Note to self....

....Don't try to study where freshmen congregate....

So this morning I went to Eyring Science Center to get some homework done just before my class. I was there about an hour early so I broke out my laptop and set up shop on a table near about 50 other students studying silently. The atmosphere was pretty much exactly like the library. Nice and quiet. Perfect for getting some work done.

Silly me.

After we had all been studying about 15 minutes, two little freshman came in and sat at a nearby table. They were very chatty. This was tolerable. Not a problem at all. But then one of the girls opened her laptop and started playing music. Adam Sandler's, "I wanna grow old with you." Now I quite enjoy this song. But when two tone deaf freshman choose to sing to one another in the middle of 50 other students quietly studying, I did get a little bothered. They were getting a lot of very annoyed looks from several other students, but to no avail. They continued to sing for the next 45 minutes.

That's not all!! With about 30 minutes left to cram in as much work as I could, 4 more youngsters crowded around another nearby table. They were chatty as well. Once again, tolerable. After all, the singing was still going on and that was much more of a distraction. All of a sudden, one of the girls screams, "Oh my gosh, a bird just ran into the window!!" The four girls jumped up and ran out of the building to investigate. When they got back, they sat around the table telling one another how shocked they were at what they had just witnessed, and how horrifying the whole scene was. One of the girls got the brilliant idea to call someone about the problem. The conversation went something like this:

"Oh my gosh, a bird just totally flew into the window at the Eyring Science Center. Oh my gosh. Well, it's totally suffering in a pool of blood outside on the ground. Could you please come put it out of its misery or something? Oh my gosh, I can't believe I just saw that happen! . . . . But it's totally suffering outside. Please, can't you help it?"

This went on for about 5 minutes. I could tell that the person on the other side of the phone felt like bonking this little girl on the head. She had her hand to her mouth throughout the whole conversation, as it she had just witnessed a bloody car accident and was about to burst into tears. I wanted to say, "It's a BIRD," but I held my tongue.

I'm so sorry for anyone who knew me as a freshman. I'm sure I acted much like the girls mentioned above.