A Lion's Head and a Potential for Piece

I sit in Kimmel on the 8th floor trying to finish my 15 page paper thats due by 5 PM this Friday. So far I have a little more than half done, not bad considering I have been pretty distracted in the last couple of days. Lots of lunches, late nights, and last minute conversations, but all in all not too bad of a finals week.

So as I've been writing I've noticed two things:

1) A Lion's Head

NYU has many unecessary things it does with its money, but there are sometimes where I honestly wonder who in their right mind thought of this stupid idea. I sit next to the large glass windows, with a perfect view of 5th Avenue across from me (along with a dirt image of where the fountain used to be.........I can't believe they moved it, but thats another blog), a comfy chair, a table to put my computer on, and a 3 1/2 foot statue of a lion staring at me.

I have to be honest, the lion doesn't look that bad, aside from the fact that it looks a bit neglected and dusty, more of a gray color than the pristine white I would expect of NYU. It also appears to be eating a tassle/piece of cloth/ sash, that I can't really figure out. It's altogether a bit confusing (well at least the lion looks confused.......I mean sitting on the 8th floor of Kimmel? I would be a bit confused too....)

However unecessary and absurd the lion's placement is (I might add that he actually does have a friend on the other side of the floor so he's not completely alone at night when everyone leaves) it has been a good companion for the past couple of hours. So maybe that was NYU's intent in placing the poor lion here. He makes sure students don't go crazy studying for finals, even though they might think they are hallucinating when they see him staring at them for 4.5 hours.

2) A Potential for Peace

I've been sitting here to finish my essay on the outcome of the Democratic primaries, which basically means I get to figure out if Obama or Clinton wins the nomination. It's not a terrible assignment, just a bit long. But while you would think that the past 4.5 hours of work would be among the most boring and grueling of hours..........it really hasn't been at all.

I've learned that I really enjoy writing. That for me, writing leads to a potential for piece or peace.

I've always enjoyed writing. Even from 5th grade I wanted to be an author. English has always been the easiest subject for me (minus writing the essay freshman year, which kind of counts as an English class.) I find that through writing I can piece together, or piece apart my thoughts, and figure out what to do with them, and start to understand them.

So the last few hours of work, well they haven't been too bad. Just some interesting topics, some (hopefully) good writing, and good music.

I'm set, lets finish this thing.