Boston College - Sub Turri Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Hour Favorite Pasttime: Procrastination I just looked at my daily assignment book — I have a five-page paper due tomorrow in English! How I forgot about it, I ' ll never know. I ' m usually on top of everything. Oh well, I guess I ' ve just been to busy. Let ' s see what else do I have to do? Accounting problems numbers 6 (abc), 9, 11 (ab), and I must read Chapter 8 in Economics — only 75 pages. Well . . . that ' s not too bad. I nave plenty of time to do everything. Actually, I think I ' ll call home. My parents get upset if I don ' t keep in touch. It ' s 8:00 PM — I think I had better start my accounting problems, but first I think I ' ll make a list. I find 1 get things finished quicker when I ' m organized. There, my list is finished. I ' ll just stick it on my cork board. Now where are the thumb tacks? Ah well, I ' ll pick some up tomorrow. Now where was I? Ah yes, accounting. Let ' s see — I ' ve got my calculator, pencils, erasers, notebook, ruler, book, accounting paper, and my roommate ' s notebook from last semester (she got an A). There, I ' m all ready. No wait. 1 must sharpen my pencils first. I just can ' t function without sharp pencils. There, (sign of relief) I ' m all ready and it ' s only 8:40 PM. It ' s still early. An hour and fourty-five minutes and two cups of coffee later, the accounting problems are completed; well actually a better descriprion would be attempted. It is getting a little late I guess. It ' s 10:25 to be exact. I think I deserve a break. I write quicker when my mind is fresh. Oh oh, it is 11:00 PM. I guess I ' d better get going. That half of Dynasty was just the break I needed. Before 1 start, though, I think I ' ll take a shower, just to keep me going. I think it ' s going to be a long night! On well, I ' m not too tired, and my first class isn ' t until 12:00 noon. I have plenty of time. Since I don ' t like to interrupt my train of thought when I ' m writing, I think I will call my friend now. The rates are cheaper after 11:00 pm, and my paper will give me an excuse to get off the line quickly (and save more money). Thank goodness the paper isn ' t due until 12:00 — I ' ve got plenty of time. I think I ' ll read my economics tomorrow, or I can always catch up this weekend. I have no plans. Okay, here it goes, let ' s start the paper. First I ' ll get a strong cup of coffee. All I need is a little caffeine to get me going. I ' ve been working on this paper for three hours, and I must admit I ' m getting slightly sleepy. My mind is a nttle foggy. I ' ll get up early and finish this — there will be lots of time tomorrow. Buzz . . . Oh no! What time is it? Only 6:00 AM. I can afford to sleep another hour. Thank God I can type fast. 7:30 AM — I guess I snould get up. After a quick shower and a bagel, I ' ll be as good as new. While I ' m finishing up the paper, I think I ' ll watch the morning news — the television will keep me awake. I can accomplish a lot with it on . . . It is now 11:45 AM. The paper is due at 12:00. This typical procrastinator is finished, and is racing up Higgins Stairs. Each breath is becoming harder and her legs are becoming like rubber. As she charges into the classroom, she notices it ' s empty. Then she looks at the blackboard and notices the message. In big bold print, it says; Class has been cancelled. Paper is due next class. She thinks: Oh well, that ' s plenty of time to fix this up. I ' ll have no problem getting an A, but first I have to ... — by Jane Corcoran Favorite procrastination activities: talking on the phone, drinking, day dreaming. 3 Rich Setgh 28 STUDENT LIFE

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flight, he wonders. Midway down the block the car in front of him stops and the person gets out carrying a briefcase, locks the doors and crosses the road into an office ibuilding. Our hero has heard that Marking is difficult and expensive in oston but he finds this to be a little ridiculous. Meters are only 15 minutes long and cost 25 cents, so to avoid havmg to run outside constantly feeding the meter with his laundry change he plans on parking in a parking garage. Tim moves into the oncoming lane to move around the double parked car and drives further to a Public Parking garage ' where he reads the sign $5 for the first half hour, $3 for each succesive half hour. I do not need this, he thinks. Following the precendent that he has seen set he confidently pulls into a No Parking spot. He gets out of the car and takes a few steps then looks back to check to see if he locked his doors. What he sees is a swarm of meter maids descending on the car from all i Kiillarz directions. As they fight over who gets to write the ticket and move one closer to their daily quota he shakes his head and walks over to Barnes and Nobles. The ticket must still be cheaper than the parking garage and he is still saving money on his book. Returning from the store with his purchase Tim is happy after finding such a haven of bargains. Getting closer to the car he discovers that evidently the argument that he had left had not been settled and fluttering under both his windshield wipers are dozens of blazing red tickets. What more could happen? ' he wonders in despair and in answer a red striped station wagon pulls up next his car and out jumps a man with a strange-looking device. Equally quickly the station wagon is on its way again and our hero moves closer to look at the bright orange device resembling ice tongs that is attached to his car. He had .j diglgtMj Ugg lWIi II » ■ ■ ' fuaSSmfilMt Lower Campus is the scene of fast cars, few parking spots, and oblivious students. heard about these barbaric things — Denver Boots they are called. Bemoaning his fate our hero run across the Commons to the police station to pay his fines and runs back to find the boot already gone. Now instead of being $25 ahead he finds himself $200 in debt after all the fines. Not wishing to risk anymore trials he heads straight nome. At Kenmore he makes a left turn and finds himself in an area of clean streets, speed limit signs every hundred yards and a patrol car (with radar) at every intersection. This must be Brookline, he thinks; while Boston raises funds by tackling criminal parkers Brookline has the nerve to stop people for speeding. That is one thing that our hero likes about driving in Boston. As long as you do not stop the car you are safe from the Boston cops. After going through Brookline Tim begins the circuit around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. There he picks up a friend of his who is hitchiking. His friend asks to be dropped off by Higgins stairs. So as he drives oy the baseball field Tim turns and drives into campus. Passing the booth he hears a whistle blowing and looks in his mirror to see a little old man wearing an orange safety vest chasing him down the road. Ignoring him Tim continues around McHugh Forum as the guard puts out the alert over his radio. At Higgins stairs Tim lets out his friend and then gives up any hope of continuing straight as he is blocked by a seemingly miles long line of students moving up and down Higgins stairs and across lower campus. He swings into the parking lot to . D ' Antuorw attempt to find a spot and spends half an hour searching for a free space while being chased by old men in orange vests. Finally giving up he drives out and onto Beacon Street. Perhaps my situation is not too bad, he thinks, it does not take me this long to find a spot and the aggravation of moving his car every morning and night begins to seem minimal compared to this mess. Going back behind upper campus he suddenly finds himself faced with an entirely new arrangement of one way streets. Totally confused and exhausted after his long day, he is now further exasperated Dy the intelligence of the traffic flow engineers at Newton City Hall and finds this to be the straw that breaks the camel ' s back. Tim gives up and drives toward the Mass Pike. He remembers someone once saying that there is a lot of open space in Iowa, he thinks, as he heads westward to escape this nightmare called DRIVING IN AND AROIJND BOSTON. — by Ted Hanss STUDENT LIFE 27

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STUDENT LIFE 29