Wednesday, January 22, 2014

I think I have found my new goal in life: I want to grow up to be that old man that did SO much in life...went  to so many places, did so many things, and met so many people, that there is no way I could ever run out of cool stories to tell while I'm in a nursing home (or wherever I end up). You probably think I'm kidding, but I'm 100% serious.
I took some pictures today as I walked around in the -12 degree windchill. Honestly, the buildings around campus seem much more photogenic in the snow and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to snap some pictures:

 This is the World War I memorial at Beinecke Plaza, I thought it looked neat in the snow.
This is walking out of Pierson College, my residential college. I think I have explained before, but basically the freshman at Yale are assigned a residential college, but due to limited space, most freshmen live on the Old Campus until sophomore when they move into their respective residential colleges.

This the Pierson lower court. It's known for looking much different than the rest of the college, and was referred to as the Pierson slave quarters until the mid-1980s by students and faculty alike. We don't call it that anymore, for obvious reasons of course. This is where seniors live.
Another picture of Pierson.
More Pierson.
This is practically an overdose on pictures of Pierson. So sorry.
Too much snow.


This is Connecticut Hall, as I mentioned yesterday... the oldest building at Yale.

I decided to take a detour through Jonathan Edwards College, another residential college, and you can see Harkness Tower from their courtyard.


This is beautiful Lanman-Wright Hall ("L-Dub") where I live. 

If you have a very keen eye while walking around campus, you notice some pretty neat things. Today I noticed the original year-stamped bricks with the year 1750 on them from when Connecticut Hall was built. Check it out. 


You can see the same year-stamped bricks from more of a distance now.
And this is the final destination of my new "NO SOLICITING" sign. Me and my roommates tend to be like grumpy old men...we generally don't like to be bothered while in our room chilling and studying. Although we are considering getting a "No Loitering" sign...there has been a recent issue of very loud and obnoxious girls loitering right in front of our door. I'm only halfway kidding about the "No Loitering" sign. 

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