Written by the Killam Memorial Library
HALIFAX, N.S. — I try not to be a pick-me on here, but I am starting to think something is seriously wrong with me. I like to think I’ve carved out my own niche, as the brutalist baddie on Dalhousie University campus, but recently, I am starting to wonder if people think of me differently.
I recently heard someone walk by me and say, “It’s literally built like a Minecraft block.” Don’t get me wrong, I know my body isn’t perfect, but I thought I’ve been looking snatched lately.… Especially compared to Howe Hall — the girl is getting a total facelift at the Cameron entrance. But no one seems to care. All anyone ever seems to talk about is how hideous and disgusting I am.
I’ve even heard rumours that I’m the UBIS (ugliest building in school). I am devastated. Like, do people really think I am uglier than Studley House? Seriously, what does she even have to offer? I understand why I lost to the Henry Hicks Building. God, I’ll never be her….
Even when I try to tell myself that external beauty means nothing, and it’s what’s inside that counts, I hear people saying that my insides are cold and dark. Honestly, sometimes I feel like people are just using me for my tunnel. I tried to change, but everyone got so mad at the floor closures that I only felt worse about myself.
During exam season, when everyone needs to study, people are just so depressed to see me and so happy to leave me. Some days I just want to be like the SUB or the Dalplex, but I bet they just think I’m some freak loser.
So, dear reader, please help me change whatever it is that makes me so disgusting and unlovable.
By Sam Creighton