toasty

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i got out of the shower this afternoon and had just closed the door and was about to either get dressed or get in bed and take a nap. but i guess we’ll never know which, b/c two facilities guys showed up to fix my heater aka flip the secret mysterious hidden switch that magically releases heat from the earth’s core into my frosty dorm room! now i’m toasty and i’m so excited!

bill cosby was on campus on wednesday night to do stand-up, which included making fun of the new college president. he said, “you guys can’t fire her, she’s way to excited to be here, she’s having too much fun!” which, from what i’ve seen, is really very accurate! president stewart is enthusiastic – no, really, she’s extremely enthusiastic, and is a great speaker, too. she introduced him to more than 4,000 people without using any notes at all. i was impressed. anyway, bill cosby wore a hamilton sweatshirt and birks and spent a fair amount of time chilling on the floor of the stage and let the football team captain up on stage to sing the hamilton fight song while various football players in the audience stood up. if those boys can’t win any games, maybe they should start a boys’ choir! but it was a good night and i was so star struck.

later, or more like on thursday morning at 1:30, bundy west had a fire drill. i totally felt it coming with my finepoint sixth sense, but it scared me anyway! after 10 minutes in the cold, we all went back inside and i crawled back into bed and snuggled up and tried to recreate my interrupted sweet dream, and then it went off again! this time i just collected all the clothes on my floor and layered them on as i stumbled down the hall. and then i swear i heard the alarm ringing in east and i just wanted to throw myself at the mercy of campus safety and beg them just carry me out in my bed.

i went grocery shopping at tops, which is the most ghetto grocery store ever, but my fridge is stocked with yogurt and granola and hummus and hot pockets and ice cream and annie’s mac & cheese and peanut butter cookies. i love peanut butter. and chocolate. yeah, those must be two of my favorite things in the world. yum.

so, another weekend ensues. there’re jazz concerts tonight and tomorrow in the barn and i have to write paper on one of them, and all the presidential inauguration events tomorrow and sunday, but those all start pre-noon so i think i’ll pass. maybe i’ll go to the colby football game though, since hamilton did beat bowdoin over break. it was the first win all season. it was the first in two years! and it probably doesn’t matter that bowdoin hasn’t beaten anyone this season….go continentals!

quote of the day: “in the hour of adversity be not without hope / for crystal rain falls from black clouds” – persian poem

love always, em locke