Ahh, reunions...

Is there anything better than spending 300 bucks on a weekend back at school to hang out with 4000 people, of which a little over a hundred were in school at the same time as you, ofwhich there were about 5 that you had the slightest recollection of, of whom 1 was someone you actually spent any of your free time, who didn't have the slightest clue who you were? (on the other hand, there were a few people who gave me the same sort of "why do I know you" kind of look, and I had no idea) Well, as long as there's all the beer in the world you can drink included and the weather's nice, it's not too bad.

Other observations from the weekend:
1: They still, after at least 14 years, haven't changed the lock code on the engineering computer lab.

2: I don't really notice it when I'm back for football games, seldom going beyond South Quad, but holy crap have they done a lot of construction lately. 4 dorms (underway, but not open when I graduated), a new science building, an addition to the old science building, the Gug (varsity athletics complex), a student recreation/athletic center (I think this is another one from the Rolfs family), a new theater building (which they won't let anyone into, not even the guy who was giving a screening of his new documentary about Iraq(titled "Brothers at War", because he was, well, following his brothers to Iraq to see what the hell this whole thing was like)- I recommend this, by the way, if it gets a good distribution to a nearby theater for you.), a new building for NDSP and the post office (for which they plowed under the old basketball courts by Stepan), the "Coleman Morse Center" (which I have no idea what that is) on the site of the old, tiny, crappy bookstore, the Eck Alumni Center (2 buildings, including the new bookstore), a new faculty office building named after the then sitting university president, Monk Malloy, in a stunning display of ego, and as I understand it, there's plans to demolish the university club building and put up a new engineering building in its place. That's 13 new buildings, an addition, and more on the way. In 10 years. No wonder tuition is continuing to skyrocket.

3: It's no wonder I was so much skinnier then (at the time, I was a meager 170 pounds)- I must have walked at least 5 miles a day around campus in those days. There can't have been any fat guys out in Carroll, which is a solid half mile from any other campus building. At least then, my shoes fit better than the ones I was wearing last Friday, when a quick loop around campus led to blisters on my heels that caused me to start walking a little funny in an attempt to not rub them any more, which in turn caused my right hip to become sore for a day or so.

4: Geez, that place is beautiful.

5. See 4. It bears repeating.