It's getting harder and harder to find time to blog, and when I do it's a stream-of-conciousness rambling type of bog and not a well thought out and constructed one. Oops.
Tomorrow I leave for a two day camping trip (first time camping!) and we'll be canoeing as well. I leave around 8, which means I'll have to blog super early?
Maybe I'll just blog at 12:01 today.
Things are going well here...I'm just repeating myself, really. Yesterday I went out on my own to find people and succeeded in joining a group of northerners (meaning they're from North Hall) and going to a "college party" which wasn't that exciting. I want the awesome dance parties that happen every month :D They're called TAPs, The Amherst Party, and have special themes.
It's harder for someone like me to make friends right away, because I'm the listening, observant type. Here, you have to make an effort to put yourself out there. I can't tell you how many times I've said "I'm Yasmina, I'm from Winston Salem North Carolina (Blank looks make me continue with "Where Wake Forest is" which leads to recognition. I'll leave out the whole underwear-hot sauce-doughnut-tobacco capital of the world thing out for now).
I'm having fun though. I branched out at the President's Barbecue and sat with some new people. They got onto the subject of the nicest dorm of campus, which has been described as a ski lodge and Hogwarts. It's called Charles Pratt, and it's a first year dorm. A girl said that she didn't get why people thought it looked like Hogwarts, and that she saw that someone started a Harry Potter board on the facebook group and she wasn't into it. It's cool that she's not into it, I don't have a problem with that, I just thought it was funny because I actually started that group. NERD NERD NERD :D I bruoght my Hogwarts glass, my lanyard and HP 4.
Today there were a couple of skits about student health, like sex, alchohol and such. In one of the skits, this guy was like "So have you entered her Chamber of Secrets yet?" and it was amazing. I love HP pick up lines and such.
Well I have to go to a lecture about another book thing we read, concerning race and class at an elite college...or something. Adios!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
I should go ahead and do today's blog because I will be going to a barbecue at the president's house, a lecture, a squad meeting, and various other things today. ridiculous. and it's almost 5:30.
i'm taking four classes: friendship (my freshman seminar), math 5 (calc with algebra), early modern europe (historyyyy!) and french 7 (intro to lit and culture). french 7 is for people who did ap sooo i hope it's not too difficult. as for math...i think i might as well take calc since i did precalc and i don't want that to go to waste, but i do dislike math. i couldn't have four humanities classes though, i want to think outside the box, and with math as my base i can do econ, chem and other things.
our floor is pretty neat. we have 20ish people here, guys and girls, and they're all nice so far but i haven't met all of them. the buildings are gorgeous, the food is tolerable, the professors are really amazing, and the hills are many and good for your calves. overall, i'm perfectly satisified so far, on my second day.
my parents are trekking back home. goodbye was strange, but it's not really goodbye.
wicked reference what? maybe, i don't rememeber the song lyrics.
regardless
...
bye!
i'm taking four classes: friendship (my freshman seminar), math 5 (calc with algebra), early modern europe (historyyyy!) and french 7 (intro to lit and culture). french 7 is for people who did ap sooo i hope it's not too difficult. as for math...i think i might as well take calc since i did precalc and i don't want that to go to waste, but i do dislike math. i couldn't have four humanities classes though, i want to think outside the box, and with math as my base i can do econ, chem and other things.
our floor is pretty neat. we have 20ish people here, guys and girls, and they're all nice so far but i haven't met all of them. the buildings are gorgeous, the food is tolerable, the professors are really amazing, and the hills are many and good for your calves. overall, i'm perfectly satisified so far, on my second day.
my parents are trekking back home. goodbye was strange, but it's not really goodbye.
wicked reference what? maybe, i don't rememeber the song lyrics.
regardless
...
bye!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
COLLEGE!
After 13 hours of traveling, a minor crisis concerning hotels, and waking up really early, I finally got to my destination: AMHERST.
First of all, the town is absolutely wonderful. It's a college town (voted best in America last year) and there were people holding up signs that said "peace" and "anti-nuclear...something" and it was just beautiful. I know this is common here but I was like OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING.
My dorm room is very very nice. It's a corner room, and we have lots of storage and space under our beds. I put up my books (Harry Potter 4, Mockinjay, Will Grayson Will Grayson, The Golden Compass, two student dictionaries and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), and pictures, and al sorts of randomness that comes with dorms. My roommate IS A HARRY POTTER FAN AND HAS HERMIONE'S WAND and is a HEAVY SLEEPER and is MESSY. These are good things. I am messy, and I think it's good that we're together because we can be like "oh hey, we're getting out of control" and it won't be weird to have a really neat side and a really messy side.
or maybe it's just a recipe for chaos.
regardless i am sooo happy.
my floormmates and i went downtown, to "bond" i suppose. downtown is like one street. It's really neat. that rhymed.
they're really nice people, from all over. well, mostly new york or massachusetts. there's a guy from virginia (the south! that is rare here) and another guy from florida. a few girls from new york are really into harry potter which makes me happy--->midnight release, for sure
it's been slightly odd. i'm a listener, not a talker, so most of the time i'm observing. but here i have to get into conversations, and meet people and such, and it's not something i'm used to but it's something i'm going to have to get used to.
by the way, the air here smells of education and learning and amazingness. i'm probably imagining this but it's sooo great.
i'm leaving in an hour to go to the campus center thing, there will be laser tag. tomorrow is advising. the next day is my canoeing and camping trip.
oh man.
First of all, the town is absolutely wonderful. It's a college town (voted best in America last year) and there were people holding up signs that said "peace" and "anti-nuclear...something" and it was just beautiful. I know this is common here but I was like OH MY GOD THIS IS AMAZING.
My dorm room is very very nice. It's a corner room, and we have lots of storage and space under our beds. I put up my books (Harry Potter 4, Mockinjay, Will Grayson Will Grayson, The Golden Compass, two student dictionaries and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), and pictures, and al sorts of randomness that comes with dorms. My roommate IS A HARRY POTTER FAN AND HAS HERMIONE'S WAND and is a HEAVY SLEEPER and is MESSY. These are good things. I am messy, and I think it's good that we're together because we can be like "oh hey, we're getting out of control" and it won't be weird to have a really neat side and a really messy side.
or maybe it's just a recipe for chaos.
regardless i am sooo happy.
my floormmates and i went downtown, to "bond" i suppose. downtown is like one street. It's really neat. that rhymed.
they're really nice people, from all over. well, mostly new york or massachusetts. there's a guy from virginia (the south! that is rare here) and another guy from florida. a few girls from new york are really into harry potter which makes me happy--->midnight release, for sure
it's been slightly odd. i'm a listener, not a talker, so most of the time i'm observing. but here i have to get into conversations, and meet people and such, and it's not something i'm used to but it's something i'm going to have to get used to.
by the way, the air here smells of education and learning and amazingness. i'm probably imagining this but it's sooo great.
i'm leaving in an hour to go to the campus center thing, there will be laser tag. tomorrow is advising. the next day is my canoeing and camping trip.
oh man.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Massachusetts: Land of Awesome
I'm in SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS.
Massachusetts. Land of awesome. And college. And awesome colleges.
I'm currently in a hotel room that is NON-SMOKING, yay! (after last night, it's a big deal).
Also, I move in tomorrow around 9 and meet my roommate and stuff
It'll be coooool.
And I hope it'll go well!
I'll get my fridge and such. Say goodbye to the fam, start the next four years of my life etc...
or to be less-dramatic, I'll just be at school until November (break) and then a month off for Christmas.
I can pretend I'm at Hogwarts!
It's dinner time. Goodbye!
Massachusetts. Land of awesome. And college. And awesome colleges.
I'm currently in a hotel room that is NON-SMOKING, yay! (after last night, it's a big deal).
Also, I move in tomorrow around 9 and meet my roommate and stuff
It'll be coooool.
And I hope it'll go well!
I'll get my fridge and such. Say goodbye to the fam, start the next four years of my life etc...
or to be less-dramatic, I'll just be at school until November (break) and then a month off for Christmas.
I can pretend I'm at Hogwarts!
It's dinner time. Goodbye!
Friday, August 27, 2010
Bethel, Pennsylvania: Famished Amish
I'm en route to Massachusetts at the moment (for COLLEGECOLLEGECOLLEGE) and thus excited. We had to stop to get some ZZZZZZs here, and the only available room with enough beds was...a smoking room. It's kinda overpowering but I'll get used to it...I just hope my clothes don't smell of it. Ew.
Today we went to ANTIETAM and it was SO AWESOME because it smelled of HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
and I'm a history nerd so I was like AHHHH
except it's not really a "good" time in history. Bloodiest battle of the civil war and all...yeah...but so cool because I've never been to a battlefield before!
It was...well, it was a field. It had monuments in it. And a cool visitor's center.
AND CANNONS!
SO yeah. That was cool.
Today also consisted of:
reading mockingjay
being bored by the car ride
taking pictures
taking pictures of myself because i was bored
going to a sketchy diner, having yummy food, and it had a TOWEL dispenser. WHAT THE HECK.
So yeah
Today we went to ANTIETAM and it was SO AWESOME because it smelled of HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY
and I'm a history nerd so I was like AHHHH
except it's not really a "good" time in history. Bloodiest battle of the civil war and all...yeah...but so cool because I've never been to a battlefield before!
It was...well, it was a field. It had monuments in it. And a cool visitor's center.
AND CANNONS!
SO yeah. That was cool.
Today also consisted of:
reading mockingjay
being bored by the car ride
taking pictures
taking pictures of myself because i was bored
going to a sketchy diner, having yummy food, and it had a TOWEL dispenser. WHAT THE HECK.
So yeah
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Hunger Games: Musical Companion!
I've decided to write today's blog early because I already know today's plans: get ready for leaving tomorrow, do laundry, finish Doctor Who, and cook. Right now I want to make a playlist for The Hunger Games (I'm 75% finished, I'm saving the rest of Mockingjay for tomorrow's long car ride). I have to finish the blog portion though, so let me continue...
This morning I had breakfast with Aly which was fun, then I came home and got my tripod out and took jumping pictures and got attacked by mosquitoes (at like 10:30 A.M, why?), and then I made a video...and did laundry. I have to start cooking soon. Fun stuff, I know.
I've been done with packing for almost a week now, so there's no last minute rush for anything. I need to charge my iPod and pack my backpack and stuff like that, but nothing super-major.
So here goes the playlist
Clocks-Coldplay
World Spins Madly On-The Weepies
Help I'm Alive-Metric
Geared for Action-Jet Lag Gemini
Time is Running Out-Muse
Burning for You-Shiny Toy Guns (cover of the Blue Oyster Cult song)
You Really Got a Hold on Me-She & Him
Then I got distracted by a fly in my room and lost interest in the playlist-making-feat.
Soooo this blog is generally uninteresting!
Oh. I hate music snobs-people who think they're better than other people because their music is not as well-known, and who stop liking bands because they get popular.
If you like your band you should be happy for them!
That is all.
This morning I had breakfast with Aly which was fun, then I came home and got my tripod out and took jumping pictures and got attacked by mosquitoes (at like 10:30 A.M, why?), and then I made a video...and did laundry. I have to start cooking soon. Fun stuff, I know.
I've been done with packing for almost a week now, so there's no last minute rush for anything. I need to charge my iPod and pack my backpack and stuff like that, but nothing super-major.
So here goes the playlist
Clocks-Coldplay
World Spins Madly On-The Weepies
Help I'm Alive-Metric
Geared for Action-Jet Lag Gemini
Time is Running Out-Muse
Burning for You-Shiny Toy Guns (cover of the Blue Oyster Cult song)
You Really Got a Hold on Me-She & Him
Then I got distracted by a fly in my room and lost interest in the playlist-making-feat.
Soooo this blog is generally uninteresting!
Oh. I hate music snobs-people who think they're better than other people because their music is not as well-known, and who stop liking bands because they get popular.
If you like your band you should be happy for them!
That is all.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Esther Earl (crazycrayon)passed away earlier today; although I've only seen a few of her videos/skimmed her Tumblr, I felt for her family...DFTBE, guys
to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Today, I also
-made brownies
-got halfway through mockingjay
-got halfway through season 4 of doctor who
-gave my brother advice about high school
-made fun of my brother about high school
-decided a list format would be best for today's blog
live long and prosper, friends
to the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.
Today, I also
-made brownies
-got halfway through mockingjay
-got halfway through season 4 of doctor who
-gave my brother advice about high school
-made fun of my brother about high school
-decided a list format would be best for today's blog
live long and prosper, friends
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