Yeah, so I'm posting like mad now because I know I probably won't be able to until Friday come tomorrow morning. >_>;
So basically, the big impression I'm getting from this program is that it's a good opportunity for me to start being a little more daring. Because I'm a very "comfort zone" type person, but I've realized that the only way I can become stronger or more interesting or more stable of a person is if I start stepping out of that zone. And honestly, I'm pretty pathetic when it comes to many things non-academic or non-geeky, but the only way I'll get any better is if I stop being so damn ashamed of my weaknesses and just keep working at it.
SO. All that said, if this past week is how the next four years will be like, then I think I will be quite happy here. :)
After posting yesterday, I dropped by the Craft Center, which was technically closed, but the pottery teacher was in there cleaning clay that was dug up from the campus grounds. Then she showed me some pieces she and her students made and then talked about glazing for a while. Then she let me work on the wheel! And once I made my little bowl, she said she was impressed because most high school pottery students don't get to the point of making decent-looking vessels. ^-^
And I finally learned how to bowl last night! :D :D
Once I learned how to hold up the ball properly, I was (surprisingly) a natural at it. Except I started to fizzle out at the end of the second game because my arm got tired, BUT STILL.
And then afterwards, I played/karaoke'd on Rock Band for the first time with a bunch of other dorm people. And I woke up at 11-ish again this morning. >_>;;
EDIT: OH, and a quick word about the aforementioned Eccentric New Yorker: I think most people here are uncomfortable by his brazen flamboyance, although I find it mostly endearing for reasons that I still can't quite comprehend. (To put it in perspective, he uses words like "fabulous" and "trifling heffers" & greets the other guys by saying, "hey bitches." MAJOR LOL @ that last one BTW.) And he just looooves me for being a cute little Asian girl who laughs all the time, so hey. I'm totally not complaining.
EDIT #2: OH, and the Male Chicagoan caught me playing the ever17 visual novel trial that I downloaded a couple days back, and forced me to send him the file. FOURTEEN HOURS LATER, AND IT IS STILL SENDING.
