So I’m sitting here in my newly decorated / furnished dorm room and it’s 3 o’clock in the morning. I just came back from sitting outside my building with my suite mate Josh, while he played his bass, just talking and looking at other people. I’m a tad bit disappointed because I wanted to go and have a word with some people but either I lacked the courage or there wasn’t an exact moment to do so. And the more I think on it, the less I want to talk to them- perhaps it’s because I feel like I’ve greeted them before and said my bit, and practically placed the ball in their court.
Getting too analytical at that. Ops? I absolutely love college. It’s been almost everything that I imagined. I can’t say there hasn’t been anything that’s made me quite upset or disappointed. I’ve made so far, about 20-30 new friends, which isn’t exactly what I wanted. I was expecting perhaps 100-400 new friends, guess I aimed too high. And yes, I know why it isn’t as high as I wanted, I didn’t go to the parties but there are several factors blocking me from doing so: ( a ) 18+ parties and I am not legally 18, ( b ) I have no I.D., ( c ) I don’t want to have to waste money to meet people.
I think that’s fair.
I am dumbfounded and amazed by others. Not because they perform such amazing feats and not because they are completely and utterly ridiculous, but just because. I feel that I’ve been placed in a very high school situation and being confronted with it, I have two reactions. The first is to treat it like I would normally, and give it my all to help solve the situation- and that’s what I am doing currently. The other is to be a bitch and do some tough love / physical smacking. I can’t ever see myself doing the later, if only because that’s ridiculous and so not me. But having those thoughts have brewed a new fear: What if I do become that bitch?
I strongly do not want to become one.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Kendra Aug 27, 2007 at 2:28 pm
20 to 30 friends is still a lot. I like to keep to a small group–if you have so many friends, then you’re not close to any of them. I would rather have a few close ones than 100 friends I hardly know.
2 Tyler Aug 28, 2007 at 2:49 pm
I think you may underestimate just how many friends 20-30 is, or how many 400 are haha. It’s hard to meet that many people, I’m sure you didnt mean to make friends with a lot, just introduce yourself.
I agree with the ball in their court thing though, fer sure.
You can only talk to people so much before they should make an effort too, or you look desperate, whichever comes first. haha.
I’m glad college is working out for you so far!!! I’m excited for you.
3 Vickie Aug 29, 2007 at 8:30 am
100-400 new friends is really quite a high number to aim. I think 20-30 friends are a lot already. When I go to a new place, I only expect to make about 2-3 friends, because any more I’ll have a hard time remembering names.
4 Jenny Aug 31, 2007 at 10:58 am
Wow. 20-30 friends. I’d be lucky to have ONE! I’m glad you like college though. I’ve always wanted to go to an away college I could live at, but I wasn’t good enough. So they threw me into a community college an hour away. And I didn’t even finish. xD
/despair
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