Seems about right.

So at this point, if you are reading the sign shown above while in the elevator, during a "fire", you are pretty much screwed. And, due to the amount of fake out fire drills that Lawrence Hall has, you might as well just ride the elevator, because chances are you will be perfectly fine. (don't quote me on that...) However, if you see something along these lines, I'd recommend taking the stairs...

Fancy Feasts?

Okay, so I just noticed that the title of this blog post is the name of a cat food, so I hope you don't get the wrong idea. However, the cafeteria food sometimes does in fact, look like cat food. It's usually the tofu items or the weird Chinese meals they throw together. Typically, if someone wanted Chinese food, they would walk across the street to Mandarin Gourmet or grab take-out from Hong Kong Express--no one is going to walk into the cafeteria expecting Chinese. And if they are serving Chinese, it's usually just chicken strips smothered in some duck sauce or something fancy.

Note to any Point Park cafeteria user: Any kind of "chicken ______" whether it is a sandwich, a hoagie, sub, whatever, it is usually just a chicken patty smothered with some weird stuff--which in that case, they put a fancy name to it. Can't fool us residence hall dining.



Oh and note to residence hall dining: No one from the ages of 17-23 goes to Point Park dinnertime craving "chicken cordon bleu" (if you do, that's weird), but hey, here's $12.75 for my meal anyway.

Comments anyone?

Well, well, well...it seems that us Point Park students get lazier and lazier everyday. Not only do some students feel that the library is too far to walk to, (imagine all the walking you would have to do at a large university!) some even feel as though it is necessary to take the elevator from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor, (side note: stairs are not just put there for firedrills...) and now, we actually are taking the time to write out notes that complain about tables being pushed together. Let's use our Lucot arms (see post 1 for more details) and provide some seating for ourselves, it's not too difficult--in fact, it will probably take less time than writing that note. And due to the fact that this request was posted in the cafeteria, you may not even need a seat because sometimes after browsing around for what they are serving isn't exactly worthy of a sit-down meal.

Not only did this happen once, but it happened twice:




...Does this not look like another one of those word verifications or what? Someone must have not earned their cursive license in 3rd grade English. Notice the feedback on this one. I don't think the residence hall staff had much to say for this one.. probably because it's not very legible.

Word Verifications

So these are the wonderful word verifications that take me about 10 minutes to decipher ...which makes me feel like a huge idiot 99% of the time. Word verifications are placed at the most inconvenient times on a website. Usually when you are trying to reserve tickets that are about to be sold out, or book a flight that only has one seat left. Typical. Sometimes I just want to hit the handicap button on them so that it reads me the letters instead of taking the time to type it out 6 times before I get it correct. If I wanted to play hidden picture or find the missing letter I would go to my doctor's office and pick up a 'Highlights' magazine. This in no way relates to Point Park, well besides the fact that I'm sure plenty of people that go here get just as frustrated with these things as I do.

Point Park Bison? ...somehow it doesn't fit...

Everyone should know by now that Point Park is primarily a performing arts school--and if not well you then must have been hiding in your dorm room this whole time or possibly still stuck outside from a fire drill. It should be pretty obvious by the singing in the elevators, and the students walking around in tights with granola bars in their hands (thanks to the "fat list"). However, many of you may be unaware that we do in fact have athletics at Point Park with a variety of sports teams. I'll admit, our reputation for winning isn't exactly the greatest, but we are definitely making improvements(keep it coming with the international kids). Anyway, we are the Point Park Pioneers if you didn't already know, (I'm on the soccer team and I just learned that last week...) however, our mascot is a bison...I witnessed it for the first time at the basketball game this past Saturday. I guess Pioneer kind of ties in with a bison in one way or another? This ten year old costume could use a couple repairs and I don't recommend inviting families to the game because younger children may be banned from the gym due to it's frightening face...

Point Park elevators.....

This image is pretty self-explanatory. And if not...well, you see, here you have a Point Park Lawrence Hall elevator, which most of the time, riding it in the middle of the day, with 20 people shoved in, stopping at every floor...sometimes stopping in between floors (occasionally bouncing a little too aggressively)--Point Park elevators are never exactly OK. And when the little pixelated floor numbers start flashing, 00's and OK signs? That's not exactly comforting or convincing for an "OK" elevator ride.

Welcome!

So, this is my blog...

I've never tried this whole blogging thing before and honestly, it was kind of hard to pick a topic. Considering that I just transferred here last semester (Fall of 2009), I decided it would be a good idea to base it off of Point Park. I kind of see Point Park as "under the radar" compared to other Pittsburgh schools. Prior to attending Point Park, if someone asked me what universities were located in Pittsburgh, Point Park wouldn't exactly be the first thing to pop into my head. In fact, I never even heard of Point Park until I checked up on their journalism program. Anyway, sometimes our school is made fun of a bit (in good humor, mind you), whether it is for athletics, the food, the size, etc., and I figure, might as well join em.

I'm from South Jersey and I transferred here from a state school located about 10 minutes from the shore. Yes, the Jersey Shore. I mean, it's nothing quite like the show (considering half of those people on the show are from Staten Island, NY), but many people around here kind of associate me with that whole... guido-jagerbomb-gelled hair-shnookie scene. I tend to get picked on a lot for being from Jersey, and the first question that people asked me when I got here was, "....so how the h*ll did you hear about Point Park?" Anyway, although I'm about 6 hours from home, sometimes I feel like I'm right at the Jersey Shore, especially when I see people everyday that look just like them!



You can click on it for a better view of the bulky dudes. (In case you're wondering, yes, Lucot's hair is spiked...although, he claims that he doesn't gel it)

Anyway, so here's "the situation": Kyle Lucot, although he looks like he should live at the Jersey Shore, goes to school right here at Point Park! In fact, did you know that he is the best baseball player ever? If you don't believe me, just ask him. I'm sure you'll see him around campus. After all, it's not very big...I'm talking about the campus, not Lucot. You can obviously tell by the picture that he's huge. And if you don't see him around, don't worry, just check out his MLB draft video:
BEST BASEBALL PLAYER EVER