College
So, I've completely forgotten that I had started this wonderful blog. Probably had something to do with my laziness. Anyways, I have finally moved away from my hometown and gone to college. Go me! I am now a student at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota. Quite honestly, I think this is the happiest I've been in quite some time. I don't live with my parents, I get regular meals, my mind is challenged, and no one knows me. I find it quite humorous that most of the people I have met so far thought I was at least a sophmore upon initial inspection. I guess my level of confidence and my ability to be completely comfortable wherever I am have something to do with that misconception. For example, a girl living 2 floors above me was scared of me because she thought I was a Junior and I was hitting on her. I told her I was only a freshman, and suddenly my flirting with her was perfectly acceptable. Not only that, she reciprocated the flirting. Again, go me!
I suppose I should fill you in on some of the happenings since the last time I posted. The girl I was attracted to way back when got a boyfriend, mostly because I gave up on her. My friend Melissa's father passed away, and that funeral was the most powerful funeral I have ever been to. I recommend everyone attend a Jewish funeral at least once in their lives. If you have any shred of emotion in you, I guarantee you will be in tears. I never did get an actual job, but I got over my depression. The closest thing I had to a job was busking, which is playing music in a public place while soliciting money. That was another amazing experience I recommend everyone try, regardless of musical talent. I also severly cut back on smoking, partially because I haven't had the money and partially because I needed a change of pace. Sitting around and smoking all day was getting a little monotonous. But enough dwelling in the past. It's no good to do that, because you never really learn anything that way. Time to get to more current events.
NDSU is doing wonders for me. The change presented by this move is exactly what I needed. The only down side is that I couldn't afford to bring my car here, so I am confined to walking and hitching rides wherever I need to be. Because of this, my ability to familiarize myself with the area is drastically limited. I am very happy to have met as many people as I have while here, especially when I talk to people that are Sophmores and hardly know anyone. I think the lack of confidence in these individuals is sad. They get so paranoid about what other people think of them, and that allows the opinions of others to govern their self-esteem. Granted, I don't have the greatest self-esteem, but mine is governed by my own hyper-analytical personality. The fact that there are so many people I don't know here makes it really easy to meet people. If I try to make friends with someone and they blow me off, I'm really at no loss. There are 12,000 other people here I can meet. At the moment, however, I am slightly bored. Almost everyone on campus went home for the Labor Day weekend, and it's rainy. So not only do I have no established friends to talk to, I have almost no opportunity to meet new people because of this horrible weather. Oh well. At least there is only one more day of boredom. Then things will spruce up again. But now I bid you adieu, because I am going to read a book at the wonderful air-conditioned Union. Josh.
I suppose I should fill you in on some of the happenings since the last time I posted. The girl I was attracted to way back when got a boyfriend, mostly because I gave up on her. My friend Melissa's father passed away, and that funeral was the most powerful funeral I have ever been to. I recommend everyone attend a Jewish funeral at least once in their lives. If you have any shred of emotion in you, I guarantee you will be in tears. I never did get an actual job, but I got over my depression. The closest thing I had to a job was busking, which is playing music in a public place while soliciting money. That was another amazing experience I recommend everyone try, regardless of musical talent. I also severly cut back on smoking, partially because I haven't had the money and partially because I needed a change of pace. Sitting around and smoking all day was getting a little monotonous. But enough dwelling in the past. It's no good to do that, because you never really learn anything that way. Time to get to more current events.
NDSU is doing wonders for me. The change presented by this move is exactly what I needed. The only down side is that I couldn't afford to bring my car here, so I am confined to walking and hitching rides wherever I need to be. Because of this, my ability to familiarize myself with the area is drastically limited. I am very happy to have met as many people as I have while here, especially when I talk to people that are Sophmores and hardly know anyone. I think the lack of confidence in these individuals is sad. They get so paranoid about what other people think of them, and that allows the opinions of others to govern their self-esteem. Granted, I don't have the greatest self-esteem, but mine is governed by my own hyper-analytical personality. The fact that there are so many people I don't know here makes it really easy to meet people. If I try to make friends with someone and they blow me off, I'm really at no loss. There are 12,000 other people here I can meet. At the moment, however, I am slightly bored. Almost everyone on campus went home for the Labor Day weekend, and it's rainy. So not only do I have no established friends to talk to, I have almost no opportunity to meet new people because of this horrible weather. Oh well. At least there is only one more day of boredom. Then things will spruce up again. But now I bid you adieu, because I am going to read a book at the wonderful air-conditioned Union. Josh.
posted by Josh at 13:37
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home