05 June 2008 @ 01:59 pm
*kicks stupid internet websites*  
What I hate about writing fanfiction as a German is that omnipresent feeling of not having a clue about what you're doing.

Like...writing about Stanford. What does it look like? Does it have dormitories? What do they look like? Is there a bloody difference between a dorm and a house? How do you get into one of them? Are they on campus or somewhere else? IS WHAT I'M WRITING AT ALL LIKELY?

Then you go to google and try the university website and at some point end up on a website specifically designed for all the dorms and houses WHICH DOESN'T HELP AT ALL because it's only more confusing than it is helping.

And then, you weep.

ETA: *hugs her flist* You guys rock.
 
 
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embroiderama: Sam - pretty (wishverse)[personal profile] embroiderama on June 5th, 2008 12:45 pm (UTC)
In my head, I tend to base Stanford's campus on that of Duke University, even though it's on the opposite side of the country, just because I visited it a couple of times and it's on the same "level" as Stanford. On their campus, there is a difference between a dorm and a house. A dorm is a larger building (the one my friend lived in as a freshman had previously been a hospital) where basically random students live. A house is a smaller building where people choose to live based on an interest. My friend's house was like a stone row-home in the middle of a line of other student houses. And yeah, they're on campus.

On the other hand, many fraternity houses (not sure about Duke in particular but at other schools) are off-campus but very close to campus.
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One Evil Muffin: Firefly - Voices In My Head[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com on June 5th, 2008 01:01 pm (UTC)
THANK YOU! (No honestly, thank you!) It all begins to make sense now...

(And randomly, your icon makes me want to do naughty things to Sammy...)
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