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[bedlamsbard]

So, Brown? Not so good with first impressions. (Have not had first class yet, I hasten to add.)

I mean, on one hand, the whole, "You're at college. Be free!" thing is really cool, because it can get kind of frustrated to be, you know, ordered around and structured like you're a four-year-old. But on the other hand, especially when you're in a new environment, it can be kind of helpful, because at least you learn where the hell you're supposed to go. Right now all I know is that there are three dining halls, one of which I have been to, one of which is, apparently, next door, and one of which has the sign-ups for, oh yeah, basically the thing I came to this program for: the college visits. Where is it? Not entirely sure. (To be fair, though, I didn't go on the tour. Whoops.) Also, not sure where our class is actually being held, and they misprinted and didn't have enough books, so I have to go by the bookstore and see if the new printings have come in yet.

And the bad side of being in a single and thus, not having a roommmate, is that with a roommate you always have someone to call on and, you know, go places with.

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[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

That qualifies as lost enough. Generally, it should only be the actual rooms within the buildings that are difficult to find.

And yeah, seriously. Brick and Ivy. Sometimes clapboard. (even SSC is brick, albeit yellow brick).

Oh, they actually kick you out? Heh, well, only if they catch you ;) (you're smart kids in a pre-college program. I'm sure you can find new and inventive ways of getting high without getting caught.)

Printing is sometimes-free at SSC. In some of the academic building labs, it's free. In the library, it is not. The trade-off is "hm, is the printer working today?" We have the vending machine cards, too. They work (sometimes) for laundry, not yet for printing, and sometimes in the vending machines.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

I found the building! After going over two city blocks inch by inch -- it was the first place we looked, only it had a sign out in front that said "Something and Something Theatre" so we didn't bother looking at the sign on the actual building. ARGH.

Heh. New England.

Yes, I'm sure. I mean, seriously, they have to catch you first, and that's probably easier said than done.

*shakes head* Maybe it's an east coast thing, and on the west coast we're just more...progressive?

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

Aw. Yeah, sometimes colleges hide things. It's like a post-admissions IQ test. ;)

New England has a thing with stonework.

It's probably much easier to catch you if they actually care whether you're doing it. It becomes more complicated in a real!college setting, because the enforcing RAs are also drinking and probably doing some kind of drugs.

It may be that things tend to be more expensive on the East Coast (well, in New England). I think things like power and utilities are more expensive. Thus, more random surcharges. (but I'm not entirely sure, and my brain is a little melty today.) that, or Brown is just a ho.

[bedlamsbard.livejournal.com]

Yes, and now we don't have class in that building anymore, because my teacher saw it and hated the condition. Now I have to find another building. (It was a cool building, though. Old-fashioned, and part of a theatre, and really sunny, with all these boxes everywhere, and this really, really old-fanished jazz music playing -- so atmospheric. Loved it just for that.)

I've noticed the more expensive part. *sad*