Inneresting things I have recently seen
Sometimes when the week devours your soul like this week has with me (housing being a bitch, not getting the internship at WYSP, homework coming out the ears and no sign of it letting up for Marathon Monday, ect) it helps to focus on the little things. Thus, I give you, a list of random things this week that commanded a smile (keep in mind, however, I am easily amused. I am still, for example, laughing to myself over the comment card in the dining hall that simply says in all caps "I <3 CORN!" and I saw this like maybe a month ago).
1. While on the T yesterday I saw a girl around the age of 12 who was deaf with her 20-something blind friend (he was at least partially blind I'm assuming. He had a cane and his eyes remained partially closed the entire time). The two were signing to eachother frantically the entire time, and through motions I could figure out that they were working out which stop to get off at. They were in a world of their own, laughing and enjoying their own friendship that seemed seperate by choice of the rest of the people on the T. They got off at Kenmore like I did, had a gesturing argument over which exit to go through for, I think, the Sox game. I wanted to follow them and observe them, not in a creepy way, just out of pure fascination. And not only because the friendship between a deaf girl and blind man seems improbable, but just out of their obvious connection and own little universe that they seemed to create around themselves. Does that make sense? No? Ok.
2. The weather has been beautiful lately, and last week I took advantage of it and sat by the Charles highlighting documents about ebola and anthrax (whee! Fun!) A large group of ROTC kids in full military garb gathered nearby, got into formation, and spent the next half an hour crouching and pointing guns at the innocent runners and sunbathers nearby. It was all training, and i'm sure the guns were unloaded and all, but it's interesting to see some MIT kids playing frisbee and then right next to them a scene out of battle. Unnerving, though, how it seemed normal after a bit of time and getting used to.
3. Also by the river and around the city the past week, groups of runners getting ready for the marathon on monday. But like the really professional kind, who come in from other counties just to run this thing, not the guys who dress up in funny costumes and give up once they hit heartbreak hill. Hope I can see the marathon on monday and participate in the accompanying activities. Interviews for COM and FREEP articles may prevent me from doing that though (gar)
4. I went with my Capstone group today to see the level-4 Biolab that BU has been building despite protests from the Roxbury community. It was pretty neat, and by neat I mean we got in trouble with a cop for taking pictures of the building. I almost got arrested for my grade! (not really). I am so hardcore I can't handle it.
5. 826, the tutoring center I volunteer at, had a benefit this past weekend where I got to see leech ballet, giant crab wrestling, a debate about bigfot, and Eugene Mirman, among other things. Eugene, of Flight of the Conchords landlord fame and also these brillant YouTube videos, was hilarious. I went with a rather ill Jamie, which also brings me to...
6. I saw my family last week! If briefly. Don't know what I'll do when they don't have college searches as an excuse to see me in Boston. Unless Jamie decides to go to Brandeis. We'll see.
Uninteresting things I've seen...
This work. I want to cry tiny tears of academia. That magically makes Microsoft Word write all this shit for me.