50 Things

A "simple" trip to the library.

1. Check book bag for all required library materials (laptop, books, pens, paper)
2. Check weather.com for temperature
3. Find appropriate outerwear
4. Lock door behind me
5. Grumble about all the ice on the sidewalk outside apartment...
6. Pick playlist from iPod for walk
7. Cut behind apartment into alley
8. Grumble about all the ice on the sidewalk 
9. Choose to walk in middle of street
10. Head west down 13th
11. Stop for an annoying amount of time waiting for Summit traffic to clear for crossing
12. Continue down 13th on the sidewalk
13. Notice the abundance of beer cases scattered in lawns
14. Stop sign says STOP Hammertime
15. Walk past my buddy Cory's house
16. Think about how I have not partied there in a few weeks
17. Look at all the parking meeter times left
18. Add whatever change in pockets to blinking meeters
19. Tell bum outside of Tobacco International I have no change
20. Consider Subway or Bento GoGo Asian Yum Yum, but buy neither
21. Wait for traffic to clear on high to cross
22. Notice how EVERYONE is either texting or listening to headphones (myself included). Do we no longer believe in common human interaction??
23. Continue walking, cut between the parking garages next to the Ohio Union
24. Smirk at the stick figure alien attack drawing in the snow between the garages
25. Check watch
26. Almost get hit by aggressive bus driver while crossing the road behind the Ohio Union towards the Oval
27. While approaching the Oval, notice the planes flying above, and think about how the abundance of people on the oval look like ants to them
28. Watch as someone almost gets clipped by a crazy biker through the oval
29. Watch for a minute while a random student argues with a preacher 'spreading the word'
30. Continue on up to the main library
31. Once in the library, I go straight for the elevator. The top floor is the best place to study.
32. Wait for the elevator
33. Ride the elevator, stopping at every floor to let people in and out all the way up
34. Step out of elevator on the top floor, notice that all the tables are taken
35. Turn around to get back in elevator, but it is too late. It is gone.
36. Wait for the elevator
37. Ride the elevator, stopping at every floor to let people in and out all the way down
38. Exit the library out the front door
39. Walk north towards the SEL
40. Realize I should have just gone straight to the SEL in the first place, Thompson Library is always full
41. Notice the new A-Frame sign outside the SEL telling the smokers to find somewhere else to smoke, thinking back to finals last quarter and having to walk through all the 2nd hand smoke to get into the library
42. Once inside the library, immediately go right to the elevators
43. Take the elevator to the 3rd floor, my lucky floor where there is always somewhere to work
44. Find a table with an outlet close by for my laptops crappy battery
45. Unload book bag and set up work area
46. Plug in laptop, and fire it up
47. Peruse Facebook for 20 minutes, even though at home I am not even on that much
48. Check to see if anyone is on Google Talk
49. Close all unnecessary tabs
50. Begin homework