Brown + Blue = Green?

Hello Everyone!

It has been quite some time since I have posted on here! I have plenty of things to talk about, but I'm sure you can relate to the way assignments, social events, and an actual social life all seem to pile up at once sometimes. But never fear--I have returned!

Please excuse the fact that this commentary is quite delayed, but I encounter confusion on this topic quite often since its occurrence. You're probably sitting there thinking "what the HECK is she TALKING ABOUT?! Get to the POINT already!" Well. It concerns the Green Lounge--previously named the Brown Lounge. When we were leaving for Christmas break, some of you may have noticed that the Brown Lounge suddenly became void of furniture, albeit that furniture was looking pretty old and well-sat-in (as opposed to well-worn). It was also blue. So the Brown Lounge had blue furniture, but then had none.

During the exam period, new furniture was slowly brought in ... nice leather couches, leather chairs, barista tables and chairs, etc. So I saw this new furniture and thought, "Well, that's nice! Those look comfy! It'll be a new hot spot!" And I was right. I used to only see a few stragglers sitting in the couches in the Brown Lounge (with the blue chairs), but now I wouldn't be able to find a seat 75% of the time that I go through there. However, I am slightly confused as to a naming decision.

The Brown Lounge with the blue chairs is now named the Green Lounge and has brown chairs ... does this defy anyone else's logic? It was re-named after Murray Green (click here for the information on Nipissing's website about the re-naming), but the whole colour change really makes me think every time I walk through there. Don't get me wrong, the furniture is nice; it just all seems so ironic! Brown with blue to Green with Brown ... and what are the chances that both surnames after which the lounges were named would be colours?!

Anyone have any comments of their own? Do you use the lounge a lot more? Were you even aware of the name change?

Also, final sidenote, we have now had hits from: America, Denmark, Malaysia, Germany, France, Russia, and Singapore! Interesting.

Shout out!

Did you know that Blogger has this feature where you can track your stats!? Me neither, until recently. Since then, I have become a stat addict, seeing how many people have accessed my blog from PC's, Macintosh's, iPods, etc.. But the neatest feature is the fact that you can track your traffic audience by country. That's right. I know how many people from all over the world have viewed my blog. If I knew names and addresses, that would be creepy, but it's just simple stats, so instead it's interesting.

So, now to the point of this blog: my shout out. I would like to shout out to the source(s) of the 5 blog views I have had from Malaysia!! All I know about your culture is what I decided to read on Wikipedia and this map I got off of Google Images. Perhaps Malaysian culture will now become a side interest of mine ... did you know the currency in Malaysia is the Ringgit? And one of their major exports is rubber!?

(Sidenote, apparently my blog from last year's contest had viewers from even more countries! Like Saudi Arabia! Hellooooo fellow earth dwellers!)