TGIF!

TGIF! Seriously! But I had doubts that Friday was something worth looking forward to as I stepped out of my apartment, moseyed on down the stairs... missed one, and nearly fell flat on my face (my surgerized knee broke my fall). So already in a good mood, I walked out into the parking lot to see the shuttle LEAVING. Even better. Went back up to my apartment to get some quarters for the inevitable meters, since there are 2,000 fewer parking spots for commuters on campus than there are actual commuter students. I didn't even waste my time looking for a spot in the commuter lots, since the most annoying phenomenon of all - the people who park at the beginning of the row, waiting for someone to pull out, was in full force. But THEN, I couldn't even find a meter spot!!! Just as I spotted one in the Founders lot, a Meter Hawk (i.e. the guy who waits for your meter to expire so he can give you a $10 ticket) actually took the meter and just sat in his truck! I was like, "what the hell?" So at that point I didn't care if I ran anyone over (I probably killed 10 people) and I finally found a spot in the visitor lot by Overman.
My theory is that if the school took the money from the parking tickets they so freely give out (what do they do with that money, anyway? Oh, yeah, pay the 5 bazillion METER HAWKS/LOT HAWKS) they could build some extra parking lots. Why did they close the lots on the other side of the tracks, by Pollyeyes? Because they're schmucks. So my solution would be to fire half of the assholes who pointlessly go around entering peoples' license plate numbers into their keypad thingies looking for people to give tickets to, so they can do God-knows-what with the ticket money.... That one guy was just sitting in his truck! Fire him and use his salary to help build a new lot so I don't have to illegally park in a faculty lot when I'm running late for class because I can't find a spot! ARGH.
As a Senator in USG, the #1 complaint of my constituents is PARKING. I know they can only do so much in a town the size of BG, but maybe we need to start building floating air-suspension (whatever the hell that means) parking garages. Any ideas?

Thank God I love my classes, and my IPC 201 class is always fun, so I'm in a good mood again. Plus, my column is in the paper today. It's also online! Here's the link: http://www.bgnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/04/4203744a6615d

Have a Happy Day!