Hello!

So, I said I would blog in college, and here I am. I can't believe I'm here... it feels like I'm just at summer camp and will be going home in a week or two. It's been overwhelming in some ways, meeting so many new people, getting moved in, trying to figure out where I am, but I'm so glad Emily's here to keep me sane.

I kind of imagined that college would be like TIP, and I don't know about classes, but meeting people isn't the same. The first people I met there ended up being my best friends; they were interested in all the same nerdy things and were really cool, but here people seem pretty... normal. Which is a strange thing to say, but I never know what to talk to normal people about. Like I know how to make lame physics jokes and talk about classes, but start talking about rushing or social lives and I'm bored. Though I did meet some pretty nerdy people playing Scrabble, which was cool. Even cooler was the poster I saw saying that Sean Astin is coming here! I'm so excited!!! (Sean Astin played Sam in The Lord of the Rings, for you losers who don't know.) Hopefully now I can locate people who share my excitement.

Otherwise, mostly we've been wandering around campus figuring out where stuff is. Today we went to the library and checked out books, which was fun. I'm also really excited about my classes. I'm taking Honors British Literature After 1700, Honors Intro to Creative Writing, Honors Intro to Linguistics, Latin Livy, and Abnormal Psych, plus two seminars: the regular honors seminar, and this really cool one about That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis.

Anyway, I really miss everyone and hope they're having a good end of summer/beginning of college and that I'll see them soon!