Wednesday, May 10, 2006
below the library
beneath the hargrave-andrew library at uni, there is a quiet study area, unlike the other quiet study area, this one is actually quiet. there are 5 guys opposite me playing some game over their LAN, a guy on my table with the biggest glasses i have ever seen, accompanied by an qually as large calculator.
behind me are some asian guys, occassionaly muttering something, but mostly it is muffled by their weird asian-moustaches. (you know the ones, it looks like they've been growing them their entire lives, they are like bum-fluff.)
before i came to the library, i went over to the campus centre to get myself some pasta - half cabonara, half spinach and pumpkin.
as i walked back, i ate it. this may not have been the best idea.
so i sit down in the quiet study area in the downstairs section of the library, i'm surrounded by giant journals on "genome research" and "embo journal" and place my empty pasta container down on the table.
after opening my laptop and waiting for everything to load i feel my stomache twist and churn... i could feel a really awkward fart coming.
i try my hardest to hold on, and hope that it will just be a silent one... but alas, despite all my efforts, it eventually escapes.
it was the loudest, most feral sounding auditory extravaganza i have ever heard. and most likely, the people around me thought the same thing (except maybe the weird moustache wearing asians... they probably experience this daily) and needless to say, everyone in the quiet study area either looked over at me in disgust or started giggling behing their books.
i have never been so embarassed (and proud! it was a ripper!) infront of a bunch of nerds before.
