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Some Laughter in the Rain

             I want to tell you about the funniest juxtaposition that I have ever seen. It was the week before finals my sophomore year of college and I was walking towards the library. The morning was cold, rainy, and the whole world seemed gloomy and grey like how movies like to portray London or any scene in a futuristic, dystopia sci-fi city where a disgruntled cop solves an impossible case. I did not mind because cold and rainy is my favorite kind of weather and this December day was making me quite happy.  It would soon be made even happier because I spied one of the tour groups trying to cross South University Dr. They whole group was smiling and were so cheerful standing beneath the bright purple TCU umbrellas; they looked like a bunch clowns trying to crash a funeral. What made it particularly funny was all the other students walking around them. Their heads were held low as they trudged along the puddled paths. So, there I stood looking at those bright-eyed potential students admiring all the grandiose buildings and listening to the high praise of the tour guide, meanwhile they ignored the warning of the zombie-students circling them. It was the funniest juxtaposition I have ever seen. It was amazing seeing those bright-eyed angels oblivious to us gloomy, fallen souls. They were too amazed to notice the warnings around them. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love TCU, but as we approach another finals week I am once again reminded how much work one can be assigned. 

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  1. McKenna ShafferApril 26, 2020 at 8:37 AM

    I, like you, really enjoy seeing the tour groups around campus. Hearing the glowing praise the guides give of BLUU food and the wonder of having roommates while rooming on campus makes some of my gloomy days so much brighter. This post made me miss walking around campus amidst the bright-eyed tourers, sluggish students, and random assortment of adults, and I would even take the harshness of another finals week on campus if it meant I got to experience that. Doing my 50 pages worth of essays sitting on my basement couch just doesn't have the same ambiance as finals week TCU, as gloomy as it may be sometimes.

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