Life So Far
Seeing as I really haven't posted anything about life here at dear old RPI, I figured I'd let y'all in on my fantabulous new life.
I've joined the Rensselyrics, one of the a capella groups here on campus. They're all kinds of crazy fun, and evolved out of the Glee Club (aka are lke 100 years old), so we do some traditional stuff as well as a lot of modern music. I'm pushing for some kind of Michelle Branch arrangement, but I have zero skills in that department, so people will have to do that for me. We just got funding from the Student Union to make a cd this semester and you all know you want one.... You can go to http://lyrics.union.rpi.edu/ for more fun stories, but I'm not sure if my bio is up yet or not...
I have another surprise for you, which for some may be quite the shocker. I've joined one of the sororities on campus: Alpha Phi. I know what you're thinking, and no, RPI does not have the stereotypical sororities- after all, first and foremost we're a science school. The girls in the house are all kinds of amazing, and my fellow pledges are wonderful. We have a TON of fun together, and I can't wait to become a full-fledged sister.
Knowing that I wouldn't have a lot of time (Lyrics rehearsal 6 hours a week and pledging) I decided against student government, but ran for hall council instead. We basically manage the funds that the Hall gets, and can do anything with them pending approval from the overall council. It's not much, but keeps me busy when I'm not writing equations or on the other side of campus in West Hall.
School is school. Not much different, except now I have Physics (which I hate) and I have no English class per se. There's my Growing Up in America class where I'll read one book all year, that basically complains about the degeneration of the American society and loss of blues music and all of the culture that goes along with it. Aka, we sit there and attack consumerism and spend half of our classes listening to blues guitarists. It's not too bad, but I must admit that I miss English and papers that really matter. I wrote a six page one the other day, where the only guidelines were to answer a set number of questions and try not to have spelling mistakes. It made me a little bit sad inside...
For anyone who doesn't know, my roommate and I get along really well. Like, better than really well. She went home a couple of weeks ago for the weekend, and was homesick. For college. For our 3rd floor miniscule living space (but not as small as Pat's). For our picnics on the floor in the middle of a Saturday. For our girls night movies. For me pestering her with physics while she asks me how to do chem. For our dueling music while we both pretend to do hw. And for someone to quote Charlie the Unicorn with. I couldn't have a better roommate than Katie, and part of me is gonna be so sad to go home. It's weird, being an only child I've never gone through this, and for anyone who misses their siblings now, that's how I'm going to feel when I go home. But I miss you all too, don't worry, and will be very excited to go home. I'm not exactly homesick, but I miss people. I miss my car. I miss getting a phone call at 1030 pm and just getting up and leaving my house and not being back til who knows when. And doing that night after night. But it's different here, because it's not like you go home at the end of the night, you just go to sleep so you can do it all over again. And I like that too.
There's more I could say, inane details that no one wants or needs to know about. Just know that I'm happy here, really happy, and I may get pissed off at certain people and I may get exasperated at physics, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. Because this IS my world, and I wouldn't want it any other way...
I've joined the Rensselyrics, one of the a capella groups here on campus. They're all kinds of crazy fun, and evolved out of the Glee Club (aka are lke 100 years old), so we do some traditional stuff as well as a lot of modern music. I'm pushing for some kind of Michelle Branch arrangement, but I have zero skills in that department, so people will have to do that for me. We just got funding from the Student Union to make a cd this semester and you all know you want one.... You can go to http://lyrics.union.rpi.edu/ for more fun stories, but I'm not sure if my bio is up yet or not...
I have another surprise for you, which for some may be quite the shocker. I've joined one of the sororities on campus: Alpha Phi. I know what you're thinking, and no, RPI does not have the stereotypical sororities- after all, first and foremost we're a science school. The girls in the house are all kinds of amazing, and my fellow pledges are wonderful. We have a TON of fun together, and I can't wait to become a full-fledged sister.
Knowing that I wouldn't have a lot of time (Lyrics rehearsal 6 hours a week and pledging) I decided against student government, but ran for hall council instead. We basically manage the funds that the Hall gets, and can do anything with them pending approval from the overall council. It's not much, but keeps me busy when I'm not writing equations or on the other side of campus in West Hall.
School is school. Not much different, except now I have Physics (which I hate) and I have no English class per se. There's my Growing Up in America class where I'll read one book all year, that basically complains about the degeneration of the American society and loss of blues music and all of the culture that goes along with it. Aka, we sit there and attack consumerism and spend half of our classes listening to blues guitarists. It's not too bad, but I must admit that I miss English and papers that really matter. I wrote a six page one the other day, where the only guidelines were to answer a set number of questions and try not to have spelling mistakes. It made me a little bit sad inside...
For anyone who doesn't know, my roommate and I get along really well. Like, better than really well. She went home a couple of weeks ago for the weekend, and was homesick. For college. For our 3rd floor miniscule living space (but not as small as Pat's). For our picnics on the floor in the middle of a Saturday. For our girls night movies. For me pestering her with physics while she asks me how to do chem. For our dueling music while we both pretend to do hw. And for someone to quote Charlie the Unicorn with. I couldn't have a better roommate than Katie, and part of me is gonna be so sad to go home. It's weird, being an only child I've never gone through this, and for anyone who misses their siblings now, that's how I'm going to feel when I go home. But I miss you all too, don't worry, and will be very excited to go home. I'm not exactly homesick, but I miss people. I miss my car. I miss getting a phone call at 1030 pm and just getting up and leaving my house and not being back til who knows when. And doing that night after night. But it's different here, because it's not like you go home at the end of the night, you just go to sleep so you can do it all over again. And I like that too.
There's more I could say, inane details that no one wants or needs to know about. Just know that I'm happy here, really happy, and I may get pissed off at certain people and I may get exasperated at physics, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. Because this IS my world, and I wouldn't want it any other way...