Hornets' Nest Observed

Here's my write-up of the Hornets' Nest observation. Note there's nothing like a "normal" introduction or conclusion. It just starts at one point and ends at another. It doesn't include everything I observed, either.
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Dan Williams
Feb. 6, 2009
ENG 1051
Hornets’ Nest observation

Sammy is finishing something that left small yellow crumbs on the paper towel in front of her, along with a grease stain. She is in the Hornets’ Nest, the snack bar at Lyndon State College, sitting at a round table near the food-service area.
Sammy is wearing a yellow T-shirt with a tassled scarf. The dominant color is turquoise but it is shot through with gold designs. She has a lemonade.
She falls into conversation with Jim and Lindsey. All three talk about a vacation spot in Maine, Old Orchard Beach.
“Were you there when the whale washed up on shore?” Sammy asks. Lindsey says she wasn’t there but her parents were.
Sammy says, “It smelled wicked bad. They took if offshore and weighted it and sank it but it washed up again. It was raunchy.”
Jim is eating tater tots and a breakfast sandwich and washing them down with orange juice. A bottle of water stands in front of him in the booth as well. He is wearing a dark v-neck sweatshirt with a gray stripe down the sides. Underneath, he has on a gray T-shirt. His khakis are light, almost white. He’s wearing sneakers.
He tells a story about fishing at Old Orchard Beach, at the north end. He reeled in a mackerel but it weighed too much to be a mackerel. When he pulled it out of the water, he saw why: a lobster was attached.
Sammy, Lindsey and Jim share stories about rip currents and piers and wall-to-wall tourists, many from Quebec – “Quebeckians,” Sammy calls them.
Half of the students sit in the Hornets’ Nest and the other half in the Student Center. The Hornets’ Nest, with its booths and tables, encourages people to sit in groups. Most of the students in the Student Center sit separately. Mike and Ashley are in a booth – Mike checking his phone while talking to a friend in an orange knitted hat and Ashley writing – but Shelby is across the room sprawled on the couch, talking on the phone while writing notes on the Unit 2 handout.
Brittany is in another cushioned chair, checking something on her phone or perhaps texting.
A low rumble of conversation fills the room. The television is tuned to SportsCenter. Brian, Neil and Jimmy sit, apart, watching.
Brian describes a fight he saw – one kid threw something and the other guy pushed him. He’s talking to Neil, who sits in front of him.
Back in the Hornets’ Nest, Moriah, Heather and Ashley sit together.
Elaine and Mary sit at a booth across from one another. Elaine gets up four times to walk around and make observations. Mary gets up, too, and walks around.
Treg sits in a booth by himself, writing observations. He gets up and soon returns with a Pepsi Max. He twists off the cap, takes a gulp, and returns to writing.