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Ok so, Saturday was moving day. After the hour drive to campus, it took another 2 hours to actaully get into my dorm room. What they dont tell you is that the whole campus seems to die on the weekends. All the buildings close and no one's around. So, it took some time to actually find anyone of inportance to get me checked in and into my room. That especially wasnt fun with all the walking around and what not at 5 p.m. in the afternoon. Lemme tell you, it gets hot as hell out there. I know this to be true for a FACT.
So we get into the room, and it's already a mess. The room mate had the room all set up to accomodate himself, as if he were living on his own. And to boot, he left all his things just willy-nilly in the room. There was trash to be taken out, food sitting on the desk, his X-Box was still on. But he was MIA. So, we went ahead and made the 3 trips from the car to the 11th floor and got my things set up. He came in finally and good ole mommy jumped on his ass and told him how it was gonna be. Needless to say, i didn't interrupt.
Mommy and my cousin left, and there were a few tears on their part. It almost made me cry too, but i had to be strong. I went back up to the room and set up all my knick-knacks. I tried talking to my room mate, who I had happened to meet during orientation last month, and I followed him that night to see his friends. But it was out on the tennis courts at midnight that i realized he was an ass and I should be around him as little as possible. Im sure you wonder how that occured so...in detail...here it is. If you know me then maybe it will make sense to you ---- We were on the tennis courts at midnight watching his friends play 2 on 1. It was pretty boring, i dont know why i stayed as long as i did in the first place. But anyway, i told the room mate, Ronald, that we should go find some ladies. I was joking of course, in that guy tak sort of way, but it went WAY over his head and he was serious with his reply, "Uh, nah, you can go find some girls bro." I left promptly after that. It was with that response that he clarified to me what kind of person he was. Im not sure how to explain it...you had to be there, but lest you think that i was too hasty, my powers of perception about him were dead on from day one. Im glad i walked away.
On the way back to the dorm, I had some quite thinking to do. I looked at what i had done in the past, the way i had handled friends and personality that I had always held onto during highschool. I realized that I was in college. A simple sentence, but powerful nonetheless. This is my chance to build who I am to be for the next 4 years of my life. I used to be shy and very iffy about friends. I always wanted more, but that was really selfish, and I had trouble accepting them for what they were. By the time I got back to the dorm I had it figured out. I figured out who I am going to be....simply me. The true me. What better place to do it anyway?
Alrighty so, instead of just going through all of the days and little details that mean nothing, im just going to go through the exciting things. If you can call them that.
I met a guy named James. He was in the Air Force for 6 years and he's a freshman at Tech too, a fellow Electrical Engineering major to boot. Since the Engineering majors all have block classes, he's in like 3 of my classes. He's a cool guy and we're becomming cool buddies.
I met a few Magnet graduates at Tech too. Quite a few are in my building so it's nice to see some familiar faces. I actually watched the Ring 2 with a group of them in their kick ass room Monday night i belive.
Wednesday I found the girl that i bowled with at orientation, Jolie'. She's busy busy so i'll have to catch up with her next week. She's a funny girl though, not on purpose, just its easy to laugh with her.
And finally, the best is always last as you know. Her name is Liz, short for Elizabeth needless to say, but said anyway. She's in my Chemistry class and it's one of the few that actually has more than 2 girls in it. I thought I had made good time to get to class, but 15 minutes early and the room was still packed. So, to avoid the eyes of fellow classmates, I choose a random seat and just hurried to it. I made some small talk to the girl next to me, Liz, and it actually turned into somethng slightly deeper. It was an interesting talk and I enjoyed it very much. So, class over. I walked with her to her car, since she really had no idea where she parked at. We eventually found her SUV and we made plans to do something on Thursday. She even said capeesh, that's how cool that was.
Thursday's class was a little faster than the first, but still a little slow going. I came to class before Liz and it was pretty cool to see her come to ME, something anyone rarely does. Anyways, class over. Liz and I made a unanimous agreement to eat. So, we went over to the Chik-fil-A in the student center, got our food and sat pretty much alone and just talked for a while. I wont really tell you what I learned about her or what we talked about since that would defeat the whole thing we have going on. Um, not too much more to say about that. I guess i'll have to see if anything else happens next week. Positive thinking and just taking it slow. Being myself (cool as i am) and just being a good guy. It's actually pretty easy to relax around her, she's just one of those people you know?
I talk to much dont I? I think i'll stop here for now. Keep on the lookout for Chapter II whenever that happens.
[EDIT] - I forgot to mention the 2 a.m. Fire alarm prank on Thursday morning. It wasnt fun...
