A couple of days ago, I was a girl who had no idea what next year would be like. Where was I going to be? Who was I going to be with? So many questions and so few answers.
Then votes were cast and decisions were made. I knew where I would be- all alone, in a strange state, far from the girls I've called my best friends for so many years. It seemed strange and lonely. I didn't want to be completely alone. Then I met the potentials.
This makes them sound kind of weird and mystical, but really they're just a group of girls going to the same school as me. Like me, they'll be all alone in a strange place. We talked and got along and things were going well.
Then the potentials became my roommies. Never have I been happier to have people to share my personal space with. Yes, we'll get on each other's nerves and fight and act like sisters, but that's what we're supposed to do.
Anyways, I'm really excited to get to know them better and even more excited to move in with them in the fall. I'm already planning on how I should decorate my room. I really like this fun, colorful bed set I found at Delia's: http://store.delias.com/browse.do?categoryKey=roomwares.island&splashTrack=room&incmpid=Room07
I want my room to be bright and colorful and fun, but still a nice space to study and relax. I plan on having lots of fun, but the reason I'm at college is to learn, so I need to make sure that happens too.
Anyways, I'd like to take this time to brag and say that I don't think that most people have this sort of wonderful experience when it comes to college. Most people really are all alone and they are kind of confused and lost. I already have my roommate clan though and I'm going to a great school, so everything is perfect!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Senioritis
With less than eight weeks left of school, it's safe to say that the all too common disease that tortures seniors every year across the country, has finally gotten to me. Actually, seniorities hit a while ago for me, which one of my teachers was kind enough to point out. Sorry, teach, but I'm so sick of going to your class every day. All I want is out. I have places to go. Places far, far away.
Senioritis has blown up to a very extreme case now that I've decided on the college I'll be going to in the fall. Like, I could pack my bags and leave right now. I'm ready to change my address and call a new place home. Yes, yes, I'll miss my friends dearly, but it's not like I'll never be home. I expect to be home pretty frequently actually. I mean, I could easily drive home for a weekend if I felt like it.
The hard part now is finding my roommates. How do you avoid getting stuck with living nightmares in your dorm? Lucky for me, the dorm I'll be staying in is a suite, so I'll have my own bedroom, but I'll be sharing a bathroom with one person and a living area with three other people. Lucky for me I have some family in the area and with the Internet finding roommates should be relatively easy.
This is so bad though. I'm already thinking of ways to decorate my dorm room. I'm already trying to figure out which classes I'll take. I'm already thinking about what I'll eat from the campus food courts and looking up restaurants in town. There's a point when senioritis reaches a destructive point and I think I'm at it.
Well, I shall try to cure my senioritis or at least ease the symptoms a bit. Until then, goodbye, dear Internet.
Senioritis has blown up to a very extreme case now that I've decided on the college I'll be going to in the fall. Like, I could pack my bags and leave right now. I'm ready to change my address and call a new place home. Yes, yes, I'll miss my friends dearly, but it's not like I'll never be home. I expect to be home pretty frequently actually. I mean, I could easily drive home for a weekend if I felt like it.
The hard part now is finding my roommates. How do you avoid getting stuck with living nightmares in your dorm? Lucky for me, the dorm I'll be staying in is a suite, so I'll have my own bedroom, but I'll be sharing a bathroom with one person and a living area with three other people. Lucky for me I have some family in the area and with the Internet finding roommates should be relatively easy.
This is so bad though. I'm already thinking of ways to decorate my dorm room. I'm already trying to figure out which classes I'll take. I'm already thinking about what I'll eat from the campus food courts and looking up restaurants in town. There's a point when senioritis reaches a destructive point and I think I'm at it.
Well, I shall try to cure my senioritis or at least ease the symptoms a bit. Until then, goodbye, dear Internet.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Best Bookmark Eva'
I'm one of those people who is way too concerned with other people's lives. Well, I'm way too concerned in the most selfish way possible. I'll sit quietly and listen to someone talk for hours, but most likely within the first two minutes they've told me something that I think is unique which leads me to creating this whole story in my head about their life based on that one little fraction of what they live.
That's probably the most confusing explanation I could have ever imagined. Let's put it this way- if someone tells me they have a pet poodle named George, then that's all I need to hear from them. If someone tells me something truly interesting I don't want the full story, because I make up the full story and I always like my version better.
Anyways, this all has to do with my love of secondhand stores. Anything that's been owned before and can be owned again has a story. Antique shops, used bookstores, vintage clothing- they all fascinate me. And I love more than anything the things that look like they actually belonged to someone. Sure the books that look like they were never opened are nice if you love the smell of new books, but the ones with crinkled pages and a worn out spine are the best. You can tell how the previous owner read. The absolute best thing though is when you find more than what the author intended. When someone has scribbled a note in the inside cover or left a picture of their dog that they'd used as a bookmark, my day is complete. It's the teeniest, tinest glimpse of a life.
Better yet- when you go to a thrift store and find soccer jersey's or school t-shirts. Gotta show spirit, ya know? For someone else's team/ school...But hey, if they aren't showing spirit, someone else should.
Anyways, I am now on a quest to find these things. Before it was more just, "Hey look at what's in this book I bought", but now I shall search far and wide to find the pieces of people's lives that they have so carelessly thrown away.
Also some updates, though the only person I know will read this probably already knows all these things, but I feel obligated in case somewhere in the future more people decide to read this and wish to know more about what is currently happening in my life.
That's probably the most confusing explanation I could have ever imagined. Let's put it this way- if someone tells me they have a pet poodle named George, then that's all I need to hear from them. If someone tells me something truly interesting I don't want the full story, because I make up the full story and I always like my version better.
Anyways, this all has to do with my love of secondhand stores. Anything that's been owned before and can be owned again has a story. Antique shops, used bookstores, vintage clothing- they all fascinate me. And I love more than anything the things that look like they actually belonged to someone. Sure the books that look like they were never opened are nice if you love the smell of new books, but the ones with crinkled pages and a worn out spine are the best. You can tell how the previous owner read. The absolute best thing though is when you find more than what the author intended. When someone has scribbled a note in the inside cover or left a picture of their dog that they'd used as a bookmark, my day is complete. It's the teeniest, tinest glimpse of a life.
Better yet- when you go to a thrift store and find soccer jersey's or school t-shirts. Gotta show spirit, ya know? For someone else's team/ school...But hey, if they aren't showing spirit, someone else should.
Anyways, I am now on a quest to find these things. Before it was more just, "Hey look at what's in this book I bought", but now I shall search far and wide to find the pieces of people's lives that they have so carelessly thrown away.
Also some updates, though the only person I know will read this probably already knows all these things, but I feel obligated in case somewhere in the future more people decide to read this and wish to know more about what is currently happening in my life.
- I have finished the first part of my math course and am currently working on the second half. It's still as boring and stupid as ever.
- I got accepted to eight colleges. In other words, I got accepted to every college I applied to.
- I am currently trying to decide which I should attend.
- I recently went to France and it was really cool.
- I've been reading lots of good books.
- My reading habits might have something to do with the fact that I don't have a prom date, but I kind of prefer books anyways. They are infinitely more fascinating than a prom date.
- LESS THAN NINE WEEKS UNTIL I GRADUATE!!!!
Okay, that's all. Mucho love!