Word: watching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spectator is quick to add that she's quite strict about exactly what situations are observable, and which must be left unseen. "Some things are absolutely intriguing--for example, watching people put on make-up or admire themselves in the mirror. But I don't want to watch people making out." Of course, this isn't a particularly frequent occupational hazard, but even at Harvard, people do hook up, (all too often right in front of their windows.) "Exposed flesh is just out. I'm not a pervert. It's more like an anthropological study." She mentions that...
...admit that I spend a lot of my time thinking about naked people," says one Harvard Yardling. "That's just what fascinates me. So this year, I've found that the best way to procrastinate is to watch people going around their room naked...
...prime-time atmosphere. Also, it's really interesting, but it's not, like, really amazing. If there were a ton of hotties in Matthews, I might get more obsessed with it. But really, it's no swooning-and-passing-out-over-your-homework material. Just neat to watch. It sort of makes my skin crawl." Ours...
...what does she see? "Well, I don't really watch when they're getting undressed or anything." C'mon, really? "Well, at least never when they're actually naked." Oh yeah? "Well, at least not on purpose," says Liz. "Actually, sometimes we'll look over and wonder, why the curtain is closed. What's going on in there...
...because windows are at pedestrian level, and the dorms are very close together. Terence mentions a neighbor who has a room facing Thayer and who swears that "there's this one couple who completely show off." He agrees, too, that there are some things that you just don't watch. "We were talking about this [particular room across the way], and we looked out the window, and in a room right next to that one we saw this girl just totally getting undressed, who we didn't even know. Really, that was the time to just pull down the shade...