well hello bloggers. i'm sorry i left for so long. i'm finally in my new apartment, and shantae and i only got internet on monday.
so, the grad school adventure has begun. it's only been a week and a half, so any judgement i have is not fully correct. right now, i'm not as happy as i would hope. grad school is very lonely, especially at psu harrisburg. the campus was founded to cater to the working adult. i'm a baby here, in terms of grad students. i've only met one other student who is fresh from her undergrad. everyone else seems to be much older. almost everyone i meet is married, and even has kids (or in the case of my fellow amst assistant, brant, having a baby on tuesday). there is no real community. people come, take class, and leave. shantae and i were talking about that tonight. we heard about a comedy show on campus and wanted to take that in, but we couldn't find the community center. there is one place to eat on campus, resident or otherwise. the people seem nice enough, just too busy to be looking for friends. i'm sorta friends with brant, who is growing on me, and i'm definitely friends with shantae...she's awesome. but otherwise, i'm alone most of the time. thank god for fred and seth, who i see periodically and they really make my day. i love my professors and the people in the amst and humanities departments, but i'm not terribly impressed with some of the students. oh well. i'll just own, that's all.
the weekends really are my lifeboat. i either get to go to philly and see everyone (2 weeks guys!) or jason comes home and we spend the weekend at the apartment, or with friends. i've been getting very stressed out lately, and my computer is acting up again. i know i've been afforded this amazing experience, but i can't help but get meloncholy almost everyday. i just keep telling myself...just a year, just a year. in one year, i will have a master's degree in american studies and i can really get on with my life. i have no idea what i'll do, but i know better what i will not do. i will NOT sit in an office. i can't deal. I need to be doing something more. i need to teach, or dance or something...we'll figure that out. hopefully my advisors will help me with that.
i'm peachy.
ps: in reference to my title: i really do have a lovely view of tmi from my porch, and planes fly realllly low over psu to land at hia. it's crazy.
8.28.2008
8.04.2008
shock top and kaboom.
so, another week has gone by and i'm again here to write about it.
last week was pretty good. nothing terribly exciting, but also not painfully boring. on tuesday, it was dance again, and thank god beth was here again. it can be painful if she's not. i spent last week alone in the office, more or less, so going to dance was nice, even if just to see people. wednesday was dance, and trish taught, so we worked hard, but had an awesome class. we even got a full tap class with a combination. andrea and i were thrilled. to top off our sweet dance class, andrea, heidi, sarah and i went to friendly's for ice cream and food. it was a great evening.
on thursday i was supposed to meet up with amanda brothman to do dinner, but we both sorta forgot, and then were too tired to hang out. it was ok though, because i needed to get myself in order. i may or may not have an apartment in my future, so i needed to start looking at what i have, and pack for philly the next day.
friday was a very relaxing day. train to philly, wawa for dinner (as per usual) and we just vegged. we are so cool. saturday was work for jason, so i hung out in the apartment until lunch, then went back to library to read. i'm "in training" for grad school. i'm going to have to read actively all the time, so i'm really curious how fast i can really read and how much i can retain. if i keep my mind on it, i'm pretty good. phew. following an after-work/reading nap, jason and i went to nik's party at his new apartment in malvern. lovely. i got to catch up with some EP kids who i hadn't seen in forever and jason had a good time too. i also tried a new beer (shock top), which i enjoyed thoroughly.
on the way home, i was hungry, so jason and i went to wawa (i don't get enough wawa living in central pa). on the way there, i became very sad, for no reason. maybe i'm feeling melancholy about leaving la salle and going to grad school. i dunno. it was weird though, because normally when you feel down, you know why. i had no clue why i was sad. i got over it.
sunday was moving day. jason and i cleaned and packed until noon, when his parents got there. about 4 hours later, we were outta there. his new apartment is great, and he's not alone, which makes me feel even better. yay! after pizza, his parents drove me home.
nothing much to report otherwise. on thursday i'm going to a caddy auction in harrisburg with rosemary, which should be fun. i'm back in philly on friday to see the producers this weekend.
i'm peachy.
last week was pretty good. nothing terribly exciting, but also not painfully boring. on tuesday, it was dance again, and thank god beth was here again. it can be painful if she's not. i spent last week alone in the office, more or less, so going to dance was nice, even if just to see people. wednesday was dance, and trish taught, so we worked hard, but had an awesome class. we even got a full tap class with a combination. andrea and i were thrilled. to top off our sweet dance class, andrea, heidi, sarah and i went to friendly's for ice cream and food. it was a great evening.
on thursday i was supposed to meet up with amanda brothman to do dinner, but we both sorta forgot, and then were too tired to hang out. it was ok though, because i needed to get myself in order. i may or may not have an apartment in my future, so i needed to start looking at what i have, and pack for philly the next day.
friday was a very relaxing day. train to philly, wawa for dinner (as per usual) and we just vegged. we are so cool. saturday was work for jason, so i hung out in the apartment until lunch, then went back to library to read. i'm "in training" for grad school. i'm going to have to read actively all the time, so i'm really curious how fast i can really read and how much i can retain. if i keep my mind on it, i'm pretty good. phew. following an after-work/reading nap, jason and i went to nik's party at his new apartment in malvern. lovely. i got to catch up with some EP kids who i hadn't seen in forever and jason had a good time too. i also tried a new beer (shock top), which i enjoyed thoroughly.
on the way home, i was hungry, so jason and i went to wawa (i don't get enough wawa living in central pa). on the way there, i became very sad, for no reason. maybe i'm feeling melancholy about leaving la salle and going to grad school. i dunno. it was weird though, because normally when you feel down, you know why. i had no clue why i was sad. i got over it.
sunday was moving day. jason and i cleaned and packed until noon, when his parents got there. about 4 hours later, we were outta there. his new apartment is great, and he's not alone, which makes me feel even better. yay! after pizza, his parents drove me home.
nothing much to report otherwise. on thursday i'm going to a caddy auction in harrisburg with rosemary, which should be fun. i'm back in philly on friday to see the producers this weekend.
i'm peachy.
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