Girl Does College

Right off the bat let me say sorry for not updating this LOT earlier. It’s been about two weeks, and I haven’t updated at all. There are certain reasons for this. Staying up late going to parties and watching movies is CERTAINLY not on the list.

Wow. So far all I can say is that college rocks my socks…all night long. The first three days have been a cross between boring and uber-fun. I came here thinking that all this bad stuff would happen, and I found out I was completely wrong. But because I’m lazy, I’ll go over the biggest things for my time so far here at college.

Dorm

When I first got to Evergreen, I arrived about 5 days before the big move-in date for everyone else was supposed to arrive. When I got there, I was all set to move into my dorm I would be staying in for the year. Instead, when I got there, they said that adjustments were being made to the D Dorm building, and I had to stay in a temporary dorm. The building I had to stay in was A Dorm, and it was cozy…as cozy as a 10^th floor room with a full view can be. No screens on the windows, you could fall right out.

This irked me because I was all set to get all nice and cozy in my dorm, and the fact that I brought all my essentials with me. (I.E. clothes, computer, TV, DVD, Anime.) So I had my small space with my TV and computer, and I made it home, albeit for a few days.

My roommate….Lets not get into that for now. She was fine, but let’s just say I’m glad I was her roommate for only 5 days.

Long story short, I was able to move into my dorm when they got all the problems worked out in the D building, and I was able to move into my GIANT dorm. When I got here, I expected a small cramped space I would have to share. We lucked out, and got a meeting room, with a lot of space to do stuff with. My personal space is pictured below. I have my anime posters, My TV set with DVDs, and chairs to lounge in.

The lounging space in which my friends and I play games, watch anime or movies is here. My dorm is the popular place to hang, it’s awesome. I mean, what else do you do when your dorm is the biggest in the building? So all those chairs you see are because with the giant rug is the place in which me and my friends place our butts after class.

My Roommate

I don’t want to talk about my first roommate. BUT, my current one is awesome. Her name is Meghan and she’s all the way from Massachusetts. We get along great. I figured we wouldn’t get along at all, and make a line down the room a-la “I Love Lucy,” but we seemed to have clicked perfectly. We hang out, and can give each other space when needed. It’s perfect.

Friends

I’ve made a lot of friends here at college. It was a LOT easier than I thought it would be. I also have some buddies that came from high school, so when I want to play some video games, or just joke around late at night, they’re always awake doing something like that. I’m not sure how they would feel about having their name all out on the interweb for all to see, so I’ll just let you know that my friends and I are pretty out there, and are always looking for non-drug related fun. …Although we have been to a lot of “bonfires.”

Misc.

College life isn’t all so bad. When I first got here, I thought I would be an outcast, or it would be like one of those college movies where the jocks and preppy girls would rule. It’s anything but. Everyone seems to be absolutely fine with one another. Everyone is friendly and helps you out, easy to make new friends, and you get the sense of a community, not just another campus with people.

Being out on my own is nice of course, but I do still miss my family and friends back in Seattle. I’ve quickly adjusted to what it’s like being an adult I suppose, but it seems as if I need my parents more now than when I was actually with them.

Working, taking care of any school related business is hard to do on your own. Or more so to get motivated on your own. I enjoy the freedom, but it comes with a price you know?

Also, since I did a lot of various things over the course of two weeks, I took a few pictures.

The Ol’ Clock Tower.

About a week and a half ago, we went on a tour on the water. The tour was boring, but I got a few good pics out of it. Here’s the capital.

Nice view of the water here.

Sunset shots.

From now on I’ll do my best to update this more often. There are a lot of people I still don’t want to lost contact with, so I’ll really have no choice. Although with my Craaaaazy college ways, who knows if I’m really all that serious or not?