Thought it's high time for an update...
So I'm basically finished with 1/4 of my college career. I just turned in my last paper today and i have a music theory final on monday which won't require much studying. everything flew by, mostly because it was a jam packed year of studying and playing piano...with slight bits of socializing in between. i'm happy for summer and to go home, but i'm also sad to leave. i feel like i'm just starting to get the hang of this college business...the social aspect of it mostly. i'm going to miss my roommate and the girls i live with. so much fun stuff has happened in the past few weeks...some craziness! the highlights--in no particular order:
my silly friend annie decided that she wanted to pee out our third floor window and proceeded to depants herself, held on to the window sill, and let it all hang out! it was hilarious.
a few nights ago was the infamous whitman beer mile. it always happens the night before reading day of finals and everyone gets drunk and then runs 4 laps around the big field in the middle of campus stark naked. of course i participated, obviously i'm there for anything that involves running, but no i did not run naked and no i wasn't drunk. haha the competive aspect of me kicked in as i was running and i kept trying to pass all the drunkards. i thought i'd be more uncomfortable with all the nakedness, but actually it wasn't so bad since there were so many people, plus it was dark. it was fun--debauchery at it's best--i'll probably go every year.
i ran in the whitman triathlon a few weeks ago and i'm pretty sure my team won, but they screwed up on the times and so we don't get recognition. its really annoying and hard to explain. then the weekend after that i ran in a 10K fun run and i beat this guy who said he wasn't racing me, but really he was. i was proud of myself and my time wasn't too shabby.
i experienced a kind of dancing liberation one weekend when this sweet student funk band called lovechild played. they were so good i couldn't help but dance, but they're all seniors and won't be here next year
:(. i loved the music because it reminded me of playing jazz--the spontanaeity, transitioning from fast to slow, climaxing and bringin it back down. i guess i miss jazz more than i thought...so yeah i'd be down for some more 5 scoop action this summer.
a few nights ago in kappa, we had senior willing, which is basically where the seniors pass down a bunch of random stuff that they collected or was given to them in past willings, to the new members. i got some cool stuff like a queen cape and a tiara, some pretty earrings, shirts...it was fun to hear stories behind the gifts.
on the academic side, i got good grades and the last of my papers and assignments. i was really excited about the some of the comments from my english professor, who i really respect. he even encouraged me to send one of my papers to newsweek magazine. it's so gratifying to get a good grade when you worked really hard on an assignment, to know that you deserve it.
it's just been fun to experience more out of college these past few weeks besides the academics, which basically comprised most of my year here. i'm going to strive for a better balance next year because it's pretty important for a well rounded experience. i think i'm starting to see that i can do well in class and still have a life outside academics...well, i still have calc 1 to take next semester which will undoubtably kill me. alas, this was a fairly inarticulate and rambling entry, so congrats if you made it this far! i just felt the urge to write down some of my thoughts as this school year comes to a close.
my silly friend annie decided that she wanted to pee out our third floor window and proceeded to depants herself, held on to the window sill, and let it all hang out! it was hilarious.
a few nights ago was the infamous whitman beer mile. it always happens the night before reading day of finals and everyone gets drunk and then runs 4 laps around the big field in the middle of campus stark naked. of course i participated, obviously i'm there for anything that involves running, but no i did not run naked and no i wasn't drunk. haha the competive aspect of me kicked in as i was running and i kept trying to pass all the drunkards. i thought i'd be more uncomfortable with all the nakedness, but actually it wasn't so bad since there were so many people, plus it was dark. it was fun--debauchery at it's best--i'll probably go every year.
i ran in the whitman triathlon a few weeks ago and i'm pretty sure my team won, but they screwed up on the times and so we don't get recognition. its really annoying and hard to explain. then the weekend after that i ran in a 10K fun run and i beat this guy who said he wasn't racing me, but really he was. i was proud of myself and my time wasn't too shabby.
i experienced a kind of dancing liberation one weekend when this sweet student funk band called lovechild played. they were so good i couldn't help but dance, but they're all seniors and won't be here next year
:(. i loved the music because it reminded me of playing jazz--the spontanaeity, transitioning from fast to slow, climaxing and bringin it back down. i guess i miss jazz more than i thought...so yeah i'd be down for some more 5 scoop action this summer.
a few nights ago in kappa, we had senior willing, which is basically where the seniors pass down a bunch of random stuff that they collected or was given to them in past willings, to the new members. i got some cool stuff like a queen cape and a tiara, some pretty earrings, shirts...it was fun to hear stories behind the gifts.
on the academic side, i got good grades and the last of my papers and assignments. i was really excited about the some of the comments from my english professor, who i really respect. he even encouraged me to send one of my papers to newsweek magazine. it's so gratifying to get a good grade when you worked really hard on an assignment, to know that you deserve it.
it's just been fun to experience more out of college these past few weeks besides the academics, which basically comprised most of my year here. i'm going to strive for a better balance next year because it's pretty important for a well rounded experience. i think i'm starting to see that i can do well in class and still have a life outside academics...well, i still have calc 1 to take next semester which will undoubtably kill me. alas, this was a fairly inarticulate and rambling entry, so congrats if you made it this far! i just felt the urge to write down some of my thoughts as this school year comes to a close.