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Had a nice piece of luck today
Feb. 20th, 2008 11:32 pmFirst off, tomorrow I need to get a blue book for my american government test! and then I need to study for it. (I am not too worried. It is an easy class and will be mostly vocab, although I am disappointed that I just missed the study chat for it. Dang.)
Anyways, the luck;
Someone sent out an email a week or two ago asking for volunteers for a 'freshman drinking survey' and of course not being a drunkard, I participated and recieved a $20 barnes and nobles gift card, so I used it to purchase used copies of Sabriel and Abhorsen.
I got an e-mail yesterday saying 'hey lol your book is here' and I went down to retrieve it but the secretary had LEFT for the day; she doesn't need to leave until 5, but always does by 4 and tells us that, but sometimes she's there later so you might as well try at 4:30 anyways.
So stu says to drop by before physics the next day (today) and I grumble and say k FIEN, but really that's almost the only time I have to do it.
so this morning, I make sure and leave a little early so I have time to squander at the front desk; I get up there and say I have a package, and she finds my name on the sheet, and omg, there's a note written on it. While I'm mildly 'wtp?'ing, she goes 'oh no!' and I go 'W:ELGN:ELGNS:DG WHUT' to myself, and she continues 'Are you a resident here?' I say 'yes' because it's the obvious truth, and she says 'well, I couldn't find your name, so I just put it back in the mailbox just now!' and she sends a lackey standing near out with the key to open the pale green mailbox and fetch out a book -looking package. She flips open her rolladex, and goes to Alec Bynum (a charming lad in my french class this semester) and my name does not follow his.
She says 'hmm' and starts asking for some details and says she will make a replacement, and I mildly freak out, because I've gotten packages before, and gosh how come I always have to disappear off of record? When I was trying to buy books with my fellowship last semester, I had to go through some hoops to get it activated for some reason, which was very trying.
Maybe someday I'll be happy to be able to fly under the radar, but I can't help but wonder, against all intellectual knowledge, if I haven't missed out on amazing treasures by being missing.
I also took a picture of myself today. I was rather pleased with the way I managed to take it
Anyways, the luck;
Someone sent out an email a week or two ago asking for volunteers for a 'freshman drinking survey' and of course not being a drunkard, I participated and recieved a $20 barnes and nobles gift card, so I used it to purchase used copies of Sabriel and Abhorsen.
I got an e-mail yesterday saying 'hey lol your book is here' and I went down to retrieve it but the secretary had LEFT for the day; she doesn't need to leave until 5, but always does by 4 and tells us that, but sometimes she's there later so you might as well try at 4:30 anyways.
So stu says to drop by before physics the next day (today) and I grumble and say k FIEN, but really that's almost the only time I have to do it.
so this morning, I make sure and leave a little early so I have time to squander at the front desk; I get up there and say I have a package, and she finds my name on the sheet, and omg, there's a note written on it. While I'm mildly 'wtp?'ing, she goes 'oh no!' and I go 'W:ELGN:ELGNS:DG WHUT' to myself, and she continues 'Are you a resident here?' I say 'yes' because it's the obvious truth, and she says 'well, I couldn't find your name, so I just put it back in the mailbox just now!' and she sends a lackey standing near out with the key to open the pale green mailbox and fetch out a book -looking package. She flips open her rolladex, and goes to Alec Bynum (a charming lad in my french class this semester) and my name does not follow his.
She says 'hmm' and starts asking for some details and says she will make a replacement, and I mildly freak out, because I've gotten packages before, and gosh how come I always have to disappear off of record? When I was trying to buy books with my fellowship last semester, I had to go through some hoops to get it activated for some reason, which was very trying.
Maybe someday I'll be happy to be able to fly under the radar, but I can't help but wonder, against all intellectual knowledge, if I haven't missed out on amazing treasures by being missing.
I also took a picture of myself today. I was rather pleased with the way I managed to take it
