the girl can't help it / Sunday, July 12, 2009
it's been almost two weeks and i still haven't blogged about orientation! oh wait, you probablydidn't even know that i had orientation, because i haven't blogged for over a month! well, here i am. and here's what i got to say, I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT UVM!!
orientation was fun. i met all sorts of people. the great, the swell, the interesting.. the very interesting and one disturbing... yepp. i got to know a lot about the people in my orientation group. one, a little too much.
so i got there on friday, the 27th and burlington greeted me with one ferocious thunderstorm. we spent half and hour looking for a hotel to stay at, while driving in the rain and lightening. we ended up staying at a somewhat nearby hotel. it wasn't too far. just not as near as say, anchorage inn. it was fairfield inn, so that was good too. then once we checked in, the rain stopped! and so we went out to reckkie downtown burlington.
then saturday.. we had to do some emergency shopping and so we went to macy's. and you know how they always are, expecially right now.. they were having one extraordinary one day sale. my mom bought a sweet pair of shoes, originally $70++, for $30+. so fineee. (:
sunday.. check in day! not as chaotic as i had imagined it to be. took a tour of the campus and i really want to live at redstone hall!
i had a lovely OL, hannah! and our group played games to get to know each other that wonderful afternoon. like answering questions on a beach ball: who do you prefer?
hannah montana or the jonas bro? what's your dream pizza? what are your hobbies? etc..
and then we made our id cards at davis center. that took forever. and shiny card! and then lunch. decent food there.
after we learned about how to select the right courses and all that jazz, which for the most part i already knew about. then.. another talk! about meal plans, which i had previously read about. so that was a total bore. then bbq dinner. decent too. then another talk... this one was good though. it was about having an open mind blah blah. the speaker was really good though. she compared how humans judge one another like we buy cars. hah.
after that, OL meeting and played a few more games. two truths one lie and then tell fun facts aout yourself! and that's when we heard an interesting...
appropriate story - a sex story. ;)
by the time the meeting ended, it was about 9 and there was a block party.. which for the most part was spent waiting in line to get henna tats which i ended up deciding were not my thing... right before my turn. the two hours did not go to waste though. gina, beth, kaiylee and (very terribly, i've forgotten her name) another girl, took some awesome myspace-esque pictures, with very poor self photo taking skills of gina. thank goodness, in one sense, that she doesn't have facebook. and she took pictures of a guy with knee high socks, rocking out the rave party remixes... and shorts and a tee. oh and he had a buddy who styled the same clothes too! both of them.. rocking dj's!
after henna, people weren't so awkward about dancing.. but it still looked awkward, just not so much. summary of the night: we watched fresh prince, played that trivia game and gave up half way.. utter bore. and.. took pictures with.. what's his name? well, the mascot! yes. i am not putting up the picture. it's good enough that's on facebook. we all look.. fatigued. in other words horrible. hah.
so we decided after waiting a billion years for our pictures to print, to return to wingdaviswilks hall, because the block party wasn't much. although i have to mention that there was inflattable twister and this thing you tie yourself to with a bungee cord, an inflatable thingymabob. and you run away from this wall, as fast as you can. and when you go the furthest you can go, the bungee cord pulls you back.. POW! i know, amazing fun right? well i wouldn't know, because i didn't dare.
so we returned to our dorms. everyone in our little group (wait-in line for henna group) basically lived on the fourth floor, except kaiylee and i. we lived on the third. we other people in our large group (with OL) who lived on the third floor. and they were all gathered in common room. so. we all went there. and ended up chatting till like 2 in the morning. interesting conversations there... about sex and getting high. very eye opening. i mean, i knew that there were people in college who did all that stuff, but i just didn't expect to meet them all right off the bat, you know what mean?
but.. it was all fun, all in all. great experience. for sure college is going to be brilliant. not like i had any doubts there.
right now i'm overwhelmed with pre med and med school prep, because in the middle of this post, i took a break to look at collegeconfidential and.. read up on pre med stuff. and... OVERWHELMED. do you hear me? imagine.. 50% of those who apply to med school get rejected from every single one they applied to. i'm sorry, but me not going to med school and simply out of the question.
and i'm probably going to have so. many. loans.
it's very discouraging. BUT i have no fear! i can do it! i have to do it! failure is not an option!
cheerio!
/Hopped!
3:20 PM
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