If the first year at Oxford was golden, the second year was lead. A bad case of jet lag that lasted three weeks and barely controlled asthma left me physically exhausted. I was homesick for my housemate/husband and our Sherman Terrace condo in Madison, nicknamed the Ice House because in the winter its windows frosted on the inside with thin scrolled patterns like those of Varykino in the original
I didn't live in the dorms, but I had friends who did. For some, it was important to design ways to sneak back in after midnight curfew - and this was in a state university! Others ran businesses out of their dorm room, and some had a room but never showed up - sleeping out in the community. From your wonderful description, it sounds like "off to college days" have - always and everywhere - been a time of open exploration!
I suspect that a number of students are running businesses out of their rooms. I was actually doing that myself at Oxford--I set up my freelance editing business in 1987 and was editing in my room.
One of my husband's friends was experimenting with time as a graduate student. He decided to divide the week into four long days (42-hour days). In order to live the alternative time, he had to block out normal time. I never got to meet him, probably because we could not coordinate a time to meet up, since "I'll meet you at 36 o'clock" was too hard to translate.
I didn't live in the dorms, but I had friends who did. For some, it was important to design ways to sneak back in after midnight curfew - and this was in a state university! Others ran businesses out of their dorm room, and some had a room but never showed up - sleeping out in the community. From your wonderful description, it sounds like "off to college days" have - always and everywhere - been a time of open exploration!
I suspect that a number of students are running businesses out of their rooms. I was actually doing that myself at Oxford--I set up my freelance editing business in 1987 and was editing in my room.
One of my husband's friends was experimenting with time as a graduate student. He decided to divide the week into four long days (42-hour days). In order to live the alternative time, he had to block out normal time. I never got to meet him, probably because we could not coordinate a time to meet up, since "I'll meet you at 36 o'clock" was too hard to translate.
Alternate time & Alternate reality!