Oh Holy crap Scared

[emella]

I've been trying not to talk about getting in to school for fear of jinxing it, but I HAVE to talk about something

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[emella]

Thank you so much. :)

[lumiana]

I think you don't have to worry that much. If you truly want to go to this art school, then it is nearly sure that you will like the classes. If you like what you do, that's already a very good thing

[emella]

I know what you mean, it's like that internal thing that if you expect to not make friends, you won't.

Thanks for your support and your helpful words, it always helps just to have understanding friends. :)

[oneluckyb]

Remember everyone that starts school is just as alone as the next person. College is the one place that you make friends easily. You will be fine and you will be far from alone. It was the best time of my life! I learned so much about myself and people in general!!! You will love it!!! I promise!

[emella]

Thanks hun. :)

[yin_again]

Hey, knock it off. You're feeding the downward spiral. Lemme tell you a little secret: fake it til you make it. I'm dead serious, here. Literally, pretend to be the person you want to be. You want to be that cool chick with friends and all that - then you ARE. Do what she would do. Think what she would think. And she, cool as she is, would look toward school as an adventure, and try to find the most interesting classes and talk to the people that interest her.

Look, we're all at least some level of geek around here - it comes with the territory. You're smart and observant, so you can find the place that you want to be in and put yourself there. You have to believe that you can do it, and you have to believe that you deserve it. Cause you do. Now, go kick ass.

[emella]

Lol. :)

Thank you for this. I've thought about doing this before, I keep flashing on an old Simpson's episode in which Lisa acts like a really cool girl even though she isn't and she successfully gains some nice cool friends. :)

Thanks so much for the support and the fellow geekiness. :)

[lunabee34]

Yin is right. We're all geeks here, and we've all had to deal with what you're feeling at some point. Truth be told, if we could pin down the social butterflies, I bet most of them have felt this way at some time or another as well.

I won't lie to you and say that it's always uber easy making friends. It was as easy as pie for me as a undergrad and harder than pulling teeth as a grad student. I do think that if you don't let yourself hole up and be afraid then it'll be easier.

I also understand the impulse not to squee too much before you know what's going to happen, but you doing so won't jinx your chances. :)

Whatever happens I will always be your friend and be proud of you.

[emella]

I know what you mean about the holing up thing. At Wright state I felt so out of place and awkward, people were so involved in their own thing that it was hard to break into things so I felt kind of intimidated. I guess it's really just getting over that fear and learning to break out of the shell.

I already jinxed it and I'm not going, but more about that later.

Thanks for the friend love, it's always appreciated. :)

[lunabee34]

Oh noes.

What happened?