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Sunday, September 2. 2007

It's Labor Day weekend, and after the holiday is over I'll drive down to Beige University to begin classes. Rachel is hitting the road as well, and we should arrive at the same time to move into the dorm.
To keep her instinctive charging at a minimum, I've tried to acquaint her with as many aspects of college life as possible. There will still be some unfamiliar things that trigger it however, and for that I've made use of a bungee cord. We'll see if that works, and I've got other coping strategies as well.
Fenton and Bob will also be in the same dorm as us, in the room directly below ours. Despite the size difference between Rachel and Rhonda, it may be that the smaller Rachel will produce louder footfalls than my previous roommate. Rhonda was graceful and light on her feet, and Rachel...isn't.

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When I was in college, one year we had a bunch of jugglers in the room above ours. The thing is that they were not very good jugglers (ie: dropped a lot) so there was a lot of noise coming from above us.

#1 Morac on 2007-09-02 15:07 (Reply)

I don't live in a dorm, but I seem to have a talent for winding up with upstairs neighbors who think doing things like moving their furniture at horrible hours is reasonable. At least you're friendly with your downstairs neighbors, so the four of you should be able to sort things out amicably. Maybe rugs on the floors might muffle sounds?

#2 Seanette on 2007-09-03 03:05 (Reply)

Wow, just starting classes? Here at NC State, we've already been in class for a month.

#3 Havoc (Link) on 2007-09-03 14:12 (Reply)

You know, I have to wonder about something. It seems unlikely that Rachel is the first rhino ever to go away to college, or even to Beige University. If that's the case, the college would have had to deal with students like her before, and might have some sort of support program in place -- maybe some kind of special student orientation that will familiarize the rhino freshmen enough to help them overcome their charging instincts. I wonder if we'll see anything about that -- or maybe Lindesfarne's taking Rachel into her capable hands will be enough that Rachel doesn't need the extra help. After all, Rachel hasn't studied quill avoidance!

#4 Terri Tigress on 2007-09-05 23:53 (Reply)

I've been in school for about a month, and I've got a similar problem with a group of (what I believe to be) Rabbits living upstairs. I only guess that they're Bunnies because of the frequency of their "Late Night Activities". I and my Roommates (consisting of a wolf-myself, a Lion, a Tiger and a Platypus) are quite flustered, but not willing to go through the hassle of re-locating.

#5 Tentei on 2007-09-06 08:54 (Reply)

I just about fell off my chair laughing at today's strip.

BoingBoingBoing!

#6 Archae on 2007-09-06 12:38 (Reply)

I been laugh at some of the antics also....

On a personal note:The wing has sufficiently healed from my surgery that I may be allowed to go flower to flower again...my therapist think though I may need to stay away from the heavy honey hauling though.....

Dadrone

#7 DaDrone on 2007-09-08 14:08 (Reply)

If anyone appears in human form in Domain again, let's hope Rachel doesn't see them. And if she does, let's hope nothing important stands between her and them.

#8 Classic Steve (Link) on 2007-09-10 09:59 (Reply)

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