| Hi guys, (hmm do people read this anymore?)
What's up? What follows will hopefully be a fully developed, coherent update (as opposed to the spur-of-the-moment, cryptic junk that I occasionally throw in here) on my second year of college. It's as much for me as it is for you. =) Here goes:
Since I am a Lynbrookian nerd, this first paragraph will be about academics. This quarter, I'm only taking three classes: Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Physics (Mechanics), and Eating Disorders. Physics involves weekly problem sets, which are always annoying, but they're about as difficult as the ones you would find in Mrs. Coble's Physics Honors class (i.e., not very). Eating Disorders (a psych class) is immensely interesting and somehow always leaves me feeling famished. I think it's because the professor mentions "comfort foods" a lot--you know, ice cream, cookies, etc.  And THEN there's ochem lab, which is just horrible because I'm just as slow at finishing experiments as I was in inorganic chem lab. The TA also tortures us with weekly lab quizzes on which I just can't seem to get 100%. *Sigh*
My schedule leaves me with plenty of free time in the afternoon, so I've been on the lookout for some activities to prevent myself from staying in the room and moping all day. On Tuesdays and Thursdays after lab, I go for a run (if huffing and puffing along with sidewalk with my cheeks all flushed can count as running) to release the frustration caused by my poor lab results. Oh yeah, and once a week I also have Revellations meetings. (Revellations is the Revelle College newsletter for which I am writer and business manager.) I'm still in RCTV, but lately I've been getting lazy... In fact, I think I've only been to one meeting this year. =/ Last week, I paid a visit to Ballroom Dancing Club! Spending two hours there confirmed my suspicions: I am a terrible dancer. *Sigh* So uncoordinated, I am. But it was definitely fun.
What else...? After much goading from my apartmentmate, I decided to join a campus organization that volunteers at the local veteran's hospital. Orientation is this Saturday, and I'm pretty excited. =) I'm also going to be involved in research with a psychiatrist at that hospital! Should be very enlightening.
In the end, though, I have to admit that among the driving forces for all these activities are loneliness or just a general lack of direction. If there are no people in my life, then I guess I'll have to fill up my time with other things. Well, there are obviously at least a few people around, and I should really feel blessed to have such good friends--I hope you know who you are. But note that my activities don't have much to do with meeting people. I actually tried some of the social orgs, like MASA (Multi-Asian Student Association) and UTA (United Taiwanese Association), but...I guess I just don't like them. I'm not into orgs where people just meet up and hang out. It just seems pointless. If we're all gathered here, we should be at least learning something together, right? Anyway, even though everyone's settled into their social groups by now, I've managed to meet some great new people. What's sad about living in the apartments is that I feel like I hardly see anyone anymore. It used to be that you would always be running into familiar faces at CLICS or in Plaza... But OH WELL. I've run out of steam, and I need to study now.
If you somehow read all this--thanks.
-Kathy |
