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Randomly decided a few hours ago that I'm going to Philly tomorrow.
...Just because. :)
Well, ok, I kid. I have to drop off a buttload of clinical documents (immunizations, police record, child abuse clearance, the usual), get my scrubs, try on some orthopedic shoes (otherwise I'll be a pile of goo in terrible pain on the hospital floors come this fall), and get my textbook to read on the plane ride to London.
...Oh, did I mention I was going to the UK? From the 6th-16th, to be precise. Should be friggin' AWESOME, because I'll get to witness the Harry Potter craziness in London.
...Wait, did the movie come out in London already? I forget...
But anyway, I'm also uber-excited to see my Penn friends. I never really talk about them to my friends at home. Rest assured, I DO have friends at my school, people. ::rolls eyes::
I just...I dunno. It's like my life is so different at Penn compared to home. So many of my high school friends chose to stay at local schools--hence NOT dorm-ing--and...it's just weird talking about it to them.
Oli, of course I know that you're the closest friend I have in terms of sharing similar experiences. But you're so far awaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy... :( And even then, it's still different comparing VT to Philly. I get stuck telling stories--not that I'm great at telling stories to begin with; I'm more of a writer than a talker, as everyone knows--because it's so hard to describe a different environment like living in the city.
Where we like to walk around at night scouting parties = usually a bust, because frats are stupidity personified.
Where one of our favorite pastimes is cooking horribly while watching the Food Network or Top Chef, and eating everything anyway, because we're FAT PIGS.
Where my best friend is a complete Asian-anything freak in terms of introducing me to obscure animes and really screwed up soap operas/dramas.
Where a good chunk of my friends either hate America in general, or just NJ. ::shakes head::
Where I have a much higher ratio of guy-to-girl friends than back home, and hence must get addicted to XBOX and South Park (though the latter's always been there) and stupid Youtube videos about shoes.
The only ones I can really describe the city life to are my friends at NYU and BU. But even they are like, partying FIENDS. Man, you think I'm a boozehound, V? My other friends are complete LUSHES.
...And potheads. Unexpected potheads, too.
I mean...I guess I did gravitate to people who are still ridiculously similar to my friends back home. I've still ended up as the nice pacifier-listener person, except quite a bit louder and liable to burst into song in public. :)
But I feel like they're still so different that they just won't...mesh with anyone back home. It's weird. And I feel awkward saying it, but I really feel that it's true. I've gotten myself into more "different" crowds again, and it's frustrating.
I mean, I remember thinking, going into college, that I would make the kind of friends that would all play nice, no matter what clique they eventually fall into. But no.
It's high school all over again, only weirder, because we can see each other at our respective "homes"/dorms after classes. We've lost that sense of privacy you have in public schooling, since we can essentially end up seeing each other 24/7 if we live together. It's a weird balance trying to prevent that looming sense of "I'm getting sick of you. Go away".
...I dunno what I'm trying to conclude here. I think I'm incapable of sounding coherent after midnight. I'll stop now. :)
On a happy end note : YAY FOR JAMBA JUICE!!! I've been going through withdrawal. Seriously.
...Just because. :)
Well, ok, I kid. I have to drop off a buttload of clinical documents (immunizations, police record, child abuse clearance, the usual), get my scrubs, try on some orthopedic shoes (otherwise I'll be a pile of goo in terrible pain on the hospital floors come this fall), and get my textbook to read on the plane ride to London.
...Oh, did I mention I was going to the UK? From the 6th-16th, to be precise. Should be friggin' AWESOME, because I'll get to witness the Harry Potter craziness in London.
...Wait, did the movie come out in London already? I forget...
But anyway, I'm also uber-excited to see my Penn friends. I never really talk about them to my friends at home. Rest assured, I DO have friends at my school, people. ::rolls eyes::
I just...I dunno. It's like my life is so different at Penn compared to home. So many of my high school friends chose to stay at local schools--hence NOT dorm-ing--and...it's just weird talking about it to them.
Oli, of course I know that you're the closest friend I have in terms of sharing similar experiences. But you're so far awaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy... :( And even then, it's still different comparing VT to Philly. I get stuck telling stories--not that I'm great at telling stories to begin with; I'm more of a writer than a talker, as everyone knows--because it's so hard to describe a different environment like living in the city.
Where we like to walk around at night scouting parties = usually a bust, because frats are stupidity personified.
Where one of our favorite pastimes is cooking horribly while watching the Food Network or Top Chef, and eating everything anyway, because we're FAT PIGS.
Where my best friend is a complete Asian-anything freak in terms of introducing me to obscure animes and really screwed up soap operas/dramas.
Where a good chunk of my friends either hate America in general, or just NJ. ::shakes head::
Where I have a much higher ratio of guy-to-girl friends than back home, and hence must get addicted to XBOX and South Park (though the latter's always been there) and stupid Youtube videos about shoes.
The only ones I can really describe the city life to are my friends at NYU and BU. But even they are like, partying FIENDS. Man, you think I'm a boozehound, V? My other friends are complete LUSHES.
...And potheads. Unexpected potheads, too.
I mean...I guess I did gravitate to people who are still ridiculously similar to my friends back home. I've still ended up as the nice pacifier-listener person, except quite a bit louder and liable to burst into song in public. :)
But I feel like they're still so different that they just won't...mesh with anyone back home. It's weird. And I feel awkward saying it, but I really feel that it's true. I've gotten myself into more "different" crowds again, and it's frustrating.
I mean, I remember thinking, going into college, that I would make the kind of friends that would all play nice, no matter what clique they eventually fall into. But no.
It's high school all over again, only weirder, because we can see each other at our respective "homes"/dorms after classes. We've lost that sense of privacy you have in public schooling, since we can essentially end up seeing each other 24/7 if we live together. It's a weird balance trying to prevent that looming sense of "I'm getting sick of you. Go away".
...I dunno what I'm trying to conclude here. I think I'm incapable of sounding coherent after midnight. I'll stop now. :)
On a happy end note : YAY FOR JAMBA JUICE!!! I've been going through withdrawal. Seriously.