sept 9th and 10th

so yesterday was my first day of classes. um...yeah. it actually seems like a really long time ago. actually i guess it's now two days ago, as it is 12:46 a.m. but yes, wednesday was my first day. i had "the art of film" at 1:25, and it seems like it's going to be amazing. so far all that's assigned is reading and i have not yet bought the book...fail...but i'm going to tomorrow and our next class isn't until wednesday. it may seem like i'm way behind on this, but i'm not. i was going to buy my books beforehand, but i was told to wait because some teachers post most of their stuff on blackboard or decide not to use the book. and apparently a lot of people don't buy theirs until after the first day because that's when they decide whether or not they want to keep that class. which makes sense i guess, because selling books back does not by any means get you all of your money back. but anyway, a lot of our reading is also online. my professor seems really cool; she was really excited about the stuff we're doing and i also have her for my freshman seminar, which is on tuesday. so yeah. i'm the only freshman in that class, because you have to have taken english 120, which i took at spscc.

my biology lecture class seems like it will be bearable...the teacher was 10 minutes late because she couldn't find the room because she wasn't told she was teaching it until that day. so that was a good start. aaand then we watched seriously the most ridiculous video of ALL TIME. it was about the scientific method. obviously. like, what the fuck? i learned that in like first grade and science departments seem to think it's a good idea to re-teach it EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. whatever. anyway it was really long and about these kids who did an experiment about what happens to your heart rate when you watch a scary movie. it was even more ridiculous than it sounds, let me tell you. 

oh, also, there are 8 people in this class. and the professor was like, "okay, what do you know about biology?" cue silence for like 15 seconds. so awkward. yeah so that went on for a while and then we had a moderately interesting lecture. which is like AMAZING for a bio class. so that seems like it will be bearable. we'll see what happens in the lab portion on monday...

then i went out to dinner with my family and we had delicious food but the portion was so huge and now it's in my fridge. so obviously that was exciting. and then...i bought milk and yogurt. and went to sleep.

today i was supposed to have forensic computing, so i went down there like super early because i allow myself time to get lost. which i usually do, but not for as long as i think i will, so then i'm awkwardly super early. this time, however, i brought a book. score one for kali. i also sat on the ground instead of awkwardly standing by the door like my biology class did the day before. so then one by one the entire class shows up and we're sitting on the ground outside this room for like half an hour, because you have to allow 15 minutes for every hour and then you can leave. so we're just like chilling there and then someone's like, "so...i think this class doesn't start til the 23rd." so then we left. and i was like, that was a waste of time. and then i found out that the online portion of it was posted yesterday but we don't have like the real version until later? which is fucking stupid because 1. this class is supposed to teach you how to use computers, which, like, obviously i know how to use a computer, but wouldn't it make more sense to be like "okay, here's how to access the online classroom" instead of just assuming we would? and 2. no one knew except like one person. like, what? shut up. ugh. whatever. so then i skyped with eddie and went to midtown to meet my mom.

we lotto'd in the heights, and lost, and went to spice fusion and had delicious dinner and then i freaked out because i had no one to see nick blaemire's show with and i am one of those stupid people who can't do anything by themselves. buut i ended up going by myself and it was AMAZING. like, what the fuck. it was so good. i felt awkward being by myself but now i...know the world won't spontaneously combust if i go to a concert alone...? i don't know. it was weird. and then i came back to my dorm. also i saw a rat on the subway. i was less grossed out than i thought i would be. i thought about charlotte's web. and then i thought about les mis because templeton reminds me of thenadier. so yes.

i have no class tomorrow but i might walk the brooklyn bridge with my mom or go to in the heights. or hair. that's basically it for today. 

oh also i saw these ladies in the elevator that had a next to normal playbill and i was like, "ooh did you love next to normal?" and she was like "umm...do you love it?" and i was like "oh. yeah, it's like my 2nd favorite show...at the moment." and in unison she and her three friends were like "what's your favorite?" and i said in the heights and they were like "oh we love in the heights blah blah blah."

a pointless story, really. but i felt like sharing it. you're welcome.