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| I am still loving Carnegie Mellon. The hike was awesome- I met some people that I will definitely keep in touch with. I'm hoping to go skydiving with the explorers club on Monday (trip isn't confirmed yet). I went to a BBQ with Hillel where I met some people but I don't know that that group is really my thing, considering that I'm not at all religious. I went gay clubbing with 8 (I think) people last night. It was a whole lot of fun, and my first time to a gay club. Anyway, it was funny because two of the guys from my hike were in the group. Small world, or small campus anyway.
Jon and I are now going out. He's great. We're so compatable and I feel really close to him even though we just met. I guess we have a lot of chemistry and also have a lot in common. We got stuck at the Waterfront and had to walk 3 mi late at night to get back. The buses don't run frequently enough.
Classes are alright. Calc in 3D is easy and fun, but the prof is kind of boring. ECE will be hard, but the prof is amazing. Interp will entail a lot of work, but it'll be fine. Programming is too hard of a class for me, but I might stick it out anyway. CIT Seminar is boring but Peter is in it, so that makes it awesome (What could be better than being poked for an hour straight?). Computing skills hasn't started yet, it's 2nd quarter. | | |
| I love Carnegie Mellon. I have made many friends here. The people are not only nice but geeky, nerdy, quirky, eccentric...being different is okay here. I feel welcomed and accepted; a part of the community.
I went on a date with a guy. He's really cute. And he's an electrical and computer engineer, yet he's capable of socializing.
I went to a SOHO meeting (GSA equivalent). Everyone there was amazing. I've also been to meetings for FYSH (Jews), environmental groups on campus, and Hiking the Highlands. I'm leaving in a little over an hour for my backpacking trip. It's only 11 miles but a relatively hard trail, and I'm thinking the fact that I'm sick will make it somewhat of a challenge. We're also going swimming in a river.
I'm nervous about classes starting, but very excited for the adventures to come. I've been to Squirrel Hill twice so far, and Oakland twice also since I've been a student here. (I went once to each the day I got here also).
I really miss my friends back home. When I hear about Becky we share in our mutual joys of the great times we are having. But, when I hear of the troubles and homesickness that Caitlin is facing, I yearn to be there to help her, but I feel utterly helpless.
Lastly, college reminds me of BBYO conventions. | | |
| I had a sleepover at my house after Elisa's going away party (2nd day in a row of a sleepover, the first night was at Adam's house). This would be my last time seeing Elisa before Thanksgiving, so sleeping was not on our agenda. After lots of just chilling, 4 of us went outside to drive somewhere to watch the sunrise. Granted, the sun had already risen since regardless of the fact that we were awake and near windows we did not notice how much time had passed. Regardless, we drove through Georgetown and into DC and hung out there for a couple of hours. It was awesome- we walked around the streets, hung around a Starbucks and tormented customers (we were VERY tired and had no problem with telling people that it was closed for "trash day" or because "the workers are protesting", including Starbucks employees). We were giggling like we were drunk...gosh I needed sleep. Eh, anyway, I'm really going to miss her.
I just registered for classes. Got everything I wanted. Here it is: http://tcpulse.com/psched/short/NDc0Mzk0. I have to wake up kind of early, but not too bad all things considered.
Best Buy is selling 2GB USB Flash Drives for $45 after a rebate. It's a great deal.
I was completely freaked out after discovering that my roommate is "very conservative", but it seems as if she is quite nice and will be a good roommate. | | |
| The last 2 days have been eventful. I'll start with today: my mom's birthday. We woke up early and had 2 cards (a pop up card and a card that told the story of her life, fictional of course), an IOU for a basketball hoop (family joke), a certificate of excellence, a plastic vase, and fake flowers (jokes- from the dollar store). Then she went to work for around 2 hours, and she came home to another card, a cake that we baked from scratch, a best of Broadway CD (she loves that stuff), and a DVD that us and our friends made for her for her birthday (the most dorky embarassing thing ever). Then she went and got a massage and went to Nordstrom's (giftcard she had gotten). We went to Melting Pot for dinner. Came home and gave her licorice and these RSVP cards that I wrote up (very weird inside joke, but it was a big laugh). Tomorrow we're giving her a belated birthday card. Yes, we're odd...
Anyway, about last night.......perhaps I should just say that it involved police, and leave it at that. Or, I'll make the story slightly more juicy and say it involved police, a substance that causes bad breath (among other things), and dorky people that can get out of sticky situations. WOW, it was an AWESOME night. | | |
| I'm really excited about going camping (3 days, mid August). I'm also really excited about going backpacking (2 days, end of August). I love being outdoors.
My summer has been going well. I've been spending most of my time socializing, with some time devoted to work (inventory at Norwood) and some time devoted to sleeping.
Some highlights are: Screen on the green on the mall downtown in 100 degree weather (seriously, it is awesome) and sleepover afterwards, sleeping over at Becky's house lots of times, going to Chinatown with Kate, Caitlin, and Adam (first time meeting him, cool kid), Kate's house for dance party/sports, and thing for CMU where I met lots of cool people.
Positive things: Laptop has been purchased, blood test done with, voter registration and absentee ballot registration sent, work is decent, I feel really close with Caitlin lately, I'm beginning to actually understand and become closer to Ester, Becky is being extremely affectionate, I'm seeing one of the smartest people (and most awesome) in the world on wednesday (that's you, Chels), there is lots of stuff to look forward to, I burned many of Elisa's CDs
Negative things: I haven't contacted my roommate, I don't have a bank set up for college, I feel like a neglectful girlfriend because I have hardly any time to see him, there is lots of stuff to be nervous about, my schedule for college has not been approved and they want me to take really advanced math but I would rather repeat some math to help my GPA, I am not yet fully prepared for my mom's birthday on Tuesday (although, if I must say so myself, I'm doing a kickass job on this) | | |
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