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last night i was glowing so much that abby asked me if i got laid
(i didn't.)
it was a good day.
1) my sam guilt is gone
2) it was the first day that i didn't have something pressing to do
3) my professor returned my portfolio with things like "excellent work!" and "great point!" written into the margins, which initially seemed unhelpful, but i realize now that the thing i need most is encouragement
4) we had our academic orientation. writing down my interests infused me with enthusiasm and a childlike brand of hope. well, childlike hope isn't really the right description. it's that feeling that possibility produces.
5) a large, 40-ish black man with dreads was laughing at me in the cafeteria. when i asked him why, he said, "you're just so cute! and so put together! you're straight out of new york! you're just so cute!" that totally made my day. he's a shostakovich (sp?) singer or something.
6) matt lent me just short of 9million cds to copy
7) my class toured the fisher center for performing arts, which is just fucking incredible. i have a crush on structure, and this building is absolutely a structural wonder. i've got to get back in there during the day with my camera. and i've got to get back there when it's raining; the roof was designed such that when it rains, it creates some kind of curtain. very clever, mr. ghery, very clever.
8) josh made me green tea :)
9) the admissions office made us cookies!
10) ben gave us (jess and me) an anti-bush poster for our room. (ben lives across the hall with one of the only republicans on campus, and he didn't want him to feel alienated. whoa, vague pronoun reference much?)
bard is probably the only place where more people are in the closet for their political ideology than for their sexual orientation.
last night, i went to see white cabin with leah and her friend liz
it was this russian experimental theater installation type deal
i didn't really understand it, but it was aesthetically engaging enough to warrant the $5 i spent on a student rush ticket.
then i headed over to the open mic night
meh
i left halfway through it
i spent the rest of the night laughing so hysterically with my dormmates that i must have done at least two spit takes.
my mummy is having dinner with me tonight. she's coming up here for a meeting, so she's bringing me a lot of the stuff i left at home (including my all-important pink fuzzy slippers). i think our relationship will be much healthier now that we don't live with one another.
you know what i love about college? everyone here CHOOSES to learn. it's fantastic. we have REAL conversations about REAL things, and we GO places and THINK and QUESTION, and i don't think the novelty will wear off.
(i didn't.)
it was a good day.
1) my sam guilt is gone
2) it was the first day that i didn't have something pressing to do
3) my professor returned my portfolio with things like "excellent work!" and "great point!" written into the margins, which initially seemed unhelpful, but i realize now that the thing i need most is encouragement
4) we had our academic orientation. writing down my interests infused me with enthusiasm and a childlike brand of hope. well, childlike hope isn't really the right description. it's that feeling that possibility produces.
5) a large, 40-ish black man with dreads was laughing at me in the cafeteria. when i asked him why, he said, "you're just so cute! and so put together! you're straight out of new york! you're just so cute!" that totally made my day. he's a shostakovich (sp?) singer or something.
6) matt lent me just short of 9million cds to copy
7) my class toured the fisher center for performing arts, which is just fucking incredible. i have a crush on structure, and this building is absolutely a structural wonder. i've got to get back in there during the day with my camera. and i've got to get back there when it's raining; the roof was designed such that when it rains, it creates some kind of curtain. very clever, mr. ghery, very clever.
8) josh made me green tea :)
9) the admissions office made us cookies!
10) ben gave us (jess and me) an anti-bush poster for our room. (ben lives across the hall with one of the only republicans on campus, and he didn't want him to feel alienated. whoa, vague pronoun reference much?)
bard is probably the only place where more people are in the closet for their political ideology than for their sexual orientation.
last night, i went to see white cabin with leah and her friend liz
it was this russian experimental theater installation type deal
i didn't really understand it, but it was aesthetically engaging enough to warrant the $5 i spent on a student rush ticket.
then i headed over to the open mic night
meh
i left halfway through it
i spent the rest of the night laughing so hysterically with my dormmates that i must have done at least two spit takes.
my mummy is having dinner with me tonight. she's coming up here for a meeting, so she's bringing me a lot of the stuff i left at home (including my all-important pink fuzzy slippers). i think our relationship will be much healthier now that we don't live with one another.
you know what i love about college? everyone here CHOOSES to learn. it's fantastic. we have REAL conversations about REAL things, and we GO places and THINK and QUESTION, and i don't think the novelty will wear off.