So yesterday was a good day. I was in the lounge at Park Hall with Ashleigh, Kyle, David, Dom, Alex, Ingrid, and... Benita? I've never met that last girl before. Anyway, it was really fun! We played a bunch of games, such as Catchphrase (one of my favorite games, btw), and some other games that really pissed me off. Umbrella, Black Magic, and Don't-get-me-started-on-the-nameless-card-game.
I wasn't sincerely angry of course, but the purpose of these games was to completely fool and/or confuse the player who doesn't know "how the game works". Its one of those games that you can't play if everyone knows how. There needs to be at least one person to fool. I mean they were fun and the secrets behind the rules were simple enough, but I never caught on during gameplay! I always had to have someone tell me, and I even looked up one of the games online once to find out what was going on. And each time I found out the underlying secret, I felt like such a little idiot ;p
Then, there was the "Face Your Fears" challenge. I don't know if anyone else has heard about it (I know I never had) but basically you're on your knees, hands behind your back, you arch your back, and fall forward in an attempt to roll on your stomach, like a rocking chair is what I first thought of. If you mess up, you basically loose your front teeth. Well I was able to do it pretty successfully I think. Dom recorded everyone who tried, and we all made equal fools of ourselves but it was fun. I was the only girl who tried. Yeah, girl power~!
Anyway, I did hit my chin on the carpet a little bit, but it only felt like a little carpet burn. What really hurt was my crotch area. I don't even know why considering the fact that I'm female. But it was basically like slamming yourself into the ground, and I guess I must be awkward or something because I don't know how to explain this. Moving on.
Then, there was Late Night, which was surprisingly fun this week. They had those big trampoline-houses that you jump around inside of. I felt like such a little kid. There was cold pizza upstairs and it was really awful. The health department ought to stop obsessing over the little things that the dining facilities aren't doing (no signs telling employees to wash hands? Critical violation!!), and pay a visit to Late Night. I don't actually mean that. The Health Department is absolutely brutal and I kind of hate them, but I'm tired of cold food. Even if it is free. So I washed down that awful pizza with a delicious peach snow-cone and and it was absolutely fantastic.
So it turns out I was able to post-pone by Astro test until tomorrow night. The library opened up their InQuisit lab for this week (supposedly it was closed?), so a ton of different spaces opened up that I was able to squeeze into. Thank goodness, too. I mean I think I'm prepared for the most part, but these tests really freak me out. I need to do well on it, too. My future in the department of journalism depends upon it :(
Kara finally got back to me today! I was really worried that they wound up deciding that I'm too much of a stranger, and would rather room with someone else. But she just explained to me that she never checked her phone, blah blah blah, no big deal kind of stuff. Anyway, Katie is a little too hesitant about signing the lease, so we've decided to go ahead and look at some more apartments this week so that we've actually got something to compare our first choice to. Kara and I are a little bummed that we won't be saving all the money (since we are working women!), but in the long run we think its still a good idea to look into some more options before jumping into something. Either way, I am definitely excited about it. We plan to all get together sometime this week so we can get to know each other and all that good stuff. They seem really nice, so I hope it works out!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
(6) Taking Out a Sheet of Paper
Its been a pretty uneventful day today, so I figure I'll kill some time and make a post. I called Kara a little earlier today to touch base and make sure we'll still on for the apartment, but it's been nearly three hours and I haven't heard from her. Her business card says she works from 2-6 on Saturdays, so I assume she's off work right now. Well, she's probably busy. I'm sure she'll get back to me soon.
I really need to catch up on some reading. I still have Strip City and Random Family to finish, er, start.
I really ought to study for my Astro test tomorrow, too. Its at 8PM in inQuisit, so I do have plenty of time. Just not plenty of motivation.
I also can't wait to see my new house back home, too. We haven't moved in yet, but my mom and brother (Richard) bought a 4-bedroom house in Munster that looks way too big to suit just two people; plus a third (me) during breaks and summer. But ah well, if it makes my mum and Rich happy then thats what matters. :)
My brother has a girlfriend named Kelly, who in all honestly is a terrible person. Really, he deserves much better than her. So the one thing I'm not really looking forward to is that if I'm living with Richard, Kelly will have her fair share of time at the house, too. I hope he's not reading this. And even if he is, he already knows I don't like Kelly anyway. Oh well!
Well thats really all I got, folks!
I promise you I'll come up with some more interesting material for my next posts!
Friday, February 26, 2010
(5) I Approve
To keep it short and sweet, the apartment was really nice. I could definitely see myself living there next semester, so I think I'm just going to go ahead and sign the lease. My mom thinks its a good idea too, so it looks like I'll be living in an apartment next year after all.
The apartment itself is actually quite small, but the bedrooms are a good size. Its very clean and looks relatively new. It has in-unit laundry, allows pets (though we won't be getting any), has carpet, and even a newly renovated kitchen. Its awesome. It comes unfurnished, so I'm gonna have to hit up some mad garage sales this summer.
I met Katie, and she seems really nice too. I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope it all works out for the best!
The apartment complex (Silvertree) is running some sort of special on apartments as of right now, and if we sign the lease by this Sunday, nearly $500 worth of charges (like the security deposit and all that) are going to be waived. Katie's parents seem to have an issue with her signing the lease 5 months early, so that might be a bit of a problem if not all of us can sign on time. But if it means saving $500, I don't see why anyone would make a big deal about it.
So I have to touch base with them tomorrow and give them my final word, and.... it shall go from there!
Other than that, it was just a typical day. I'm off to bed. Ta ta!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
(4) Strangers
So I guess I've found some potential room mates for an apartment next year! What a twist of luck..!
I went over to Hot Heads in Muncie to get my haircut and the stylist (Kara) and myself were making small talk. The usual. Then the subject of where I was living came up. I told her that I live in Lafollette, and that I was going to wind up there again next semester since I couldn't find any potential room mates this year for an apartment. Suddenly, she tells me that her friend Katie and herself have a three-bedroom apartment that they've seriously been looking into, but haven't been able to find a third girl to move in with them.
Well I don't want to bore you with the details, but we took it from there and after class tomorrow, we're meeting up for lunch/visiting the apartment so I can decide if I like it and would be interested in moving in with them.
Now I know that Kara and Katie are practically strangers, but Kara came off as a pretty good person. And yes, its probably too soon to judge character, but by moving into an apartment I'll be saving a lot of money in comparison with dorms. By which I mean a few thousand dollars. I'll be around them for awhile tomorrow, so I'll try to see if I can come up with a little better idea of how responsible they are, if they're honest, trustworthy, etc. Plus, I like to think that I'm easy to get along with. It's pretty difficult to make me angry, and I certainly don't go looking for drama.
I was pretty excited about Shively Hall, but thats only because it was the only dorm that actually appealed to me since I had to choose from all the halls on campus. I've actually wanted an apartment, but like I said earlier. No potential roommates.
The one thing that really caught my interest is that Kara laid it out right away that she and Katie aren't into parties. That is exactly what I'm looking for. The last thing I want is to have to come home to a party every night, deal with people trashing the place (or stealing things-possibly my things) or if cops ever come knocking on our door. So thats a big plus in my books.
Like I said, I can't make too many assumptions right now, but I'm really excited about this. What a twist of luck! I'm excited for tomorrow... I really hope this works out.
Thats all I've got right now. I just finished an Astro assignment that took entirely too long, so I'm off to bed.
Night all!
I went over to Hot Heads in Muncie to get my haircut and the stylist (Kara) and myself were making small talk. The usual. Then the subject of where I was living came up. I told her that I live in Lafollette, and that I was going to wind up there again next semester since I couldn't find any potential room mates this year for an apartment. Suddenly, she tells me that her friend Katie and herself have a three-bedroom apartment that they've seriously been looking into, but haven't been able to find a third girl to move in with them.
Well I don't want to bore you with the details, but we took it from there and after class tomorrow, we're meeting up for lunch/visiting the apartment so I can decide if I like it and would be interested in moving in with them.
Now I know that Kara and Katie are practically strangers, but Kara came off as a pretty good person. And yes, its probably too soon to judge character, but by moving into an apartment I'll be saving a lot of money in comparison with dorms. By which I mean a few thousand dollars. I'll be around them for awhile tomorrow, so I'll try to see if I can come up with a little better idea of how responsible they are, if they're honest, trustworthy, etc. Plus, I like to think that I'm easy to get along with. It's pretty difficult to make me angry, and I certainly don't go looking for drama.
I was pretty excited about Shively Hall, but thats only because it was the only dorm that actually appealed to me since I had to choose from all the halls on campus. I've actually wanted an apartment, but like I said earlier. No potential roommates.
The one thing that really caught my interest is that Kara laid it out right away that she and Katie aren't into parties. That is exactly what I'm looking for. The last thing I want is to have to come home to a party every night, deal with people trashing the place (or stealing things-possibly my things) or if cops ever come knocking on our door. So thats a big plus in my books.
Like I said, I can't make too many assumptions right now, but I'm really excited about this. What a twist of luck! I'm excited for tomorrow... I really hope this works out.
Thats all I've got right now. I just finished an Astro assignment that took entirely too long, so I'm off to bed.
Night all!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
(3) Walking Down the Stairs
EDIT: COME ON, PEOPLE. I signed up for laundry at 11PM tonight-which is already ridiculous, and someone on my floor decided to throw in a load of laundry at 10:45. Not a big deal, just one load isn't too bad. So I went back at 11:20 to throw my clothes in, and this person decided to try and sneak into two loads? Really? So now I'm stuck waiting even longer on someone else's laundry when clearly my name is in the 11:00 spot?
I am so angry. Actually, I've been angry all day. I don't even know why. I've been having random spurts of anger all day.
EDIT: AGAIN: THREE LOADS. THREE. wtfffffffff!!!!!!!2 mc,xbfsiudhf;laMdsfjsjakfhvliQWH !!!!!!
Now. Back to where I originally began.
Well today was boring. I stayed up too late last night and ended up ditching my 9AM Astronomy class. This is the third time I've skipped, and the last. We're allowed three unexcused absences, and with the fourth absence I lose 30 points from my final grade (participation points). Oh, sigh. I hate Astro, too...
So I stayed in bed about 10 minutes before I had to be at work (Woodworth), shop-lifted some breakfast for myself when I got there so, and clocked in. I worked, it was busy in the kitchen, I made mashed potatoes and had to help pan-up the tuna casserole, then spilled spaghetti water everywhere out of the pots and made a huge mess that the custodians had to clean up.
The custodians hate me. I swear they do. I'm such a little bimbo in the kitchen. I'm constantly spilling things onto the floor and they're the ones responsible for cleaning it up. They get mad a lot of times, too. They never say anything to me personally, but I can tell by the way they look at me after something happens. At the same time, the fact that they don't say anything is all the evidence I need to know they're pissed. All the cooks just laugh and tell me it's okay; that everyone spills things and makes messes too, but the custodians just seem to have issues with me.
So I made others' job harder, clocked out, planned to ditch Econ and Japanese, but did myself a favor and went to both of them anyway. And even though I was fresh out of work with a spaghetti-steam facial, tuna-fish perfume, unshowered while sporting sweatpants and a t-shirt, I'm glad I hauled my fabulous lil' self off to class for day just full of glamour.
I made an "appointment" with the girl next door to me to cut my hair at 5:00, but she wasn't even in her room. She has her cosmetology license and is offering haircuts for $5. Though I don't know how well her work is, I'm a risky gambler and low on income so it sounds like a deal to me! I've tried numerous times to come up with a good time, but she doesn't seem interested in making time. Maybe its because she's overheard my roommate Kathi and I tell everyone how crazy she is. This girl is constantly on the phone with her boyfriend; Screaming at him, crying, threatening him, or even all of the above. Sometimes she yells so loud, we can hear her through the walls and over the sound of music or television. And when she's especially frantic, she takes her phone calls into the hallways and study lounge for everyone to tune in on.
But I really don't want to have to cash out $30 for a haircut at a salon, so I think I'll take my chances with the crazy girl. But I'm not so sure how well insanity and scissors go together... Hmm..
Tonight was Club Japan! Its a really fun club where we basically talk about all things Japanese. Last semester, there was tons of International Students from Sapporo University, but most of them have all gone back to Japan. Whether we watch funny videos, learn swear words, play board games, or read fun news stories, Club Japan is.... cool.
So far my blog posts have all been a little on the lengthy side, so I'm gonna go ahead and end here before I get too creative and think of more things to write about. Ta ta~!
I am so angry. Actually, I've been angry all day. I don't even know why. I've been having random spurts of anger all day.
EDIT: AGAIN: THREE LOADS. THREE. wtfffffffff!!!!!!!2 mc,xbfsiudhf;laMdsfjsjakfhvliQWH !!!!!!
Now. Back to where I originally began.
Well today was boring. I stayed up too late last night and ended up ditching my 9AM Astronomy class. This is the third time I've skipped, and the last. We're allowed three unexcused absences, and with the fourth absence I lose 30 points from my final grade (participation points). Oh, sigh. I hate Astro, too...
So I stayed in bed about 10 minutes before I had to be at work (Woodworth), shop-lifted some breakfast for myself when I got there so, and clocked in. I worked, it was busy in the kitchen, I made mashed potatoes and had to help pan-up the tuna casserole, then spilled spaghetti water everywhere out of the pots and made a huge mess that the custodians had to clean up.
The custodians hate me. I swear they do. I'm such a little bimbo in the kitchen. I'm constantly spilling things onto the floor and they're the ones responsible for cleaning it up. They get mad a lot of times, too. They never say anything to me personally, but I can tell by the way they look at me after something happens. At the same time, the fact that they don't say anything is all the evidence I need to know they're pissed. All the cooks just laugh and tell me it's okay; that everyone spills things and makes messes too, but the custodians just seem to have issues with me.
So I made others' job harder, clocked out, planned to ditch Econ and Japanese, but did myself a favor and went to both of them anyway. And even though I was fresh out of work with a spaghetti-steam facial, tuna-fish perfume, unshowered while sporting sweatpants and a t-shirt, I'm glad I hauled my fabulous lil' self off to class for day just full of glamour.
I made an "appointment" with the girl next door to me to cut my hair at 5:00, but she wasn't even in her room. She has her cosmetology license and is offering haircuts for $5. Though I don't know how well her work is, I'm a risky gambler and low on income so it sounds like a deal to me! I've tried numerous times to come up with a good time, but she doesn't seem interested in making time. Maybe its because she's overheard my roommate Kathi and I tell everyone how crazy she is. This girl is constantly on the phone with her boyfriend; Screaming at him, crying, threatening him, or even all of the above. Sometimes she yells so loud, we can hear her through the walls and over the sound of music or television. And when she's especially frantic, she takes her phone calls into the hallways and study lounge for everyone to tune in on.
But I really don't want to have to cash out $30 for a haircut at a salon, so I think I'll take my chances with the crazy girl. But I'm not so sure how well insanity and scissors go together... Hmm..
Tonight was Club Japan! Its a really fun club where we basically talk about all things Japanese. Last semester, there was tons of International Students from Sapporo University, but most of them have all gone back to Japan. Whether we watch funny videos, learn swear words, play board games, or read fun news stories, Club Japan is.... cool.
So far my blog posts have all been a little on the lengthy side, so I'm gonna go ahead and end here before I get too creative and think of more things to write about. Ta ta~!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
(2) Just the Ordinary
I guess it was just another ordinary day. Class, a few run-ins with the friends, and the usual. The highlight of the night however, is that Ted Kopple, best known as the TV anchor for Nightline actually came to our school for a presentation on his career, as well as a bonus Q&A session afterward. I really wanted to go, and since I need to attend a few presentations for journalism 101 anyway (PR is in the journalism department at Ball State) I figured it would work out pretty well.
This semester I joined the AASA, Asian-American Student Association, and they're planning a fashion show with general meetings held every Monday, and Fashion Show meetings every Tuesday at 8:00PM. Well, since Ted Kopple was here this week.... Kyle and I tried to ditch for Mr. Kopple.
We met up for dinner at around 6:45, but when we finally headed over to Pruis Hall it was full. I guess our plans for ditching the AASA Fashion Show meeting for Ted Kopple had been foiled. I felt bad. A lot of people looked really disappointed that it was full. Residents from Muncie come to these events, so sometimes its sad to see that not everyone can always get in. But I suppose that's to be expected, most of the time.
Well, we wound up the library anyway and Kyle gave me the grand tour-not that I've never been in the library before. But I never knew that there were so many interesting sections and corners where all kinds of random things are displayed. He showed me a corner of the library that I didn't even know existed, and there was this coffee-table touch-screen computer-I believe its called the Microsoft Surface. It is really cool. Its basically a table, only with a computer built into it. I'm not entirely sure what it works with or how it works, but apparently one can hook up their laptop and go from there. I'm pretty sure its still relatively new, so I'm sure there will be all kinds of crazy things to do with it when it really starts to hit the market.
Check it out
Apparently, there's a very limited quantity of the Surface, so its pretty cool that Ball State actually has one.
Afterward, we wound up downstairs in the music section and came across every composer you can think of. There was practically an entire bookcase dedicated to Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, and all kinds of other famous dudes. There were also a lot of international books that weren't even translated into English. But we were really surprised to find two Guitar Hero books; luckily it was how to play the songs on real instruments.
So we wandered around the music section for probably around 30 minutes. We even came along an erotic folk songs book. I'm not sure what the date was, but it was pretty old. Probably around the late 1800's or so. It was so funny, and filled with all kinds of adultery and sexual themes. And here I thought everyone was so conservative back in the day.
One of the poems was about a guy in a hotel watching a woman undress through the keyhole in her door. Another was about a lady asking for a "pin", and the man offered his pin for her "pin cushion". Then there was the sexist one where the couple wanted to do the hanky-panky, but the woman was afraid of becoming pregnant. From what I remember, the man told her to suck it up and came up with the brilliant solution that if it was a girl, they'd strangle her the moment she was born; and if they had a boy they'd just send him off to sea.
Ugh.
We left the music section and continued to wander around the main floor of the basement. Kyle pointed out a poster of different famous children's books, and we reminisced about books we used to read. I didn't really recognize any of them. I was too obsessed with Dr. Seuss and Disney books in my day. Eventually we wound up upstairs, and not too much later we ran into the folks of AASA. Busted!
It didn't seem like anyone was truly bothered by the fact that we ditched, but considering Kyle is president of AASA... I guess I could see that as being a little controversial (but we had fun ditching!).
So we all chatted for awhile, and I guess yesterday at AASA I made plans to go to iHop for free pancake day with Abraham and Jim... which, I thought was tomorrow. I would have gone, but its just so hard to be spontaneous when something involves driving. My car is parked at the stadium (which requires a bus-ride) and I didn't have my car keys or license with me, so I didn't really want to go. I got caught off guard. I feel guilty because I said I would go, but I got the dates mixed up and I had already eaten dinner anyway.
Kyle had to go back to start working on some homework and stuff, but about 10 minutes later he comes rushing back into the library with news that something happened at the Ted Kopple presentation, that there was some type of panic-attack and everyone had to evacuate Pruis Hall. There were ambulances on the scene and everything. I'll have to pick up the BSU newspaper tomorrow and find out what happened!
But that's really unfortunate. I mean I feel bad for whoever freaked out (unless someone was actually going crazy and threatening Mr. Ted), but his presentation was ruined. Jesse Jackson was even here not too long ago, so we've been getting some big-name speakers to visit our school. With a situation like this, maybe the next speaker we invite will have a second thought as to whether or not they want to visit. But I still have to find out what really happened before I make any assumptions.
But overall it was a good day. Very relaxed and laid back. No complaints about those type of days. This post was a lot longer than I thought it would be, so I'm gonna go ahead and sign out! Hope I didn't bore ya~!
This semester I joined the AASA, Asian-American Student Association, and they're planning a fashion show with general meetings held every Monday, and Fashion Show meetings every Tuesday at 8:00PM. Well, since Ted Kopple was here this week.... Kyle and I tried to ditch for Mr. Kopple.
We met up for dinner at around 6:45, but when we finally headed over to Pruis Hall it was full. I guess our plans for ditching the AASA Fashion Show meeting for Ted Kopple had been foiled. I felt bad. A lot of people looked really disappointed that it was full. Residents from Muncie come to these events, so sometimes its sad to see that not everyone can always get in. But I suppose that's to be expected, most of the time.
Well, we wound up the library anyway and Kyle gave me the grand tour-not that I've never been in the library before. But I never knew that there were so many interesting sections and corners where all kinds of random things are displayed. He showed me a corner of the library that I didn't even know existed, and there was this coffee-table touch-screen computer-I believe its called the Microsoft Surface. It is really cool. Its basically a table, only with a computer built into it. I'm not entirely sure what it works with or how it works, but apparently one can hook up their laptop and go from there. I'm pretty sure its still relatively new, so I'm sure there will be all kinds of crazy things to do with it when it really starts to hit the market.
Check it out
Apparently, there's a very limited quantity of the Surface, so its pretty cool that Ball State actually has one.
Afterward, we wound up downstairs in the music section and came across every composer you can think of. There was practically an entire bookcase dedicated to Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Bach, and all kinds of other famous dudes. There were also a lot of international books that weren't even translated into English. But we were really surprised to find two Guitar Hero books; luckily it was how to play the songs on real instruments.
So we wandered around the music section for probably around 30 minutes. We even came along an erotic folk songs book. I'm not sure what the date was, but it was pretty old. Probably around the late 1800's or so. It was so funny, and filled with all kinds of adultery and sexual themes. And here I thought everyone was so conservative back in the day.
One of the poems was about a guy in a hotel watching a woman undress through the keyhole in her door. Another was about a lady asking for a "pin", and the man offered his pin for her "pin cushion". Then there was the sexist one where the couple wanted to do the hanky-panky, but the woman was afraid of becoming pregnant. From what I remember, the man told her to suck it up and came up with the brilliant solution that if it was a girl, they'd strangle her the moment she was born; and if they had a boy they'd just send him off to sea.
Ugh.
We left the music section and continued to wander around the main floor of the basement. Kyle pointed out a poster of different famous children's books, and we reminisced about books we used to read. I didn't really recognize any of them. I was too obsessed with Dr. Seuss and Disney books in my day. Eventually we wound up upstairs, and not too much later we ran into the folks of AASA. Busted!
It didn't seem like anyone was truly bothered by the fact that we ditched, but considering Kyle is president of AASA... I guess I could see that as being a little controversial (but we had fun ditching!).
So we all chatted for awhile, and I guess yesterday at AASA I made plans to go to iHop for free pancake day with Abraham and Jim... which, I thought was tomorrow. I would have gone, but its just so hard to be spontaneous when something involves driving. My car is parked at the stadium (which requires a bus-ride) and I didn't have my car keys or license with me, so I didn't really want to go. I got caught off guard. I feel guilty because I said I would go, but I got the dates mixed up and I had already eaten dinner anyway.
Kyle had to go back to start working on some homework and stuff, but about 10 minutes later he comes rushing back into the library with news that something happened at the Ted Kopple presentation, that there was some type of panic-attack and everyone had to evacuate Pruis Hall. There were ambulances on the scene and everything. I'll have to pick up the BSU newspaper tomorrow and find out what happened!
But that's really unfortunate. I mean I feel bad for whoever freaked out (unless someone was actually going crazy and threatening Mr. Ted), but his presentation was ruined. Jesse Jackson was even here not too long ago, so we've been getting some big-name speakers to visit our school. With a situation like this, maybe the next speaker we invite will have a second thought as to whether or not they want to visit. But I still have to find out what really happened before I make any assumptions.
But overall it was a good day. Very relaxed and laid back. No complaints about those type of days. This post was a lot longer than I thought it would be, so I'm gonna go ahead and sign out! Hope I didn't bore ya~!
Monday, February 22, 2010
(1) A challenge awaits?
Today marks the beginning of the challenge. The challenge to write one blog per day for 90 days. Can I do it? I certainly think so, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Let me see, let me see.... Where should I start? For those of you who haven't been keeping up with my life as of lately, I go to Ball State University in Muncie, IN. It's pretty cool. As a matter of fact, I like it here a lot. I'm studying Public Relations as my major, and after years and year of waiting, I am finally studying Japanese. Textbook, teacher, and everything. It rocks.
Like any campus, I've definitely got a few stories here and there to share. Let me tell you about my most recent story...
The other day, a few friends and I were walking back to our dorm buildings from Club Japan (club-what? Stay tuned for more info!). We finally came to Lafollette, so Bryan and I branched off from the others who were headed to the Johnson complex. As we approached the entryway to our building, we noticed a girl sitting upwards against the wall with her eyes closed as though she was sleeping-or maybe passed out-or something. We looked at over at each other; probably with some of the funniest faces. How are you supposed to react when you're just minding your own business and suddenly you run into an unconscious girl outside at 10:00 at night? Especially considering the fact that its winter, snowy and wet outside, less than 20 degrees, she didn't have a hat, scarf, gloves... Nothing but a red peacoat (well I mean she had pants and shoes and all the those other necessities... oh, you get it).
Basically, this just isn't right.
So we ask each other "Should we do something?"
I started waving my hands around and yelling "Hello?!" in her direction, but she was completely unresponsive. Bryan and I just stood there for a few moments wondering what to do. I really didn't want to touch her or get too close. Was it wrong for me to assume that there's a possibility this girl might be crazy?
So I look back over at Bryan and we decided that we should probably go tell some of the staff working inside at the food court. We scurry inside to the Out of Bounds (which is the name of the food place) and tell the cashiers that there's a girl outside passed out. They assumed we meant outside the store, but we told them she was literally outside in the cold.
So the supervisors grab their radios and start making calls, while one of the student workers jumps right in and wants us to lead him to this girl. Quite heroic, don't ya think? ;p
So as we're headed back outside, we caught the attention of a big group of kids hanging out/eating, and I overhear one of them suddenly talking about "the passed out girl".
Wait, wait, wait, wait....
So, people have just been walking past this girl all this time?
Nobody did anything? Who knows how long she was out there, and she was barely dressed appropriately. She could be frostbitten or suffering from hypothermia by now!
So we get outside, and the employee tries yelling towards her the same way Bryan and I did. She was still unresponsive, so he goes right up to her and starts tapping her shoulder.
Ta~da~!!!
She magically awakens!
Wait, what?? That's all it took? Bryan or I could've done that easily!!
Anyway, the employee asks her if she's alright, and she just takes a breath, smiles, and says
"Yeah. I'm fine!" :)
So she gets up, and just walks away.
And that was it...
Everyone (including people inside) watch her go back inside, and up the stairs as if nothing happened.
It was so bizarre.
So what do you guys think? Kind of a funny story (actually, kinda really funny), but why didn't those people at the Out of Bounds do anything if they saw someone...Uh, eyes-closed-and-unresponsive (Extreme hot flashes? Possessed by a demon? On drugs? Was she engaged in a religious mediation and we actually disturbed her from reaching Nirvana? I still do not know), outside in the cold? Just laugh and walk away? Are good Samaritans as common as they should be?
Anyway, hope you enjoyed #1.
89 more to go, and I hope you'll stay tuned ;)
Let me see, let me see.... Where should I start? For those of you who haven't been keeping up with my life as of lately, I go to Ball State University in Muncie, IN. It's pretty cool. As a matter of fact, I like it here a lot. I'm studying Public Relations as my major, and after years and year of waiting, I am finally studying Japanese. Textbook, teacher, and everything. It rocks.
Like any campus, I've definitely got a few stories here and there to share. Let me tell you about my most recent story...
The other day, a few friends and I were walking back to our dorm buildings from Club Japan (club-what? Stay tuned for more info!). We finally came to Lafollette, so Bryan and I branched off from the others who were headed to the Johnson complex. As we approached the entryway to our building, we noticed a girl sitting upwards against the wall with her eyes closed as though she was sleeping-or maybe passed out-or something. We looked at over at each other; probably with some of the funniest faces. How are you supposed to react when you're just minding your own business and suddenly you run into an unconscious girl outside at 10:00 at night? Especially considering the fact that its winter, snowy and wet outside, less than 20 degrees, she didn't have a hat, scarf, gloves... Nothing but a red peacoat (well I mean she had pants and shoes and all the those other necessities... oh, you get it).
Basically, this just isn't right.
So we ask each other "Should we do something?"
I started waving my hands around and yelling "Hello?!" in her direction, but she was completely unresponsive. Bryan and I just stood there for a few moments wondering what to do. I really didn't want to touch her or get too close. Was it wrong for me to assume that there's a possibility this girl might be crazy?
So I look back over at Bryan and we decided that we should probably go tell some of the staff working inside at the food court. We scurry inside to the Out of Bounds (which is the name of the food place) and tell the cashiers that there's a girl outside passed out. They assumed we meant outside the store, but we told them she was literally outside in the cold.
So the supervisors grab their radios and start making calls, while one of the student workers jumps right in and wants us to lead him to this girl. Quite heroic, don't ya think? ;p
So as we're headed back outside, we caught the attention of a big group of kids hanging out/eating, and I overhear one of them suddenly talking about "the passed out girl".
Wait, wait, wait, wait....
So, people have just been walking past this girl all this time?
Nobody did anything? Who knows how long she was out there, and she was barely dressed appropriately. She could be frostbitten or suffering from hypothermia by now!
So we get outside, and the employee tries yelling towards her the same way Bryan and I did. She was still unresponsive, so he goes right up to her and starts tapping her shoulder.
Ta~da~!!!
She magically awakens!
Wait, what?? That's all it took? Bryan or I could've done that easily!!
Anyway, the employee asks her if she's alright, and she just takes a breath, smiles, and says
"Yeah. I'm fine!" :)
So she gets up, and just walks away.
And that was it...
Everyone (including people inside) watch her go back inside, and up the stairs as if nothing happened.
It was so bizarre.
So what do you guys think? Kind of a funny story (actually, kinda really funny), but why didn't those people at the Out of Bounds do anything if they saw someone...Uh, eyes-closed-and-unresponsive (Extreme hot flashes? Possessed by a demon? On drugs? Was she engaged in a religious mediation and we actually disturbed her from reaching Nirvana? I still do not know), outside in the cold? Just laugh and walk away? Are good Samaritans as common as they should be?
Anyway, hope you enjoyed #1.
89 more to go, and I hope you'll stay tuned ;)
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