Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Update from the library!

It's the last week of classes here at UCD, so all written work is due on Friday. If you thought Bryn Mawr during the final weeks of term was intense, you should be in the library right now. It's almost 9pm and it's packed! Usually all students who don't live on campus (which is about 90%of  them) go home no later than 5. Nope, right now they're all here, frantically typing away, looking terrified. They've done nothing all semester and now must cram everything they can into 2000 words for 90% of their grade. I would laugh at them, if I wasn't doing the same thing.

The UCD library is fairly creepy. It's huge, for one thing, and made entirely of cement. The books are laid out in no particular order (well, I'm sure there is an order, but not one that helps me) and it's lit with bright florescent lights. I sort of feel like I'm in a science fiction movie. It doesn't help that other than the typing of keys it's dead silent in here. No one talks, not even a little muttering to a friend. Every now and then a creepy voice comes on over an intercom and reminds us to "mind our belongings". When that happens everyone, and I mean everyone, stops what they're doing, comes out of their haze and looks around as if God is speaking to us. I'm a little frightened. 

I'll update later with full stories of Mom and Peggy's visit to Ireland! Back to my essays

5 comments:

Unknown said...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA take pictures in the library!!!!

but turn the flash off.....or else everyone might have a heart attack

Anonymous said...

I'll have you know that the UCD library owns 7 (!) copies of The Origins of Human Society, perhaps a record.

Anonymous said...

Why don't you walk out to the Richview Library, which said to be about a 10 minute walk from campus. See http://www.ucd.ie/library/virtual_tour/richview_lib_virtual_tour.html

Anonymous said...

I think 7 copies of OHS has to be a record. Do WE even have 7 copies in our house?

-sis

Marianna said...

Impressive! Including 5 on short loan, someone must be using it for a class. If i see a cute Irish boy reading one of them in the library this week I'll have the ultimate pick up line. Thanks Dad!