don't want to compete with the authentic places within walking distance.
Also, familialarity with how WWU's campus works gave me a surprising amount of good instincts for navigating this campus, even though I know nothing about it. I was a little surprised. We also noticed a number of restaurants and trends around the campus that we'd seen at UW and WWU but nowhere else, such as Pita Pit and street parking with permits, and reached the conclusion that state colleges are really all the same but with different people. They all face the same issues regarding parking and entertaining a large number of (ironically) carless people in the middle of the city, and being inviting to kids 18-25.