Life in bullet points (or rather, dashes)
I've been very up and down lately.
Oh, wait, no, mostly "down."
Part of me really wants to let all of my fears and worries rip here, because I don't have anyone to talk to at college -- I've been bottling everything up, and it's painful. But every time I even think about putting it here, I get stuck. I can't write.
(Anyway, it's pretty self-explanatory. You know, graduation, adulthood, lack of plans, etc.)
So, I'm not going to talk about that (and I don't want you to respond about that either; my way of dealing with things at this point is to pretend that they aren't happening). SO!
Stuff that has happened to me lately:
-SPRING. Oh, glorious, beautiful, rain-soaked, petal-floating spring! The temperatures have been up and down, but recently, it's been about perfect -- a few showers, a few sunny days, and the occasional 60s. I even got caught in the rain one day while walking back from the mall ...
-Being hit on (?) by a guy in a wheelchair. During academic advising break, I walked over to Best Buy (I know, I know, the mall and Best Buy -- but I didn't buy anything!). On the way back, as I came to a crosswalk (just when the light turned red), I heard the sputtering of wheels and a motor on the street nearby. I thought it was a motorcycle. When I glanced over, it was a guy in his electric wheelchair (on the busy street!). He came towards me in the crosswalk to wait for the light and started talking to me. Just ordinary stuff, like "I just missed the light!" and "Where are you going?" but ... well, I sort of freaked out anyway (o_o I is shy! And "Where are you going?" is hard to answer when you're walking by yourself). I .. kind of lied. Well. I said I was going to Calvin (I was actually going to my apartment, which is pretty much at Calvin). He's like, "Oh, I go to ____ college, and we don't have class today. I'm going home." The light seemed to last way too long, and when it changed, I scurried across. He went back to the road and then suddenly yelled, "Have a nice day!" to which I automatically replied, "You too!" We were going the same direction, but he was much faster than me, so luckily there was no more awkwardness. I mean, he seemed like a nice guy and all, but o_o I is really shy! I don't really trust strangers. *has read about waaay too many serial killers* Because I know someone will ask, he wasn't cute either.
-Did I talk about going to an organ concert a while back (April 20)? No? It was pretty amazing. I love the sound of an organ when it is played well. (This excludes a lot of church organists' playing, unfortunately.) Masaaki Suzuki is certainly capable of that, and I felt somewhat (heh) mature for going to an Artist Series concert (as opposed to the indie band concerts I've occasionally gone to in the past). After all, all the people there were old! Except for that guy I keep running into weirdly often. Well, at least that one week.
-Honors ceremonies are boring but tasty desserts at the reception afterward are exciting. I was honored for making the Dean's List every semester at Calvin. Yay. But really, they could've skipped the certificate and ceremony and given me just the dessert and I'd have been happy. (It was pretty neat that the seating arrangement put me next to my roommate from fresh/soph year; we had a chance to reminisce on hanging our first dean's list letters on the heater with magnets.)
-My current roommate Allison (who was also on the dean's list every semester, which means I only room with smart people) is engaged as of Saturday. She told me today and I congratulated her, but I didn't really know what to say after. Even though I'm very happy for her and her boyfriend (who I know pretty well from Japanese classes), I'm not good at gushing. I hope that was OK with her.
-Another of my apartment-mates has the flu. WAAAH! (No, really, I'm not scared at all. I've already had my week of being sick.)
-I went to the play The Syringa Tree last Thursday. It was pretty good; not the best I've seen here at college, but certainly not the worst. It's set in South Africa in the 60s or 70s, focusing on the life of a young girl as she encounters the divisions between blacks and whites there. The pacing was a bit uneven, but the story itself was touching, and the lead actress did a surprisingly good job playing a child. I think the thing that will stick with me, however, is the strong scent of the cocoa nibs heaped in the middle of the stage. Whenever the actors moved across this area (which was often), I smelled something like fresh dirt and chocolate -- not a bad thing, and great for building atmosphere. (I was sitting in the second row, by the way, despite getting my ticket at the last minute.) I suppose the other thing is: "Gifts, friends, foes, lovers to come, and journeys to go."
-I saw "Coraline" on Saturday. Pretty good movie; creepy atmosphere, excellent visual style. I have the novela somewhere at home, and I'll definitely read it when I get a chance.
-It turns out I *will* be getting a stipend for my stint as head copy editor this semester. I feel a bit guilty since I really should've recruited more copy editors when I stepped up to my position (we're understaffed right now, but it's our last issue this week, so it's too late to get anyone new), but all the same, it's nice to receive monetary recognition for the 10+ hours of work I've done every week for the past few years. (Copy editors don't get paid; head copy editor does. But even as a normal copy editor, I was pretty dedicated and did about the same amount of work that I do now.)
-Short stuff: Tampopo is a bizarre but wonderful movie about food, Vampire Princess Miyu is slightly disappointing, I now own all of Code Geass season 1, I am not looking forward to my Japanese finals this week (yes, plural because it's in segments).
I need to update more. I often think about entries in my head, but at times when I am not able to update. (I shouldn't be updating now, either! I should be studying for Japanese.) Anyway ...
Oh, wait, no, mostly "down."
Part of me really wants to let all of my fears and worries rip here, because I don't have anyone to talk to at college -- I've been bottling everything up, and it's painful. But every time I even think about putting it here, I get stuck. I can't write.
(Anyway, it's pretty self-explanatory. You know, graduation, adulthood, lack of plans, etc.)
So, I'm not going to talk about that (and I don't want you to respond about that either; my way of dealing with things at this point is to pretend that they aren't happening). SO!
Stuff that has happened to me lately:
-SPRING. Oh, glorious, beautiful, rain-soaked, petal-floating spring! The temperatures have been up and down, but recently, it's been about perfect -- a few showers, a few sunny days, and the occasional 60s. I even got caught in the rain one day while walking back from the mall ...
-Being hit on (?) by a guy in a wheelchair. During academic advising break, I walked over to Best Buy (I know, I know, the mall and Best Buy -- but I didn't buy anything!). On the way back, as I came to a crosswalk (just when the light turned red), I heard the sputtering of wheels and a motor on the street nearby. I thought it was a motorcycle. When I glanced over, it was a guy in his electric wheelchair (on the busy street!). He came towards me in the crosswalk to wait for the light and started talking to me. Just ordinary stuff, like "I just missed the light!" and "Where are you going?" but ... well, I sort of freaked out anyway (o_o I is shy! And "Where are you going?" is hard to answer when you're walking by yourself). I .. kind of lied. Well. I said I was going to Calvin (I was actually going to my apartment, which is pretty much at Calvin). He's like, "Oh, I go to ____ college, and we don't have class today. I'm going home." The light seemed to last way too long, and when it changed, I scurried across. He went back to the road and then suddenly yelled, "Have a nice day!" to which I automatically replied, "You too!" We were going the same direction, but he was much faster than me, so luckily there was no more awkwardness. I mean, he seemed like a nice guy and all, but o_o I is really shy! I don't really trust strangers. *has read about waaay too many serial killers* Because I know someone will ask, he wasn't cute either.
-Did I talk about going to an organ concert a while back (April 20)? No? It was pretty amazing. I love the sound of an organ when it is played well. (This excludes a lot of church organists' playing, unfortunately.) Masaaki Suzuki is certainly capable of that, and I felt somewhat (heh) mature for going to an Artist Series concert (as opposed to the indie band concerts I've occasionally gone to in the past). After all, all the people there were old! Except for that guy I keep running into weirdly often. Well, at least that one week.
-Honors ceremonies are boring but tasty desserts at the reception afterward are exciting. I was honored for making the Dean's List every semester at Calvin. Yay. But really, they could've skipped the certificate and ceremony and given me just the dessert and I'd have been happy. (It was pretty neat that the seating arrangement put me next to my roommate from fresh/soph year; we had a chance to reminisce on hanging our first dean's list letters on the heater with magnets.)
-My current roommate Allison (who was also on the dean's list every semester, which means I only room with smart people) is engaged as of Saturday. She told me today and I congratulated her, but I didn't really know what to say after. Even though I'm very happy for her and her boyfriend (who I know pretty well from Japanese classes), I'm not good at gushing. I hope that was OK with her.
-Another of my apartment-mates has the flu. WAAAH! (No, really, I'm not scared at all. I've already had my week of being sick.)
-I went to the play The Syringa Tree last Thursday. It was pretty good; not the best I've seen here at college, but certainly not the worst. It's set in South Africa in the 60s or 70s, focusing on the life of a young girl as she encounters the divisions between blacks and whites there. The pacing was a bit uneven, but the story itself was touching, and the lead actress did a surprisingly good job playing a child. I think the thing that will stick with me, however, is the strong scent of the cocoa nibs heaped in the middle of the stage. Whenever the actors moved across this area (which was often), I smelled something like fresh dirt and chocolate -- not a bad thing, and great for building atmosphere. (I was sitting in the second row, by the way, despite getting my ticket at the last minute.) I suppose the other thing is: "Gifts, friends, foes, lovers to come, and journeys to go."
-I saw "Coraline" on Saturday. Pretty good movie; creepy atmosphere, excellent visual style. I have the novela somewhere at home, and I'll definitely read it when I get a chance.
-It turns out I *will* be getting a stipend for my stint as head copy editor this semester. I feel a bit guilty since I really should've recruited more copy editors when I stepped up to my position (we're understaffed right now, but it's our last issue this week, so it's too late to get anyone new), but all the same, it's nice to receive monetary recognition for the 10+ hours of work I've done every week for the past few years. (Copy editors don't get paid; head copy editor does. But even as a normal copy editor, I was pretty dedicated and did about the same amount of work that I do now.)
-Short stuff: Tampopo is a bizarre but wonderful movie about food, Vampire Princess Miyu is slightly disappointing, I now own all of Code Geass season 1, I am not looking forward to my Japanese finals this week (yes, plural because it's in segments).
I need to update more. I often think about entries in my head, but at times when I am not able to update. (I shouldn't be updating now, either! I should be studying for Japanese.) Anyway ...