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June 10, 2002 at 10:21 pm · Filed under Rigamarole

I’ve been at the library for the past two hours or so. It’s funny how you think you’re productive when you’re studying at home… But you’re so not. For me it feels like the only time that I can truly buckle down and force myself to concentrate and study is when I pull myself out of my room and drag myself to the library all the way across campus. Maybe it’s because my computer isn’t here (and when I study, I’m nowhere near any computers)… Or maybe it’s seeing all the other people studying which fires my competitive side to working hard.

All I know is, it’s something that seems to work for me.

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As I type here, though, a thought came to mind. I vaguely remember thinking how weird it would be to be able to connect to the world wide web from any place I wanted, and connecting at unbelievable speed. I remember seeing the news and the visions of computers being used in classrooms, public places, etc. It seemed like such a dream… but now here I am at the library, with a fast connection, posting my thoughts for all to see.

Strange, isn’t it? Like the thought of cell phones that are smaller than your head and lighter than a brick.

Kris said,

June 11, 2002 @ 1:11 am

The single thing that vanished my scepticism and pulled me over is very common nowadays; bringing people closer together.

Ofcourse, taken literally, the question is if people really got ‘closer’. But what I mean, is like there has been pulled down a barrier that was always there but never really noticed untill it got smashed…

Hippy Kris…

katie said,

June 11, 2002 @ 12:14 pm

my problem with libraries.. is that.. i only go when people are like .. hey katie.. lets go to the library. and then i’m like.. uh okay.. and i get all my shit together and get there.. with all these books. and i try to study… and i end up just talking to someone about what we’re going to do after we’re "done" studying. i have gone to more parties after being at a library than anywhere else.

i’m better off at home. really, what i need is a sensory deprivation tank that i can crawl in with one book. someone would probably have to lock me in though…

vandalous said,

June 11, 2002 @ 12:42 pm

I totally agree with you regarding studying at home and lack thereof. At home, I manage to distract myself with anything and everything while the library seems to instill a sense of calm and focus I cannot attain at home. For me, it’s a combo of the peer pressure (everyone else is doing it!) and my competitive nature. Interesting perception.

I, too, was an AOL’er before they had IE bundled in it. I was running AOL 1.0 and remember my first bill of over $300 since there was no such thing as unlimited usage back then. I think the closest thing to unlimited were the package deals offered by Prodigy. My old screen names were IMTerry and dzyhdmzy (daisy head maisy). Funny old school stuffs…

Great site here! Keep it up and hope you aren’t dying too much during finals.

cinz said,

June 11, 2002 @ 5:42 pm

omgosh i know what you mean about being more productive when you’re out of your room or house. that’s how i feel.. i need to take my ass out of my house and go to the library to actually get some studying done, heh. it’s the same reason as you — there’s no computer so near that can distract me in a library, haha.

vandalous said,

June 11, 2002 @ 11:55 pm

When I went to college, my best studying was done at Denny’s at 1am. Nuttin’ like a booth, an endless cup of coffee, and a cramsession the night before finals…

Now that I’ve got a job in the IT biz, I still study for assorted certs at my local 24-hour diner. It’s just peaceful there.

pauline said,

June 12, 2002 @ 12:42 pm

i know exactly what you mean, i mean i try to study in my house but i end up on the computer or sleeping…but mostly nothing at all. it’s weird. iguess it’s jsut that i’m too comfortable there. good luck

rounin said,

June 13, 2002 @ 9:51 am

aah like that one song… sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

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