PCL & Prufrock's.
Today's post is brought to you by the hot white mocha and plain bagel/cream cheese accompanying me in my favorite place and spot on UT's campus - the main library.
Stereotypical as it may sound, the library here is my favorite place. Like every school, UT has its own lingo and methods of referring to things. The library's name is the Perry Castanada Library; quite a mouthful, really. So, like almost all other buildings, it goes by a three letter acronym. Within the glorious PCL is one of the most debated coffee places at the school, Prufrock's. Prufrock's is well known for terrible coffee, but because it is in the library, not a Starbucks, and closest to the School of Information, it does well. I've yet to be disappointed.
But to the "real" point. I love this library because no matter what I want, aside from the latest young adult or fiction book, I can find it. We have an extensive YA/Children's area, as well as an expansive new books section. Though I hate the two week limit on the new guys, the amount of books I've been able to pick up and read that are hardly off the press is great. For all other books, I get until mid-January to hold on to. Can you even guess how much I've got sitting around my apartment waiting to be read? Lots, folks. Lots.
I've got my own little corner on the 6th floor (top) in the back where there is a plug and carrel for me to enjoy my coffee and bagel and read to my heart's content on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. It makes me calm for the impending doom that'll inevitably arise from class.
I'll miss this place when I leave if for no other reason than it feels like a "home" on campus.
In related news, I finished Twilight last night. I will read the next books, which have been kindly, uh, acquired via a friend digitally. I'm not a huge fan, but it's a quick read, and I can certainly see why and how people do like it so much. I'm just unimpressed with character development of Bella.
Right now, I'm about 60 pages from the end of this book. And I'm about 150 from the end of this one , which I am going to finish before class today. Talk about a contrast in the Lockhart book from the Meyer book. Then it's on to this one , a two-week check out courtesy of PCL library.
Stereotypical as it may sound, the library here is my favorite place. Like every school, UT has its own lingo and methods of referring to things. The library's name is the Perry Castanada Library; quite a mouthful, really. So, like almost all other buildings, it goes by a three letter acronym. Within the glorious PCL is one of the most debated coffee places at the school, Prufrock's. Prufrock's is well known for terrible coffee, but because it is in the library, not a Starbucks, and closest to the School of Information, it does well. I've yet to be disappointed.
But to the "real" point. I love this library because no matter what I want, aside from the latest young adult or fiction book, I can find it. We have an extensive YA/Children's area, as well as an expansive new books section. Though I hate the two week limit on the new guys, the amount of books I've been able to pick up and read that are hardly off the press is great. For all other books, I get until mid-January to hold on to. Can you even guess how much I've got sitting around my apartment waiting to be read? Lots, folks. Lots.
I've got my own little corner on the 6th floor (top) in the back where there is a plug and carrel for me to enjoy my coffee and bagel and read to my heart's content on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. It makes me calm for the impending doom that'll inevitably arise from class.
I'll miss this place when I leave if for no other reason than it feels like a "home" on campus.
In related news, I finished Twilight last night. I will read the next books, which have been kindly, uh, acquired via a friend digitally. I'm not a huge fan, but it's a quick read, and I can certainly see why and how people do like it so much. I'm just unimpressed with character development of Bella.
Right now, I'm about 60 pages from the end of this book. And I'm about 150 from the end of this one , which I am going to finish before class today. Talk about a contrast in the Lockhart book from the Meyer book. Then it's on to this one , a two-week check out courtesy of PCL library.