Bailey, you would have already found two “hot” profs at FSU. You would. And Katie, you would be taking 19 hours this semester, you really would. And Mika… umm… nothing.
So I’m through my first cycle of classes! Let’s see… I like my MWF schedule better (which I guess is a good thing) because I start later and end earlier. I also do not understand how y’all are taking, like, four classes a day! I have two a day and I’m still getting fifteen hours this semester, what are you guys doing?? But at any rate, so first I had Intro to Communication, which seems like it’ll be sweet! I met a possible prospective girlfriend on the way over to that class, when we discovered in the elevator on the way down that we were both headed to the same place. We didn’t talk much (just the usual “Where are you from?”, “What’s your major”, etc), but we exchanged numbers and agreed to meet up before class again from now on, so… maybe! Haha, I’m definitely not doing too well on the “making friends” front… but let’s be real, it’s my fault and it’s because I don’t care right now, I’m just so caught up in everything else.
So anyways, Comm is about 300 people, the professor seems nice enough, it’s one of those classes where all our grades are tests and there are five of them and that’s it. I like that format a lot. Also we don’t have a final exam, which is sweet. The subject matter seems really interesting too, it’s just about like “the social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment.” Basically it’s like the psychology of interaction… I think it’ll actually be kind of useful, like in terms of reading people and mediating situations. That was at 9:05 and then at 10:10 I had my first Spanish class! By far the smallest of my classes, it’s like 25 people… the teacher is young, and seems sweet… she’s from Puerto Rico, and sometimes it’s hard to understand her accent. I guess that doesn’t matter that much though, since after the first week the class is supposed to be taught all in Spanish :S! That’s crazy to think about… but I feel like that has the potential to be the most fulfilling of all my classes, like I’m actually acquiring a skill, you know? We did the basic, like, learning greetings and saying “my name is” and “pleased to meet you” and “where are you from?”. So overall, a really engaging first day! Not to mention it’s absolutely amazing, being done at 11:00 in the morning :D.
I had a significant amount of homework my first day- two chapters to read for Comm. (usually we have, like, two a week, but this stuff is really basic so we go through it quickly) and a couple pages to read for Spanish (in Spanish… the text book is all in Spanish…) and some activities to write out, plus it took ages just to learn how scholar and blackboard work (do y’all have those?). I know that those sorts of assignments will quickly get old, but isn’t there something sort of pleasing about getting real work done?
Today I had my 8:00, Intro to European History (15th century to the present). My professor for that class is definitely the most laid-back I’ve encountered. He (speaking of which, I didn’t know he was a “he” until I saw that is first name is David :P) lets you make up missed tests, drops the lowest test grade (that’s another class where our only grades are our tests), no final exam… it’s gonna be wordd. It’s a little bit early for me, but Reed’s in that class so we’ll have fun, and obviously I’m really into history, so that’ll be good. There’s probably about 150 kids in that class, so by no means my largest, and in general I think it’ll be a good experience.
My next class was the dreaded Geology at 11:00. I mean, it’s never gonna be my favorite, but it’s not, like, literally a class about rocks. It’s a lot about storms and volcanoes and the ozone and stuff, which, once again, is not my forte, but at least it could be interesting. That’s my largest class at about 450 students, so if nothing else I can surf the internet, text, sleep, whatever… that’s definitely gonna be the class I’ll be most tempted to skip. Still, there are certain incentives he gives you to come to class- he shows one test question at the end of every class, and he doesn’t post all the assignments online and stuff. Still, I’m amazed by how online all my classes are! Like everything is done through e-mail, scholar, and blackboard, it’s crazy. I’m also amazed at how short all these classes are! They’re like fifty minutes each, all of them! But anyway, I can pass the time in there quickly enough, and my professor at least is funny and knows where it’s at, he was like “Many of you may be taking this class because it’s the easiest way to fulfill your science credit.” Right on, buster. The only other plus-side is that there’s no required reading for that class.
So overall I think my classes, and especially the actual timing of my schedule, are gonna be good. I still have to start my math class, but like I told you all, we do that completely independently, like on our own time. I’m gonna see if I can get the whole course done in like half a semester :P. That officially kicks off on Thursday, so one more day to not worry about it I guess.
As for my social life… my best friend here is Vitus, Reed’s (particularly attractive) roommate. Sad, yeahh… he’s a lot like Reed. None of us talk much, but we all like each other. Although it was a little awkward when he tried to come back to the dorm while we were having sex today, we had to be all like “Hang on a second!” But come on, it was the first time we’d had sex in a week (ooh my God, that was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done), we were in a desperate situation. And let me tell you, first ever sex as college kids rocked :D. Not to be too blunt about it, but it’s six o-clock at night as I write this and we’ve fucked like four times today :P. But anyway, I’m cool with Vitus, and as the days go on I’m spending less and less time in my own dorm and more and more time in theirs. The other day I had to go watch Reed play ping-pong with like fifteen other guys and I almost felt like I was home again… why can I not make girlfriends!? I know why, it’s actually y’alls fault because we’ve all been super tight for so long that I don’t know how to go through the process of becoming close with other girls, whereas I have lots of recent experience making friends with guys so I keep finding myself gravitating towards hanging out with guys! Like, for example, Reed’s hall is way more fun than mine, all the guys sit around and play video games in their rooms all day… the girls on my hall do things like go to the gym together. Eww. Though I met a few more of them the other day, they seem nice enough… just different. I can’t relate. Whatever, I’m having fun for the time being so I’m not going to stress about it.
I really am having fun. Last night I slept over with Reed… like, I can not tell you all how much I’ve wanted to do that for the past nine months. Like nothing secretive about it, no alarms to make me have to get up and go home… just falling asleep together and waking up together, it was wonderful. We’ve been fighting a bit more than usual since we got here, but I think it’s the stress of the whole adjustment, like no big deal. I never doubt how much we love each other, and I love getting to spend so much time with him.
Things are starting to feel like autumn here in Blacksburg, and I love it. The air is so cool and clean, and everything is taking on that golden hue, and a sense of brilliance and tragedy pervades the atmosphere. Bailey is right, college isn’t exactly what I expected it to be… but it’s good. I’m finally beginning to grasp that I’m not going home, that this is my home… and it doesn’t make me unhappy. I’m starting to get a clearer picture of the future, starting to feel like I’m living “the future” for the first time. This experience is like nothing else, being here. I really think I like it.
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