Shade Walking

July 15, 2005 at 12:14 pm (Journal Entries)

This summer I’ve noticed an amazing difference between the temperature in the shade and the temperature in the sun. As I walk across campus, I can feel the difference between baking on asphalt and sauntering in the shade. Yesterday, as I walked back from lunch at Tijuana Flats, I noticed that I had actually developed an unconscious path across campus in order to obtain the maximum amount of shade.

I work in about the center of campus, inside the CSE building (next to the French Fries). If you’re not familiar with UF, you can find a map here. Tijuana Flats is located on University Avenue, about a quarter mile northwest of my office. As I made my way back from lunch, I realized that I had unconsciously developed a route that led me through the shaded parts of campus. I consider myself a systematic person, and this incident definitely fed into that self-image.

2 Comments

  1. Jordan said,

    July 16, 2005 at 11:02 am

    But if it was unconscious, does it make it deliberate? That’s kind of a contradiction.

  2. Nate said,

    July 18, 2005 at 10:28 am

    You’re right, I changed it to “systematic.” An unconscious act done deliberately would be a contradiction.

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