Half a Month
Posted on Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 at 8:00.
I love college. I love Boston. I love sleep.
As I gradually lose the freshman quality of complete uncertainty and assimulate into the college campus vibe, the transformation from an outsider to the epicenter is worth noting. And thus, I apologize for not updating in over two weeks. A recap:
Despite having three graded assignments, I am still A-less in Beantown. I have taken refuge in my my comfort food (peanut butter) more than once and yes, I am genuinely upset about this.
Emerson College was hailed as an organizational school by several upperclassmen during Orientation Week. I might just scream if I hear one more person say, “The opportunities to excel at Emerson are plentiful. You will find that your experience is only equal to what you put into it.” Buying into this truth, I stopped at any and every booth at the organizational fair. Notable: Freshmen Class Council, Emerson’s yearbook, The Berkeley Beacon, The Evvy Awards, WERS FM, Good News Fellowship, and The Newman Club.
I hope to meet people through organizations. The past two weekends have been quite lonely. Many people are drinking or having sex and that just is not my thing. All but two members of Good News Fellowship are female and I do not like the feeling I get of being one of the few available and cute male bodies being vied for. All New Media majors apparently live in the Little Building. The few I have encountered are generally not people that I want to chill with. I feel quite positive that close-friend-worthy people will appear in time.
Cambridge Vineyard is officially my church away from home. This Sunday’s service reminded me so much of Blue Ridge Community Church, which I miss dearly!
So all this is my exhilerating life. I wish an anspirin would make the jackhammering outside my building stop.
