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Carnival is an event that is hosted annually by Carnegie Mellon University that involves rides, food, buggy races, and so forth. This year, its three days of existence happen this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
CMU Tower of Copy Paper BoxesAccordingly, all classes falling on those three days are cancelled (except for the Tepper Business School shiny shoes types). The City of Pittsburgh closes major streets, parking is a mess, and it's a huge deal.

But, I'm writing right now because while I was on my way to class today, I saw a three- or four-storey stack of Office Depot copy paper boxes sitting on The Cut, one of the expanses of lawn on campus. Maybe it's an art project, and maybe it has something to do with Carnival, but it's pretty cool, nonetheless. It was also very windy today, and the tower wasn't even swaying, so there must be something pretty rigid providing an axial support. To the right is a picture I took of the top portion with my cell phone camera. (Speaking of cell phone pictures, I ordered a new Motorola RAZR last week because the screen on my current phone is deathly ill. That'll be neat.)

So, have I ever mentioned how cool it is to be at Carnegie Mellon? I really enjoy it, and having random things like towers of Office Depot copy paper boxes spring up out of nowhere is just one of the many humorous perks.

In other news, I bought a couple new pens and a new stapler at the university store today. Does it make me nerdy to be excited about that?

Now that I think about it, maybe the copy paper tower is just CMU's way of telling the University of Pittsburgh, next door, that their prized Cathedral of Learning isn't really a big deal.