bye
I'm leaving for Pomona on Saturday morning. Countdown: 32 hours.
It hit me last Tuesday that I really won't be around for a long time. I'll be in a place that I've never even visited, let alone know well. I think back to how I must have felt going to school for the first time back in 1992, how much I've grown since then, and how much easier it was in kindergarten. I guess I couldn't have known better, that I just didn't have the capacity to fear, worry, anticipate, or imagine very much. But I've done a lot of that recently, and I think everything will be ok.
I predict that after four years, I will remain good friends with 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 5 people from Shoreline, and keep in touch with at least 8 or so. That ought to be enough people to talk to when I need a reliable, trustworthy, time-tested old friend. Everybody will probably get new best friends while I'm away, and I will most likely do the same. A person can only hold out for so many years before the others around them start to grow on them, no matter how misanthropic/antisocial/cautious/strange that person may be. Goodbye to all, until I see you again in three to four months. I will post my college address once I can find it.
Mmm.... hazelnut oil.
It hit me last Tuesday that I really won't be around for a long time. I'll be in a place that I've never even visited, let alone know well. I think back to how I must have felt going to school for the first time back in 1992, how much I've grown since then, and how much easier it was in kindergarten. I guess I couldn't have known better, that I just didn't have the capacity to fear, worry, anticipate, or imagine very much. But I've done a lot of that recently, and I think everything will be ok.
I predict that after four years, I will remain good friends with 1, 2, 3, 4 ... 5 people from Shoreline, and keep in touch with at least 8 or so. That ought to be enough people to talk to when I need a reliable, trustworthy, time-tested old friend. Everybody will probably get new best friends while I'm away, and I will most likely do the same. A person can only hold out for so many years before the others around them start to grow on them, no matter how misanthropic/antisocial/cautious/strange that person may be. Goodbye to all, until I see you again in three to four months. I will post my college address once I can find it.
Mmm.... hazelnut oil.