From: Aaron Rainwater
Subject: Walking to classes
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 19:45:23 -0600

Everyday I park in front of a library that is about a fifteen minutes
walk from central campus.  In between my parking place and my classes
are these various experiences:

~ Slick marble (It's an area which lets you walk through the library 
building.  It gives various sensations depending on the wetness and 
temperature.  Everything from sheer pleasure (cule marble is great), 
to that nervous feeling of instability that barefeet tend to have on 
really wet, really cold marble.

~ Lot's O Grass (The library encompasses a large bowl shaped area of 
grass, in the middle of which is a giant fountain.  This is my 
favorite part of the walk.  The grass varies from a soft dryness 
(it's never crispy since U.T. waters it constantly) to a freezing 
cold dew (usually when my class starts at 8:00am).  The fountain 
makes the air smell clean and pure.  <almost makes me forget i'm in 
the city>)  There is almost always people there, laying on the grass, 
sleeping, talking, or having a picnic.)

~ Big pebbly sidewalks (Somedays they feel great, like a deep 
massage.  Somedays they feel like they're eating my feet for 
breakfast)  The best thing about the sidewalks though, is that they 
toughen my feet even more, and many people will see me walking 
barefoot.  OK,OK, I admit it.  I'm kind of an exhibitionist when it 
comes to barefeet.  I just want everybody to notice, and ask me why, 
so I can tell them.  And they can see that I can do everything they 
do, but without shoes.  <I also get a kick out of being weird>.  It's 
fun to catch the glances I receive when I'm walking past the bus stop 
on my way to class.

~ Sharp thingys (OK, sometimes being barefoot kinda hurts.  When 
those sharp nutshells and other dry hard Texas things start filling 
up the sidewalks, it hurts.  But I usually just take it and don't 
even flinch.  Somedays I don't even notice it.  Somedays it feels 
good.  And Somedays it hurts like the Dickens!

	Well there's a little review of my daily walk to and from 
classes.  I would like to say that today was a beautiful day of 
walking, as the temps went up a bit, and the morning dew was chilly 
but invigorating.  I hope this weather lasts.

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