one week down
well, i'm officially one week into the school year. and im still nervous about what's to come.
academically, im looking forward to learning new and fascinating things. i'm even going to additional lectures every thursday (but no notes or anything, just to listen). so far it's all review, so the occasionaly spacing out in class is passable, but i know thats not going to fly in the near future. that and i shouldnt anyway, seeing as my first midterm is a week from monday. A WEEK FROM MONDAY. 2.5 WEEKS INTO THE YEAR, AND I ALREADY HAVE A MIDTERM. anyhoo, i essentially have math five days a week and physics all five as well. core is only three days a week, but that seems like it will be a fun class, this week in lecture we're watching kinsey, which will be interesting with the group of boys we seem to have in core. i seriously want to slap the shit out of them every lecture.
dorm life is great. i always hear horror stories about it all falling apart, and im praying and knocking on wood that this doesnt happen to us. our RAs are amazing and hilarious. zach, the one who lives on our floor, is really friendly and makes innuendo jokes with me and everyone else all the time. he already has a favorite on the second floor, shawn. they almost act like theyre dating, and it cracks me up. yesterday we pooled together 5 bucks for shawn to dance on chairs in the dining hall to "i believe in miracles" while i shoved the ones in his pants. then some random guy walked by and put in another one. i thought i was going to choke i was laughing so hard. maddie d is our other RA and he amuses me to no end. i always like it when the RAs eat with us at mealtimes, theyre always very funny and friendly. i think i made maddie d a little uncomfortable when i told him his juice needed vodka in it. that and drinking stories.
on the friend front, i'm having an awesome time. helen and i get along incredibly well. we have plenty in common to be able to talk about, and we agree on most issues. it's comforting to know i have such a good friend in my roommate. michael, the one who i met through sarah (i have to clarify, theres more than a few up here), gets along remarkably well with helen. they seem to be a lot closer than i am to either of them. i love being on the inside, i figure they'll start dating eventually, but both are smart and mature enough not to rush into anything. down the hall, kevin and tryton are our closest friends. tryton is a computer engineering major and already asked out helen, and she politely turned him down. its not that he's a bad guy, hes actually very nice, but hes on the rebound and not 100% boyfriend material... especially not as hallmates. kevin is the cutest philipino boy on the face of the planet. we have a ton in common, and hes a computer science major so he can fix my computer when i need it. we actually had a great plan the other day- in the dining hall we decided i can make a nuclear bomb, tryton can build the guidance chip, kevin can program it, and helen, as a politics major, can say "fire there". also in the house, i met shawn's roommie john. john seems like a really nice guy, and we seem to have the same taste in movies. there was a little chemistry last night, but we only really met yesterday. i told myself i wouldnt date this year, but i could see myself breaking that rule if anyone worthwhile comes up. however, 2 weeks in is wayyyyyyy too early to tell, so even if it does happen, i will not be dating for quite some time. that and i'm still horribly hung up on tim. we got really close again right before i left, and im not sure if it's absence making the heart grow fonder, but i miss him terribly and i almost feel like i'm still attatched to him... its weird. it just makes my non-dating resolution easier, that way i can say if i feel like i like him more than tim, it would be worth it. on the other hand, michael says as a physics major im never going to get any, so that clears up that worry.
in physics, i have some friends already, mostly crown college people (for later reference, crownies). ben lives downstairs here in rutherford. he's superfunny and really nice. the first night i met him he staggered into the lounge and said "hey im drunk i just got back from college nine!" with the door wide open and the RAs 20 feet down the hall. thank goodness he didnt get in trouble. in descartes is jen, who i've been getting fairly close with. it's rare to find another female physics major. she's really nice, and i found out through her facebook and myspace that she's a lesbian. whoa, it doesnt bother me, i think its awesome, but she just didnt strike me as one. michael is across the quad in gauss (gauss HOUSE), and hes really nice, smart... but SUPER FREAKIN GEEKY lol. not that thats bad, that's par for the course in crown, but still.
as for people i came up here knowing, its been interesting. i knew i wasnt going to see much of them, except michael who was planning on sleeping here every now and then, and i dont feel obligated to keep up with them. is that bad? denys had an interesting episode the other day involving lighting a trash can on fire on accident and almost burning up a room in college eight. whoops! jake, tom's friend in cowell, is super freakin hot and super freakin nice, but i just dont see him anymore. im sure hes getting along well.
i believe it is time for me to hit up the dining hall for my first meal of the day. late night is heaven- free dennys, essentially, with the coolest dormmates in the world.
p.s. my grandparents are coming to visit today, and i have no clue what im going to show them.
academically, im looking forward to learning new and fascinating things. i'm even going to additional lectures every thursday (but no notes or anything, just to listen). so far it's all review, so the occasionaly spacing out in class is passable, but i know thats not going to fly in the near future. that and i shouldnt anyway, seeing as my first midterm is a week from monday. A WEEK FROM MONDAY. 2.5 WEEKS INTO THE YEAR, AND I ALREADY HAVE A MIDTERM. anyhoo, i essentially have math five days a week and physics all five as well. core is only three days a week, but that seems like it will be a fun class, this week in lecture we're watching kinsey, which will be interesting with the group of boys we seem to have in core. i seriously want to slap the shit out of them every lecture.
dorm life is great. i always hear horror stories about it all falling apart, and im praying and knocking on wood that this doesnt happen to us. our RAs are amazing and hilarious. zach, the one who lives on our floor, is really friendly and makes innuendo jokes with me and everyone else all the time. he already has a favorite on the second floor, shawn. they almost act like theyre dating, and it cracks me up. yesterday we pooled together 5 bucks for shawn to dance on chairs in the dining hall to "i believe in miracles" while i shoved the ones in his pants. then some random guy walked by and put in another one. i thought i was going to choke i was laughing so hard. maddie d is our other RA and he amuses me to no end. i always like it when the RAs eat with us at mealtimes, theyre always very funny and friendly. i think i made maddie d a little uncomfortable when i told him his juice needed vodka in it. that and drinking stories.
on the friend front, i'm having an awesome time. helen and i get along incredibly well. we have plenty in common to be able to talk about, and we agree on most issues. it's comforting to know i have such a good friend in my roommate. michael, the one who i met through sarah (i have to clarify, theres more than a few up here), gets along remarkably well with helen. they seem to be a lot closer than i am to either of them. i love being on the inside, i figure they'll start dating eventually, but both are smart and mature enough not to rush into anything. down the hall, kevin and tryton are our closest friends. tryton is a computer engineering major and already asked out helen, and she politely turned him down. its not that he's a bad guy, hes actually very nice, but hes on the rebound and not 100% boyfriend material... especially not as hallmates. kevin is the cutest philipino boy on the face of the planet. we have a ton in common, and hes a computer science major so he can fix my computer when i need it. we actually had a great plan the other day- in the dining hall we decided i can make a nuclear bomb, tryton can build the guidance chip, kevin can program it, and helen, as a politics major, can say "fire there". also in the house, i met shawn's roommie john. john seems like a really nice guy, and we seem to have the same taste in movies. there was a little chemistry last night, but we only really met yesterday. i told myself i wouldnt date this year, but i could see myself breaking that rule if anyone worthwhile comes up. however, 2 weeks in is wayyyyyyy too early to tell, so even if it does happen, i will not be dating for quite some time. that and i'm still horribly hung up on tim. we got really close again right before i left, and im not sure if it's absence making the heart grow fonder, but i miss him terribly and i almost feel like i'm still attatched to him... its weird. it just makes my non-dating resolution easier, that way i can say if i feel like i like him more than tim, it would be worth it. on the other hand, michael says as a physics major im never going to get any, so that clears up that worry.
in physics, i have some friends already, mostly crown college people (for later reference, crownies). ben lives downstairs here in rutherford. he's superfunny and really nice. the first night i met him he staggered into the lounge and said "hey im drunk i just got back from college nine!" with the door wide open and the RAs 20 feet down the hall. thank goodness he didnt get in trouble. in descartes is jen, who i've been getting fairly close with. it's rare to find another female physics major. she's really nice, and i found out through her facebook and myspace that she's a lesbian. whoa, it doesnt bother me, i think its awesome, but she just didnt strike me as one. michael is across the quad in gauss (gauss HOUSE), and hes really nice, smart... but SUPER FREAKIN GEEKY lol. not that thats bad, that's par for the course in crown, but still.
as for people i came up here knowing, its been interesting. i knew i wasnt going to see much of them, except michael who was planning on sleeping here every now and then, and i dont feel obligated to keep up with them. is that bad? denys had an interesting episode the other day involving lighting a trash can on fire on accident and almost burning up a room in college eight. whoops! jake, tom's friend in cowell, is super freakin hot and super freakin nice, but i just dont see him anymore. im sure hes getting along well.
i believe it is time for me to hit up the dining hall for my first meal of the day. late night is heaven- free dennys, essentially, with the coolest dormmates in the world.
p.s. my grandparents are coming to visit today, and i have no clue what im going to show them.