Ok, so I haven't written in awhile. Sorry.
But hey, I'm writing now. So yeah.
1. My temporary dorming experience--due to the massive snow we had last week, I had the opportunity to stay over one of my friends' dorm rooms so I could avoid commuting in the snow. Funnily enough, class was cancelled on wednesday, but whatever. I stayed Tuesday and Wednesday night. Overall, I thought it was pretty cool. Thing is, it was the novelty of it that I enjoyed, I suppose. I don't how I would feel if I actually lived there for a few months.
Then there's the issue of food. The food at this school is subpar, I wouldn't feed it to a dog. But I'll talk more about food when I get to point 3. Anyways, back to the dorming experience--I remember the first night we could hear guys cursing at the top of their lungs outside. I suppose they already figured there was going to be a snowday, so they might as well get angry in the middle of the night (perhaps they were drunk?). Idk. Thankfully, my friend Jen's suitemates are all nice, so I didn't have to worry about dealing with personalities. It felt a little bittersweet when I realized that this wasn't going to last, that eventually I would "turn back into a pumpkin" and go home. It was nice to be on campus without having to rush to and from everywhere. Once I went home, though, I was pretty content. Especially since I got to eat a real meal.
2. How I'm adjusting to the spring semester--first of all, I hate how deceptive the name "Spring Semester" is. I wish it was spring. At this point, I think I"m not the only one who's done with winter. I'm tired of snow, and cold wind, and cloudy days. And naked trees.
Anyway, I've found that it is harder for me to "get back into work mode" now that the spring semester has started. The fall semester was different--It was almost september (august 31st) and I was getting into the "school is starting, yay, it's a new academic year, let me set goals and make new friends and stuffs" mode. Thing is, after that nice long break between last semester and this one, going back--especially starting new classes--has been a rude awakening. My workload is definitely tougher this semester, especially with reading. Aside from that, a lot of the people I saw last semester I haven't seen that much this semester. And I still have times when I feel terribly lonely.
"Lonely." Such a childish adjective. But it's true.
So I'm still hoping to find my niche. And I still want that good, steady co-ed friendship group, even if it may be just a pipe dream.
"Pipe dream." I sound like I'm 50 years old. No offense to 50 year olds.
So anyway, on to point 3...
3. Alright, so I'm not reacting to the whole school newspaper that just came out yesterday. I'm more concerned with the front page.
A. "Student Finds Blade in Panini"--I'm sure there was a sharp decline in panini sales to students yesterday due to this article. And you know what? I don't blame them--if I actually ate the food here, I wouldn't buy a panini either. The food here is, as I've said, one step above cafeteria food. Just one step. I wouldn't trust them with meat. Someone told me they found a hair in her salad and her friend found a worm in her soup. One of my friends actually got food poisoning from the soup last year. And these instances weren't in Locke's--they were in Dante's. (We have three cafeterias here, Locke's, Dante's and Plato's.) I don't normally buy actual food here. I just buy the pre-packaged stuff, where at least I know where it's been. Or think I know....
It's funny, though, Locke's is the cafeteria people complain about the most, because it's supposed to be all-you-can-eat--that is, if you can actually eat any of it without getting sick. However, the blade-in-panini instance happened over in the Leo cafeteria. Apparently, a mixing machine had broken in a spot and part of it ended up here, in this sandwich. Someone said yesterday that if a person were actually making the sandwich, there should be no blade in there. Which makes me wonder....
Well, enough about this. It's an innauseating thought to think about...well, food gone bad. Perhaps literally.
B. The other instance on the front page that I wanted to comment on is the article in the corner about the poster someone had put in their dorm window of Batman and Robin in a lip-lock. Their dorm room is in Horan, which is on the hill facing Broadway/Van Cortlandt park. So anyone passing by the hill can apparently see the poster. Now, at this point I'm not even going to comment on the poster's contents, because that's not what this post is about. However, what I will say is that putting that up was unnecessary and it's wrong. And it's "trolling"--meaning, it's something showy that's done for a negative reaction. (Thanks, Paul for explaining that!) In reading the comments the person who put the poster up made, it sounds like they were just waiting for administration to tell them to take the poster down. He was surprised he had been able to keep it up for that long. I don't remember now if the article said he had to take it down or not....
Besides, if you actually read the comics, that's not what Batman was like.
So there.
-Nicole-
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