Hey, just so you know, college is busy. I know in the movies they always show those college kids going out every night and partying all night and sitting in coffee shops and stuff. Lies, all of it. Now, the first week was like that, because it was pretty much a meet and greet--all the freshmen got to meet
eachother and get adjusted to living at home. I'm sure you're all wondering how it worked out. Well...
My roommate likes pretty much everything I like. He owns the entire series of Trinity Blood, a series I got into watching but didn't have time to finish, and both he and his girlfriend like to write, so we've sat around talking about our stories and discussing things about each of them.
Not only does he own Trinity Blood, he owns pretty much every
Miyazaki (I think that's how you spell it) ever made. He has Howl's Moving Castle,
Steamboy, Princess
Monoke, Appleseed, and tons more; also, he owns just about every movie made in 2006. So if we're bored, we have plenty of movies to watch.
The third or fourth night there I went to a concert that was taking place on campus. I wasn't really excited about going because I've always assumed that anything the school wants to hire is going to suck. However, what got me to go was that the year before they got
Nickelback to come, and if you read
PBW's blog, I share her sentiment on
Nickelback--(hint: we don't hate 'em.) Anyway, I'm really glad I went. The band is called Midnight to Twelve and they have a
myspace page
here. If you haven't heard of them, you need to go check them out. They along the same genre as
Nickelback, they're so awesome. I screamed myself hoarse, but I had a great time, and I went out after the concert and bought their
cd. I say again, if you haven't heard of them and you like alternative music, give these guys a shot. They're worth it.
Midnight to Twelve - King of Spain.Anyway, classes have started and I learned something. My hometown is very
undiversified. We have two African-Americans and that's about it. So when I saw that my college offered Japanese, I couldn't figure out where I would use it. It sounds like a cool language, but where would I use it? At my college. There are Japanese people everywhere. Apparently there's a sister school in Japan, so they've come over as foreign exchange students. I wish I'd taken Japanese instead of Spanish, but I still may take it. I'll have to see how my schedule looks next semester/next year.
I've made several friends, and I'm going to the gym 2 or 3 times a week. All in all, it's busy but so much fun. It's not the horrible fiasco I originally imagined it would be. No horrible
faux pauxs--although I did get distracted and almost fall off the tread mill in the gym earlier this week. I'll probably change my tune when finals come around, ha ha, but let's just go with that for right now.
The one downside with college so far? No time to write...at all. I really miss it, and I want to write, but
everytime I sit down to write, something else is happening and I get pulled away. But when Christmas Break comes around, I'll have quite a bit of time to catch up on my reading/writing, two things I haven't had much chance to do in college. I've been drawing a lot, but that's because I go to class early and start a drawing before the class. I can usually get them done by the teacher walks in the room, but I'm trying to work on refining my drawings--improving how I draw the hair, getting more consistent with my eyes and mouths, and general anatomy on girls. They always come out looking like long haired guys, and that's just sad.
So, I've been busy with classes, but I've liked them all so far. The teachers are great. Each one has their own
plusses. In Spanish, the teacher is really nice; in English Comp, the teacher is extremely laid back and patient; in Biology--as much as I hate anything science or math related--I look forward to seeing more of how our Biology teacher is adjusting to America (he's from
Sussox, England). His reaction to seeing a tick for the first time was pretty funny.
So, anyway, I hope I can post more often, because I miss posting on this thing!
How've you guys been while I was gone?
Also, thanks to those of you who wished me a smooth move, it worked, the move was easy and no horrible problems.
