I miss my Beatles...

That's right--one of the things I forgot to bring with me to college is my essential Beatles. Oh well, I'm going home this weekend, I can survive three more days without them. It was really cool once when I was in the cafeteria for lunch, the music playing was from the "Beatles #1" album. Today they played some of the Who. I'm craving a music burning spree when I get home...
So during the past week... I've been going to classes. My theater one is alright. It's mostly going to be debates in there. Not a bad thing, that cuts down on the workload a bit. We do have a book to read out of, but apparently we'll never talk about it in class. Heh, part of my homework was to go see a play, or rather a musical, called "Big River," the story being "The Adventures of Huck Finn." I rather liked it! The songs were catchy and fun (sometimes heartstring-pulling), the acting was well done, and overall it was an interesting play. I saw that on Saturday... Let's see, I have a music appreciation class (Music 105), which is actually a First-year Interest Group. I think it's fascinating, especially for someone who loves music but can't make it, like me. We break songs down and analyze the parts to see how and why they make the music sound like it does and why the composer did this and such... Then, since I'm in the FIG, it comes with a seminar that relates to it. We basically do the same thing in there, except there are only 20 something people in there and we analyze "modern" stuff. Example: yesterday we analyzed the song "Pretty Fly For A White Guy." (So funny, I think of David every time I hear that song...) Then there's a Philosophy class: Phil. 102-Intro to Logic. It's pretty simple stuff. It's basically "the study of methods for evalutating arguments." And everything I need to know--class notes, homework, the syllabus, etc. is online. This is one of those "only have to come twice a quarter" classes, but he doesn't recommend it, obviously. If I miss one or so, it won't be a big deal, but I prefer to be present during class... It's just a better experience, I think. Then I have my math class. The workload is quite a bit, but what's really nice is that it's "Functions and Algebraic method." It's like algebra all over again. Get this: in the MIDDLE of my book it explains quadratic equations! Man, did I score with this one! No calculus for me, babe--it's all about the 2x+1! But it's a little tedious in there, so it can get rather boring. Oh well. The homework load isn't too bad either. Plenty of time to do... not much...
So overall I think I have a pretty easy quarter, but I shouldn't speak too soon--it's only the second week, after all. As far as my social life goes... it's mostly online. Sad but true. I do hang out with the girls on my floor, but I've forgotten how to be myself... I'm so shy. It's like being the new kid at school all over again. I hate that. I was never good at it. As a matter of fact, I had some of the worst times of my life being the new kid. The people here are friendly, yes, and I've got a couple of potential good friendships going... but I miss the ones I left behind... *sigh.* Aleeza and I had a nice long talk about this, she feels me! I kinda wish I was in the same situation as the UW people, who know about 10 Lindberghians going to their school. Hmmm... I wish I could talk to guys again too, I've forgotten how to do that. I thought I was getting better at it since junior year, when I made my first real guy friend in a long time. But now that I'm here... it's hard again. It's hard to talk to people in general, I must say. I'm starting to lose track of how many times I've eaten breakfast by myself (my roomie is not a breakfast eater), and I'm too afraid to go up to people eating alone and sit with them. What's more sad? I can't even go up to people with Homestar Runner shirts or sweatshirts or other items advertising their fanship and say "Hey, I like Homestar too!", let alone "Great Jorb!" or, as Sonja put it to me, ""sewiously..That is a coow t-showt." What's even worse... (for those of you who've seen Napoleon Dynamite, which is about 2, I think) I saw a girl wearing a "Vote 4 Pedro" T-Shirt, but did I go up to her and say "Heck YES I'd vote for you!"? NO! I just smiled like a moron and kept walking! *DOH!* That was handed to me on a silver platter... Oh well: I promised Sonja that NEXT TIME something like that happens, I WILL talk to them! Now to find someone with a H*R shirt...
Something cool did happen yesterday--I got up from my "Lair" of a dorm room because... I heard a guitar playing! One of my weak spots is a good guitar. Actually, I love most if not all kinds of musicans, but guitar really does it for me. It turns out it was across the hall, and this girl had a guitar, and a guitar-playing guy friend! And he was GOOOOOOD! She played a little guitar herself, but she was still learning, as she said. But she wasn't bad! (I always reassure people by saying they're better than me!) But HE was SO FREAKIN' GOOD! I (literally) sat at his feet in awe as he played... he played some John Mayer, an artist I've been meaning to get into for a long time. He played a few things I didn't recognize, and then he played some things he wrote himself... beautiful stuff! I could've listened to him all day... Anyway, that was my highlight of yesterday. Hopefully I'll have some more in-house concerts coming up!
So in the meantime, I hope to make more friends, never stop seeing so many hot guys on campus, meet someone with a cool shirt and TALK to them, and have a few good times... and hopefully I can wrestle some inner demons to the ground, they've been invading my thoughts a little too much these days... (details to remain undisclosed on this blog)
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*GASP* I hear a basketball bouncing! Time to scope out some guys!

Music to Groove to right now: "Music for a Found Harmonium" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra