It's probably true that one occasion everybody gets a free "really-dumb-moment".

This day happened to be one in which I got exactly zero sleep the night before - due to poor planning and an embrace of college life. I had a Programming Languages (PLP) assignment due. It took a while, and because of my 8 AM class I decided to stay awake instead of getting a few hours of sleep and fighting the alarm clock.

My 8 AM class lasts until 9:15. After it got over I had only one thing to do before my 11 AM class, finish and print my PLP assignment. Since I have 3 classes back to back starting with that 11 AM-er, it's imperative my affairs are in order before I go to the first one.

In 2005, I had to make a choice. I had applied to several schools, and I needed to pick one to attend. I wasn't all that excited about college, as I have long preferred to learn things on my own. While I was accepted to several colleges (In fact, I'm proud to say, I was accepted to all I applied for), I didn't know which one to choose. Do I go to a private school? Public? I don't know. Which one?!

I picked UNI, because I liked the campus, community, and the size. I didn't want a college that was too big, but I didn't want one that was too small, either.

As anyone who is or was a college student can attest to, lunch time in the Union (every campus has one) is somewhat hectic. This results in people reserving tables for themselves by means of a backpack, friend(s), or a homeless person. Most students acknowledge a certain limitation of the staff to keep tables in proper order during such times, and thus often there are random bits of paper, pencils, pens or other crap on the tables.

Thus, a few pieces of paper are not enough to reserve a table. Usually.