The Library Occurrences of Finals Week

Finals, as I've discovered for the first time, do really weird things to you. Suddenly all you're capable of doing is studying, or eating, or sleeping and as Kelsi put it "It's like I can care about studying or I can care about people. And right now I just can't care about people." So our social lives have consisted of us studying in close proximity to our friends.

That way it feels like we are having social interaction, but really we're all just sitting in silence staring at computer screens until someone just can't take it anymore and half of the group breaks into conversation that has absolutely no meaning or relevance because our brains are fried... then after about five to ten minutes, studying resumes. And since we study at the library and it's open until two in the morning for finals, times have gotten pretty interesting. Here's a good example of one of our meaningless conversations. I'd told Michaela to listen to the band A Silent Film because I thought she'd like them. During the middle of studying, we both look up at each other and (as I heard it) it went a lot like this. 

Michaela: "Highlight the blonde"

Me: "what? Highlight the blonde?"

Michaela: "No I like them a lot"

Me:" Oh... oh yeah okay."

*Kelsi from a couple seats down*

Kelsi: (from a couple seats down)"I'm ready to go"

Me: "Oh you wanna go home?"

Kelsi: "No I want a potato"

Me (thinking I'd heard her wrong once again): What??

Kelsi: "Yeah I want a potato."

And then we just kept studying....

A few hours later for no apparent reason

Kelsi:  I'm just so excited to eat a potato I don't understand! Why am I so excited to eat a potato?!

And now for your entertainment... More stories of the library:

At one point, we were all studying when Derek stands to leave and pulls a random stick of licorice out of his bag and throws it at Connor, then grabs another one and throws it at Michaela... and then me, then Kelsi, then Jordan. Keep in mind that this library is like dead silent, and food technically (okay not technically but still) isn't allowed, and this conversation is not happening quietly...

Then Michaela throws the licorice back at Derek and says "Derek! I don't like licorice!"

So in outrage, he throws it back at her, and a split second later he's followed by Jordan who throws his at her too, then Connor, and then I jumped on the band-wagon and threw mine at her too. So Michaela takes one and throws it on the ground (which is apparently an insult to Derek's love) because he says "Why don't you just stomp on it too!" So she does... and then puts it back on the table.

This is all not that big of a deal until their other roommate Monty comes up hours later and sees the licorice on the table. He grabbed one and I was like "Yeah have at it! We aren't eating them". So he grabs one and as he walks away and takes a bite, Michaela turns to me and says. 

"That was the one I stepped on."

... Sorry Monty...

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Sometimes you'll look up from your studying and everybody is just staring at each other. So you join the party and begin to stare at everyone, and after a few minutes of silent stares, you just go back to your studying as if nothing happened at all.

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Earlier today two random people got up across the library and start grapevining towards each other while a third person recorded it... only to collide straight in the middle and fall over, laughing hysterically. I would've been mad, but hey. It was like midnight. We all need a break.

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Kelsi was awake for FOREVER one day and then we decided to stay at the library until 2 a.m., and this voice comes over the intercom at 1:30 to announce that it's getting close to closing and as 1:30 approaches, Kelsi just starts flipping out. She was panicking because she didn't want to be startled by the voice so she crawled on the floor in the fetal position and I was trying to comfort her and instead it turned into this huge scene where everyone was staring at us and Kelsi was on the floor saying "Stop looking at me! I don't like it when you look at me! I can't control myself! I have no control!" One guy in particular found it very amusing. I think most of us would've normally been embarrassed... but it was 1:30 in the morning

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Michaela hands me a box of wheat thins and says "Be quiet" because food isn't allowed in the library.

I reach my hand inside as carefully as I can (which is still the sound equivalent of an army of 500 men crumpling up large sheets of printer paper while talking heatedly about last night's football game or politics or whatever men talk about), and I just can't seem to grab a dang wheat thin. So the army continues to crumple for a good two minutes as Michaela shoots me dirty looks above her laptop... until I finally grab one and remove my hand (even more noisily) out of the box. Then I stick it into my mouth. Michaela and I make eye contact and CRUNCH. The chewing itself is almost as loud as the army. But I can't stop now because there's an only partially-chewed wheat thin in my mouth and I have to finish it. So I awkwardly continue chewing while looking around like "what is that noise? Oh my gosh! Who would make that much noise in the library during finals week?" Yea... I don't think I fooled anyone.

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So one time Kelsi and I were whispering at each other from a couple of feet away and Michaela kept nagging us, saying that we were way too loud and that people could hear us. But we just kept talking anyways, and she just kept getting onto us. So finally she says "Oh my gosh! Everyone can hear what you're saying! You're so annoying! Your whisper is like a normal talking voice/"

So, in order to prove her wrong... "Do you want to hear my normal talking voice?!" which said in my normal talking voice sounded a lot like very loud talking in the middle of the silent library. We got some looks... okay a lot of looks. People were definitely angry, but she stopped nagging so it was totally worth it.

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After writing a paper for three hours Kelsi turns to me at one in the morning and says

"I'm starting to lose my academic tone. I'm starting to use words like... heck/"

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There are outlets on EVERYTHING in the library. Everything. I swear. So one time (while studying big surprise there)

Michaela: There are SO many outlets in here. Imagine how many there are in the entire library.

Me: We should plug hair dryers into every single one.

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And sometimes it's 1:30 in the morning and you have Kelsi proofread your blogpost and she has to calm herself down so she doesn't break into hysterical laughter... Thanks Kels. You rock.

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P.S. So this just happened I'm not even joking it was the funniest thing. I finish blogging and Jordan and Connor are like "Hey come over here/"
So I go over there and they have this game up where you're a narwhal in space and you point your horn at things and stab them with it, and they made Kelsi and I fight to the death by stabbing each other in the narwhal hearts.
The End.