Foreign Flick

This weeks item is a bit different - yes that is what you think it is - the DVD Oldboy.  This is an interesting find - Oldboy is an awesome revenge story filled with a lot of really sweet fight sense and an insanely twisted ending.  It's also Korean.  Considering Korean movies probably make up under one percent of the US's film industry, I'd have to qualify this DVD as somewhat rare (not in a valuable sense) to begin with - now the fact that someone at Trinity threw this off their balcony and it ended up in our yard seems really out of the ordinary.  I guess we are just lucky - because the DVD stills plays flawlessly, I watched it 2 nights ago.  We want whoever threw Oldboy out to start tossing more stuff down - especially if he/she has more foreign movies.  Actually, when we watched Oldboy, someone was sitting in the chair that was thrown (and posted about a few weeks ago) into our yard.  However, keep in mind, we clean up garbage everyday - treasures like these are few and far between.  But, as long as they keep coming, life in the T3 yard is well worth the hassle of having to clean up.

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Aesthetic Improvements

This week I want to take a break from talking about the variety of trash that rains down on our yard.  Instead, I'd like to tell you about/show you one of the "upgrades" my roommates and I made in regards to our yard.  So, when you walk out of our back door and stand in the grass, there will be a wood fence on your right.  About 5 weeks ago, a friend was leaning on the fence and one of the boards broke - another was barely holding on.  For a couple of days we lived with a broken fence - however, where some may see a flaw, we saw a chance at perfection.  Four hours and a trip to ACE hardware later, and we have a functioning door.  We bought 4 hinges and screwed them to the tops and bottoms of both boards, connecting them to the unbroken parts of the fence.  Now, instead of having to walk around Thomas in on order to exit, all we have to do is walk out our back door and step onto the 3rd story walkway that overlooks the tennis courts/pool.  It's super awesome and convenient and essentially makes our already awesome yard 3x better.  Check it out...

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Friday Afternoon Snack

So this past weekend my suitemates and I were sitting outside listening to music and talking – a pretty standard occurrence on Friday afternoon.  We were minding our own business when, from the heavens it seems, dropped a little surprise.  Our chairs were positioned in a circle – and all of a sudden a container of delicious Alouette brie landed right in the center.  Of course, our immediate reaction is to look up to see where it came from – no sign of anyone. So my roommate picks up the container in order to examine it – still cold, not expired, only half eaten.  So naturally, we start looking around for something to dip in the cheese.  We then get another pleasant surprise – a box of Triscuits. We look up, still no one, the box, only half eaten.  Now I ask you – is it possible for a Friday afternoon to start any better?  I think not.  However, I’m still puzzled as to why someone would just hand (or drop) this delightful treat to us. Perhaps, they were just being nice – or maybe it was an apology for the roughly 3 cases of empty beer cans that magically fell into our yard the night before – or they were just tired of eating cheese and Triscuits – whatever the case may be, Thomas 372 thanks you.

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Wake-Up Call

   So at about 3am on Monday morning I was startled by a thundering crash - well, more so, a thud.  No questions as to where it came from, my dorm room's backyard.  I sit up, lifelessly check my phone, and fall immediately back to sleep.  This is roughly the 4th time I've been awaken by roughly the same sound - needless to say, the excitement in finding out what has fallen into my backyard has faded.  Anyways, I woke up at 9am that morning - I started my day the same way I always do, taking a step outside and unleashing a deep yawn.  This day was a bit different, as there was a little surprise waiting for me:

   Seeing this chair brings about a variety of questions - like what would have happened if I decided to go for a walk around 3am? Or, what situation led to this chair being thrown off a balcony? Did whoever tossed this chair ever expect to get it back? Infinite questions…no answers.  But that's ok!  We are up one chair (it didn't break) and no one decided to go on a 3am walk that morning, so no injuries.  A shower rack or some Ramen noodles might have been more useful, but hey, beggars can't be choosers.



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