Maybe I'm just playing hookey.

[ras2883]

I haven't been at home on the first day of school in 18 years. Considering I graduated in 2005, I thought August 28, 2006 would feel like every other day. After all, I wasn't enrolled last year at this time, either. I still lived in Edinboro, though, so I tricked myself into thinking that I was still a college student whose classes were cancelled

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[mys_ebrel]

i took this one step further with my depressed mood of not being in school, and thought back to every class i had in HS. i remember where i sat in every one of them.

it feels so weird today not being in kent and having my away message as "class" like my entire buddy list, almost, is.

[ras2883]

What really got me was when I figured out how many years I had been at school or away from home on the first day of classes. Except for Zachary, all of my friends have graduated, so my buddy list isn't the same as yours. Last year it kind of was, though, so I understand. You should feel comforted in that you have a great job doing what you want to be doing, though. I hope I can say the same soon.

[unsomnambulist]

I spoke with Andrew about this the other afternoon. I love starting school but I graduate next year and then what? When we were wandering the campus bookstore I decided I could always make a faux list of classes I'd like to take and could continue my dorkiness of a self-assigned syllabus (which I did this summer) to stay on track. It has to be very odd being out of school after basically being in school in one form or another for roughly two decades.

Hope your day goes well!

[ras2883]

During the summer I developed this summer-break mindset. True, I was applying for a real job and was very much aware of my non-student status, but somewhere in my head I assumed I'd be going to school today. While I've yet to create my own syllabus, I have decided to live through my brother. My idea to mooch off of his education began yesterday, when he called to tell me about his first psychology-of-the-self seminar and I became [alarmingly] excited about hearing the details.

Enjoy your classes. I'm so jealous!

[tomwalker]

I didn't even notice the start of school despite the back to school stuff going on at the mall these days. And right now, I really don't miss it. I really didn't enjoy it that much while I was there

[ras2883]

I think I texted you about the same episode of Mr. Show while you wrote this comment.

I've been remembering our Edinboro times a lot lately and the feelings attached to the memories. Our 4 a.m. walks to Shafer were always so quiet and sleepy and still. Well, except for that one time during the blizzard where you had to push me down the middle of the street through six inches of snow. And the bitter cold would feel so refreshing when we'd first start back from your sauna of a room. Remember the time we ate ice cream in the pavilion?

I don't think I could ever throw a bottle at you. Literally. Too heavy.

[tomwalker]

Goldschlager mini bottles.

It wasn't a pavilion...it was a gazebo. A nighttime walk to a gazebo is much more charming than to a pavilion. I remember that I brought the book of Ionesco plays. Nothing says romance like absurdist plays. But do you remember what flavor of ice cream? It was something by Ben and Jerry's from Rose....

Dobler.

[ras2883]

Vanilla with peanut butter cups.

I had forgotten about the plays!

Glad to know...

[morgan_jennifer]

So today I was all kind of out of sorts... school for the first time in what 5 years I didn't have a stack of books and note books and pens and pencils... not move-in day at scranton or rose... god it's very strange.

see ya rachel. and soon enough you'll be immersed in NYC busy life....

Morgan

Re: Glad to know...

[ras2883]

I must admit I don't miss move-in day.

[broadwaychicky]

I didn't have a job last August, so I don't think I was too bothered by the start of school, even though I was home. It's hitting me really hard this year for some reason. I think it's because with said job I don't have the freedom to visit my Edinboro friends whenever I want and I still have so many friends there. Plus, Molly was here in Pittsburgh last year and not living in North Carolina as she is now.

Yeah, this kind of blows.

[ras2883]

I think it's rough this year because we have finally come to the realization that, yes, it's over. And it sucks.