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Wednesday, May 08, 2002 Behind the Mirror "Can we have your mirror?" Yellow Biker's roommate was going around to everyone's rooms collecting the mirror that hung above the sink. All the mirrors are going to be decorating one of the alleys (which is already pasted with aluminum foil) to create a "hall of mirrors". The purpose? I have no idea. The people who live in that alley must be high on something--pot or ether or alcohol. But I replied, "Sure, why not." He took the mounted mirror off the wall and I placed a piece of tape on the back. It had my room number to distinguish it from all the other mirrors being used for the whole edifice for vanity. And when he left with the mirror, I looked at what remained, the hole in the wall. The hole was more like a rectangular indentation where the piping for the sink ran through. But what was more amazing was the wall in the hole. There was a list of names written in marker; the names of the previous inhabitants of the dorm room went back all the way to 1989. If the mirror had never been taken out for some frivolous construction, I would have never known (and future students would be forever pondering who lived in the room from 2001 to 2002). So I took up my sharpie and wrote. An interesting quote: "Have pity on those who fear to hold the pen, the brush, the musical instrument, or the work tool, for they assume there is someone superior to them, and feel unworthy to come within the noble gates of art. But have more pity on those who have held the pen, the brush, the musical instrument, or the work tool, and have turned their hold on inspiration to a wretched tool of vanity." -- Translated from: Paulo Coelho, 'Diario de un mago' This was taken from Reality. An interesting link: BlogSnob. It's a free text ad. A combination of the randomizer button on a webring and a regular link. And another great way of finding interesting blogs. [posted by S. Y. Affolee on 12:15 AM : ]
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