cathedral of learning, finals time...

coffee cup vending machines are seriously depressing. i can't think of a single happy or relaxed circumstance in which one would make use of them. in my own life, they've come into play in hospital waiting rooms or interstate rest stops or fluorescent-lit library basements and academic buildings. it's worst-case-scenario coffee; desperation coffee; coffee for when you're somewhere that it doesn't make sense to leave; coffee for when you're already bleary-eyed and numb.

krista and i are at the cathedral of learning (most. pretentious. name. for. a. building. ever.), studying for tomorrow's 9:00 a.m. administrative law final. the cathedral is all decked out for the holidays. the building is old and gothic (that might not be the right word -- i'm completely ignorant when it comes to architectural design) and the ceilings look like ribs and vertebrae. i feel like i'm at hogwarts, studying for my O.W.L.s... god, what i would give for a magic wand and a final with a practical element to it!!!