10. October 8

Oh it was a flawless autumn day today, my favorite sort of weather! Half of our campus, it seemed, was out on the quad soaking up the sunshine. I was out too, with a book on my lap, but I was busier reading the crowd than the text before me...

Cast of Characters Observed On the Quad:

• Two boys, two guitars
• One man, one child, one stroller, one very awful plaid shirt
• One young man who had the appearance of a poor Russian poet, his bicycle, and a group of friends with whom he was planning a weekend trip to Raleigh
• A handsome guy with curly hair and a nice smile who works at the library whom I can never work up the courage to talk to...
• A hippie who knows everybody, including the aforementioned handsome face
• Three groups involved in games of frisbee
• A couple involved in some passionate making out for most of the afternoon, much to the laughter of the Russian poets' friends
• A photographer whom I see all over the place with his serious camera and serious camera bag and a serious expression  (I wonder what he sees behind his lens?)

And now, I give you, the quad.

 

Quote of the day:

"If you feel like it, come with me. I will tell you a story. I'll show you something."

~ Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

(I just began this book today and I'm quite excited about it!)