Today we wandered into a room not yet explored by everyone in our group. It was like the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame of Stony Brook University, from days gone by when campus was fun. Posters of great artists hung framed on the walls, such as Billy Joel, Jimi Hendrix, and arguably the greatest of them all, Cyndi Lauper. All of these celebrities and more had at one time performed at our very own university. It’s as if there was indeed one point in time that was the day the music died – at least for the SBU campus. This made our little walking group sad, since all we really want is to have fun, and so we left.
To add to this disappointment, it should be noted that Joseph Fiennes apparently does not read this popular blog, as he did not show up today. I do hope that one of our fans in the UK will please pass this link on to him at once. But on the brighter side, after a weekend of thawing we found that we did not know the person who we suspected to be an ice covered John from last week. It’s ok, though. I think we can all agree that he is easy enough to put up with and is thought by one member, who I will not name but only say that it is not me, feels that he is the smart one in the group. I think this should be put to a vote at some later date.
With the prediction of an incoming blizzard expected to arrive tomorrow afternoon, we decided to get as much walking done as possible before we were snowed in (preferably at home as opposed to in the office, since we have not yet explored the new hotel on campus and are unsure if it would be up to our standards). And so we did the unthinkable, we walked both before AND after eating! To make our missing colleague Diane happy, we went over to investigate the damage done by the fire that had supposedly raged within the walls of our campus Sports Complex. You remember the one (see post). Much to our dismay, we are not very good reporters, for not one of us felt up to defying authority by crossing over the caution tape. Kristen could not help but feel that something was amiss, however, and she suspected foul play. As they walked past a huge makeshift wooden door in the back and curiously coldest side of the building, a large being of some sort heaved on the door with astonishing force, causing her to believe that the whole fire story was a hoax and the university was secretly housing a genetically altered animal of some sort. Maybe the concept behind the film Jurassic Park has been recreated by our students at last! They are, after all, some of the brightest minds in the country and I wouldn’t put it past them. Then again, it could just have been one of the building’s astonishingly large cockroaches attempting to break free to invade the new recreation center next door.
In honor of tomorrow’s apocalyptic storm, Diane has suggested that all Walk-O-Rama fans and members wear dorky winter hats. So dig through your closets to find that one winning winter accessory that you know you love to wear when no one is around.
Group photo time is tomorrow at noon! Unless you don’t show up. Then we will hunt you down in your office to steal a picture and Photoshop some wickedly clever monstrosity of a hat on you as punishment. Your choice.
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