open letters from a Monday rehersal

[owlmoose]

Dear Stanford University,

Please stop constructing new buildings on every parking lot on campus. You have more than enough buildings and not nearly enough parking, and the balance continues to get more and more out of whack.

Regards,
A disgruntled driver who was ten minutes late to chorus tonight because she was circling Tressider looking for a parking place

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Dear Cigarette-Smoking Alto,

Smoking is bad for the pipes, but hey, it's your voice and your life, so far be it from us to tell you to stop. But when you smoke your cigarette five minutes before practice, that's just rude. You may be used to breathing the scent of smoke deeply, but the rest of us aren't -- you drove at least one person to go home at the break because her allergies were acting up. We have the no perfume and no smoke policy for a reason. It's three hours out of your life once a week; you can deal.

Best wishes,
The row of altos sitting behind you

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Dear Johannes Brahms,

Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Love,
Me

Comments

[peachespig.livejournal.com]

BEST. POST. EVER.

[luciab.livejournal.com]

The main UNC campus is also eliminating parking lots at an alarming rate, and they are doing it on purpose to encourage mass transit, which is free in town.
I know it's a good idea, and in theory I support it, but I'm still used to parking close by and not having to leave a half hour early to catch a bus. Irritating.

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I used to work at Stanford, and the joke was that they never saw a parking lot that they didn't want to put a building on top of. Things do not appear to have changed. It's a transit-first policy there, too, and I agree with you in supporting it in theory and finding it a pain-in-the-neck in practice.

anonamys tells me that you have started library school! Congrats; I hope that's going well for you. If you ever have questions about the librarian thing just ask. :)

[luciab.livejournal.com]

So far I'm having trouble getting back into the swing of things, like keeping track of homework and remembering that it's ongoing. Starting a job the same week as starting school wasn't the best idea, but that's when the job was available. Yikes. But I'm liking the classes!