meeting new people in NY
I've just come home from my roommate's friend's house where we enjoyed home made pizza, some movies, and company. It was the 1st real opportunity I've had to reach out and meet some locals. Now, by the term locals I really mean Cornell grad students, but as far as the Ithacan populous is concerned being hyper academic is commonplace.
The trip started off well with nick and I going to a local brewery and sampling some of their famous beer. I'll admit their selection was diverse and interesting. A couple of the brews even caught my heart, but none could floor me like my good old fashion Corona. So arrive I did a little buzzed. That being said, my biggest fear of tonight was that I acted more drunk and stupid than I would have liked to around new interesting people whom I want to like me. Before the nights end we had shared many common interests and afterwards I had realized that I might contact some of them again in the future for company.
I did not like how quiet everyone was. They are social but not as outgoing as I am used to (insert scenes of square dancing in Dennis late at night with the computer programmers). I am sure that if we get a chance to hang out together again things will be fun and interesting. In a worse case scenario they are as snobbish as I fear they might have been and I might not be "up to their standards". Which, considering their field of academia and devotion to professional academia, I am not in many respects and they are all bound together by their love for academia.
This may not be the group for me. In a pinch I could enjoy time with them, in an emergency we would get along very well, but there was no click between all of us. Anyway, the movies were fun, the food was good, and above all the company was relaxed and entertaining. Which is more than I can say for any lounge late night comedy I've come across.