Yousuf Ahmed
10/16/12
Freshman Seminar
Monologue
I am sitting in Baruch’s library writing a monologue. What is a monologue? A monologue is pretty much a basis of writing out your thoughts. However, I do not really want to make this really long because that will take up a lot of time and take away time from doing other activities mainly studying for my midterm and quiz coming up within the next few days. I studied for my midterm, but I need to study more. There is quite a bit of information to remember for that midterm. It is for Business Law, if you were wondering. Anyways, I don’t think I really want to talk about this because it will remind me of how much work I have left to do, so instead I will talk about… books and the library.
Books are to the left of me. There are reference books, big books, small books, and all sorts of books. They are organized into shelves and a particular order. They are for the most part “standing tall.” Some are leaning over, but are in a particular fashion so that way it won’t fall. There are lots of rows of books, too. It would be pretty interesting if someone took on a challenge to read them all. I know I don’t think I would. I think that would be a waste of time because reading one book usually takes me days. Reading all these books would take me probably more than a lifetime! Those are the books that are on the left of me.
On the right of me are windows and more desk space mostly. I see some of the Newman Vertical Campus, too. It’s pretty cool; I can even see a reflection of the building that I am in because some of the Newman Vertical Campus has some glass windows. I hear people making noise outside. Why do people need to be that noisy? What are they saying? What are they doing? I hear cars, too. The one person honked. That’s pretty typical since we are in New York. I know I got off topic, but that’s ok.
In front of me, I see people to some degree. I see one person’s back. I see a person’s hair. I see a clock all the way on the other side. There is this person who sat down like some seconds ago. There are lights on the top. There’s a bunch of stuff. When I think about it, if I were to explain my image, it would take a long time. I just checked the time; it is 3:30. I am making pretty good progress with getting this done. What else is there to talk about?
I feel pretty cold. I don’t understand why I am so cold. It usually is pretty cold on the 4th floor. I pressed “4” on the elevator, so it must be the 4th floor. I thought it was the 3rd. It’s quiet like I’ve been told. Here, I barely have any distractions. I, also, heard that during midterms week, it gets packed. You have to be one of the earliest ones to actually get a spot. People, also, sleep here. I don’t think I would want to sleep over at the library? Wouldn’t it be uncomfortable and not “homey?” That is what I would think.
I should get something to eat soon. My breakfast was Pop-Tarts unfrosted strawberry. It was good. I, also, had some milk, too. It was organic. My sister bought it, so I just drank it. It was good, too. I could eat pizza or get a Subway Tuna Sandwich. I’m not sure I have options. When people are given the choice, they can get confused. I don’t think I am going to eat right now maybe in a few hours. We’ll see what happens.
I am going to conclude with this thought that everything that I observed was not a waste of time. Actually, it was sort of. The thing is that I observed my surrounding a bit better. It showed me that there are things you do not notice and force to notice in order to understand something a bit better. Perhaps, it didn’t do that either. If it did, great! The point of this monologue was to have no purpose just write stuff down, which I did. I think I did a pretty good job, how about you?
The photo is from my pictures file.
