What The Hell Happened To Greco? Part 2

6 am rolls around pretty early when you are hungover and homeless. Thursday was miserable it was rainy and cold and I was all out of clean clothes, so the best place for me to be was the super quiet area in the library on the giant leather chairs, I don't know who decided to put leather chairs in a super quiet area but that was the place for this hungover hobo. I napped there most of the morning and eventually found enough strength to get up and go to class. With the finish line in sight there was only one more obstacle to overcome, open mic. That is right folks I am a sucker for cheap drinks, wings and drunk emo-kids singing and playing the old geeetar. So with the conditions just right I proceeded to do what I had done every night prior, I drank my face off and ate chicken wings. The night went well and there was no shortage of people willing to buy me drinks on the last night of my plight. The night went great, I always think the wave is great when it is toned down and you can actually talk to the people you are with at a reasonable decibel level.  At the end of the night everybody went home and I decided to go back to my favorite place to crash, back in Big Papa Younis' office, I strongly recommend that before everybody finishes there time here at UPEI to sleep in Shawn Younis' office. So with that I went 4 for 4 at the wave. I came, I conquered, I got drunk and ate chicken wings at the wave.

-Greco

What The Hell Happened To Greco?

What the hell happened to Greco, the short answer to the question is I got drunk. The long answer takes us all the way back to Wednesday after spending the night in Big Papa Younis' office I spent all of wednesday just kind of hanging around campus. I helped VP, DJ-J Rod getting people to sign the tuition protest postcards to be given to Premier Ghiz. Later on that evening I headed to Trivia where my buddy Baron was getting ready to fill in for trivia for the first time. Baron was more than happy to share his copious amounts of alcohol, countless amounts of free alcohol later and one piss-poor rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" I was shit faced. Ladies and gentlemen there is no worse time to try and find a place to spend the night than after you have been politely asked by the wave bouncers to: "please go home for the night you have had way to much to drink" easier said then done buddy! So at this point I am at the dark side of shit faced thinking of a place to spend the night in the pouring rain. Having lived in residence for the last year it is what I have called home for a good chunk of my life so I decided why not return for an encore, so I did. I was able to slip in one of the doors and crash in a comfy new lounge couch for the remainder of the evening. That was my trivia night at the wave and it didn't get much better on thursday.

-Greco

Hard Life for a Hobo

This week has taken a lot out of us. Naps are frequent and they are long.

-Pat C

Hobo on the Loose

Josh took this last night. It rules.

-Pat C

Showering is Serious Business

Welcome to Thursday! Last night was probably the roughest night yet for us. Pat Callbeck and I didn't get to sleep until around 3 in the morning, due to lots of studying, cookies, and playing Miniputt on Addictinggames.com. Our bed of choice, as mentioned below, was the stage in the Student Centre. After a bit of sneaking around security, we managed to set up shop behind the big curtain at the back of the stage, ready for a good night's sleep. Unfortunately, Patrick didn't make it through the night. The dust and hard floor, combined with a bit of snoring on my behalf, drove him running like a baby back up to the cadre office. I'm not sure on the details, but I believe that our good friend Greco also had an interesting night. Something to do with drinking, too much drinking, and a lounge in residence could probably sum up his night, but that's a tale for him to tell, not for me.

I, on the other hand, had a great night's sleep, and was ready to go for my Psych re-test at 7:40. I finished classes late this morning, at which point I felt it was necessary to have another shower. This time, rather than heading over to CARI, I took advantage of the shower upstairs in the Business building (I believe that it's beside a vending machine or two, and the bathrooms). I still have clean clothes left, so if you didn't know any better you might have trouble spotting me out as somebody who hasn't slept in a bed for the last few nights.

Who knows what the rest of the day will hold. Tonight is our last night, and so far none of us have successfully been picked up by any babes in res. I'll keep you posted on where we're staying tonight.

So long for now,

Josh

Hobo Nightmare.

I was not meant for the stage. I couldn't handle all of the dust, hardwood floor, and snoring. THAT and my stomach was stabbing me from the inside all night. This was definitely my fault though, I really over did it at the deans honours awards thing. Way too many cookies. There was no way I was getting back to sleep after I woke up, so I spent the rest of the night napping in the cadre office.

I'm feeling better now though, and I'm ready to spend my last full day on campus. Hopefully the rain stays away and we are able to go ahead with the Shinerama Car Smash, its going to be funnnn. At 1:00pm you should bring $5 with you to the paved area between Cass and Duffy, this will get you 30 seconds with a Dodge Caravan and a sledgehammer. Boo ya.

-Pat C

The Stage is Set

As day #3 winds down, I can't help but be wound up for the sleep that i'm about to get. After a long decision making process (it is now ~2:00 AM, we just decided where we will sleep), we have decided to sleep on the stage in MacMillan Hall. The idea of another night in a Student Union office, as easy as it would be to do, just doesn't feel like the true hobo way of doing things. Unfortunately, our original plans of sleeping in tent city were ruined when rainfall struck the campus some time this afternoon. A strong security presence in Main building along with locked doors and surveillance cameras everywhere else have left us with one option, another night in the Student Centre.

I didn't really do that much today, as I had classes through the whole morning, but I did manage to sneak about 45 minutes worth of napping in this afternoon at the library. Other highlights included a free slice of pizza in the Cadre office, more shitty weather, the making of a bindle, and even more free food leftover from the Dean's honours thing, whatever it is called.

Tomorrow, after my two morning classes, I plan on taking a nice hot shower in the Business building. I am down to my last 2 pizza pops, but I still have a whole container of hummus left over from the start of the week. These things should keep me clean and nourished, two things which are necessary considering that I still have almost two days left on campus.

A review on sleeping on the stage will come at some point tomorrow morning, assuming that I live through my 7:40 Psychology re-quiz. It's too late for this.

Stay alert,

Stay Safe,

Josh

Gotta love it.

Tonight we dined like kings.

With A Little Help From My Friends

Yesterday was a pretty good day and it is all thanks to great support I am getting from people supporting my cause (whatever that is?). Luke Poirier and all the other RLA's in residence treated me to a nice meal in the Wanda Wyatt. Then it was off to the wave for the rest of the evening where I watched The Twins edge out the Tigers. I got to spend time with my girlfriend stef, who has been great throughout all of this. Chris and Baron helped get me drunk, thanks guys now I truly feel like a Hobo. Finally Big Papa Younis let me crash in the couch in his office which was far superior to the Poli Sci lounge. Today free hot dogs and tent city and the premier is coming to campus, maybe he will give me a good return on my collection of cans!

-Greco

Bed time.

Tonight ruled. Josh and I went swimming in the Cari pool, which is one of the many untapped resources offered to students. We went there and acted like goofs for half an hour, it was a lot of fun. We also printed off a bunch of posters for our respective student council election campaigns. They'll be going up tomorrow, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled.

Pat, Josh, and I are calling it a night, I think. We've decided to stay in the student union offices which have been graciously donated to us by Shawn Younis and Jillian Stewart.

Tomorrow is going to involve a whole lot of studying for me. I have two tests on Thursday, and I need to do a lot of reading for both. Hopefully I'll be able too get the studying out of the way so I can join everyone for the Tent City demonstration tomorrow night. We'll see about that I guess.

Night,

Patrick C

Clean hobos

Darkness has fallen on UPEI campus, but us hobos have no intentions to sleep just yet.

Tonight we took advantage of free food in the Student Centre left over from Dean's list awards night. Our supper consisted of an assortment of fine cheeses, crackers, fruits, cookies and juice. Luckily, a similar event is happening tomorrow night, which means that we've got another meal taken care of in advance.

Patrick (Callbeck) and I also went for a swim tonight. We took advantage of CARI's shower facilities, which was a nice, refreshing change in hygiene.

Now i'm all changed into my PJ's, and Patrick and I are going to go work on some Student Union campaign posters. I'll update later tonight with our sleeping plans for the night.

Josh

These Days Are Long Folks!

I have now been a "Hobo" for over 24 hours and it is hard to do. I am hungry, I am tired, and I stank.  My back really hurts from sleeping on the chair and ottoman combination. So far being a Hobo is nothing like it is in the movies, I haven't got in one single knife fight, nobody has attempted to tip over my shopping cart and I am not getting a good return on my collection of cans. Anyway here is hoping that things turn around for yours truly.

-Greco

What's that smell?

Things that I haven't done today:

-Showered

-Changed my clothes

-Not eaten any pop tarts (That's a double negative, folks).

-Gained any respect from my peers.

Things that I have done today:

-Relied heavily on coffee

-Attended both of my morning classes

-received disapproving looks, most likely due to my cutoff shorts.

-Josh

It's bright and early.

Well early, not so much bright.

It's almost 7:30am and we've been awake for nearly half an hour. We were woken up by someone coming in the door. Not sure why he was coming in to the polisci lounge so early, but I guess the sight of us was enough to scare him off. "Ohhp, shit, sorrry!". No worries man, no worries.

Our next goal is to find some breakfast and a good place to nap. As comfortable as the chair/ottoman combination was, I didn't have a great sleep. I'm going to need a nap in the chairs in the super quiet area or something like that.

-Pat C.

Hobos for life.

Rate this room - Poli Sci Lounge

For night #1, we are staying in the Poli Sci Lounge, which is located on the fourth floor in Main Building.

Greco: If this room was a nutsack, it would be a newly shaven, stubbly nutsack.

Josh: I like this room. There aren't any couches or pillows, but each chair has a ottoman, which is good enough for our situation. I've chosen a nice green chair with a brown leather ottoman as my bed for the night.

Pat C: I find the lack of couch discomforting, but I like the fact that there are 5 ottomans.

They're onto us!

Three visits from campus security over the last hour or so have got us on our toes. Suggestions to "turn out the lights when you leave" are all that came out of these visits. We still intend on staying the night, and to stay one step ahead of the game at all times.

Living on the edge,

living in the shadows,

living in the shadows of the edge,

Josh

The first day is coming to a close.

Today was pretty great. I didn't end up getting the laptop from the library, but I did find a nice little computer lab in third floor main. Not sure exactly how the rest of the night is going to go. We have our stuff in the polisci lounge currently, but I think I'm going to sneak down to the modern languages lounge. There is a couch there, and its a little more secluded than polisci.

Tomorrow I have class for the better part of the morning/afternoon, but I'll try and update as much as possible. I don't have any other plans really, other than running and eating. Night one of the Deans Honours and Awards night is tomorrow, so we have our supper covered for the night/next day. Tomorrow night we may move to Dalton to see if we can spot any ghosts. Chances are slim, but we'll take them.

Cheers,

Pat C

Testing the waters

I'm pleased to announce that I just woke up from my first nap of the week. This nap occurred from approximately 2:25 to 2:45, upstairs in Robertson Library, in the back corner by the cubicles/windows. Though short, naps like these are going to be the bread and butter of my sleep patterns over the next 5 days. I feel well rested, although my left arm is now asleep due to a long period of having the weight of my head on it. I can now get back to studying without having to worry about losing focus.

Talk to you later,

Josh

The Third Hobo

I spent the better part of my childhood being raised by wolves, this will be a piece of cake. That being said if you want to buy me food I will gladly accept.

-Greco

The Young Gun

Hobo #2, reporting in.

I'm Josh, and I'm going to bring some first year flare to the week ahead of us. Unlike Patrick, I work off of campus (although I scheduled this week off) and don't necessarily spend a large portion of my time at school. I also haven't had the chance to explore campus as much as my teammates, so this will serve as a great learning experience.

I intend to play as much racquetball as possible over the next 5 days.

See ya,

Josh

Testing 1, 2, 3...

Hi,

Here goes nothing. As part of the Campus Hobo Project I will be living, eating, and sleeping on campus all week. I will be on campus for work (in the Photography Dept.) at 8:30am tomorrow (Monday) morning and I won't be leaving campus until 3:30pm on Friday. Admittedly, I spend the greater part of my time on campus, but I've never spent this much time there. I've actually only ever spent two full nights on campus in the three years that I've been here. Both on separate occasions, but both for the Tent City tuition protest that the UPEISU stages every fall.

I'm not entirely sure what to expect from this stunt. I kinda foresee a sore back and dent in my wallet, since I'm fairly tall and poorly equipped for sleeping on couches, and having to survive mainly on campus food would force anyone to have to dip into the retirement fund. That being said, it won't be all bad. It will at least provide me with plenty of time to study, and a decent excuse to snoop around the different buildings on campus. I'm excited to see what interesting things I can find. Ghost hunting in Dalton? Eff ya.

Tomorrow, besides going to work, I plan on taking advantage of the Laptop borrowing service at the library, participating in the UPEISU Society Fair, and maybe even going for a swim at the Cari pool!

That's all for now. I'll keep updating as the week progresses.

Cheers,

Patrick C