sometimes, the biggest motivating factor that gets me out of bed at 5:15 a.m. is that my office has air conditioning. not that working at Saltmine U. doesn't have its other benefits. in the spirit of trying to get motivated at 4:30 in the afternoon, during the lull when no one ever likes their job, and starts idly wondering if perhaps yak farming in tibet isn't a better life path -- i'll list some of the other ones. it also has:

a world-class library system with multiple libraries of books for me to check out! (once i pay my horrendous and embarrassing late fees and they let me take books away again. i now have the world's most expensive copy of american gods.)
the freedom to order an insane amount of office supplies, pretty much on-demand. i never do go nuts, but it's nice to know i could. 500 boxes of staples could be mine if i wanted.
museums that i keep forgetting to go to see the cool exhibits at, and instead only remember their existence when there's something really lame showing. somehow, a survey of 14th-century spindles just isn't my idea of a hot time.
a bathroom on the same floor as my office!
desks of wood veneer!
a VoIP phone, on which i have set the hold music to be Saltmine U's fight song!
an office fridge that no one steals food out of!

and as if that weren't enough (and don't you kinda wish it were?):

soon, there will be a constant stream of busy and nervous freshmen, all trying very hard to impress each other with how cool and sophisticated they are.
it also has not one, but two major coffee chain stores within 50 yards!

it's damn exciting over here, let me tell you. especially after coffee #4 of the day.

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