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Saturday, August 17, 2002 @ 10:01 AM
Just looked at my last entry. Of course, seeing Thetard again was no big deal. She thanked me for coming to the show, apologized for not being able to make it to "Sure Thing," and asked me how I've been. Oh, and I got to talk to see Sarah Weiss, Monica Hesse, Colleen & Tessa, and more recent alumni and my favorite students, who were ushering. =)
The show was cute. By far, the best part was Andrew Hesse's inside joke for Fiddler participants.
So... Thoughts on college... well, college, pre-classes... I think I'll get used to the roommate watching BET and listening to angry rap nonstop, being constantly on the phone or on dial-up AOL (even though ResNet's only $60/semester), not wanting to take messages but preferring to say, "She's not here, 'bye now," coming home at any hour of the night or morning, bringing her boyfriend back to our room and saying oh-so-subtley, "You are going to want to ignore us tonight."
(This really doesn't bother me much. Rap music will grow on me, or Sheryl Crow and the Gin Blossoms will grow on her. Or both. The boyfriend seems nice enough, not at all creepy... And I think I can expect her to be similarly understanding if I want to have someone stay over and said someone could actually do that, despite not having his own car, an 8-5 job, and a high-strung mother, who he for some reason still lives with... it's still possible...)
I'll get used to the feeling that I'm going through the motions of a "mature decision" that was practically made for me. I'm going to make the most of being still in town, the most of being in college at all when what I'd rather do is be a writer and director (read: hobo.) It's like the guy says in Orange County:
"I have to go to college!" "Why?" "BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL."
So here I am. And now that I'm here, I'm going to enjoy myself. And all the crazy little adjustments, those are going to become second nature, sooner or later. I'll go home, and wonder what I ever did with so much space and privacy and security. I'll get used to having to get up at 7 a.m. if I want breakfast. I'll get used to having to "check-in" any time I come home after midnight. I'm already starting to get used to locking my door every time I leave the room.
The only thing that I can't imagine I will ever get used to are the showers. It's just too strange to be completely naked except for flip-flops*.
In case you weren't aware, you have to wear flip-flops in public showers, or you'll grow warts on your feet and no one will love you anymore.
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