Activities Fair in front of Royce Hall today! Natalie took my map so I printed one out (it was all blurry though!) I met up with Ken, Elizabeth, their friend Katherine, and Andy (Ken's friend, not my Andy lol).
It was so crowded there! I really wasn't able to get much info just because I was so overwhelmed, plus Mom, Dad, and Andy were waiting on me to get back to my dorm cuhs they brought over the mini-fridge, and I was going to take them to lunch.
All the chain restaurants had booths set up too in the back, and they were giving out free samples of food, so we went over and grabbed some! Andy called me while I was in line for ice cream, so I just grabbed a cup and took off.
Andy and Dad set up the fridge, and then we all headed over to the van (Mom stayed in there because they couldn't find parking). I guess this will be where Dad will be picking me up on the weekends!
We went to De Neve (even though I really wanted to try the sushi at Hedrick ;~~~;); I only had one bowl and a slice of egg custard pie actually. Wasn't too hungry. I actually saw everyone that I was hanging out with earlier here, and like, all within 30 seconds of each person haha.After we ate, Mom wanted to go to the Bruin Store, so I went over with her while Andy and Dad headed back to Andy's apartment. Afterwards, we went back to Andy's apartment and Mom dropped me off in front of Hitch.
At 3:20pm we met up with our building and headed back over to Drake Stadium for this New Student Presentation. They had all these acapella groups singing, and they were pretty good!A few people were at the podium speaking to us, including the student body president, and I was just really impressed by how confident she was and how powerfully delivered her speech was. Afterwards there was the keynote speaker, this guy named Scott Greenberg. He was a really good speaker! He had us do this exercise where we pointed our fingers and twisted our bodies as far as we could go. Then he had us envisioning ourselves going even further, and then he had us open our eyes and do it again. And everyone was able to go further! Basically the exercise demonstrated how we sometimes can sabotage ourselves from doing our best, which is really relevant in college now.
Afterwards we went down to Pauley Pavillion and grabbed some food. We also got our t-shirts for the Volunteer Day tomorrow!
This is Madison's junk food stash! It's really funny because in our room, we have this whole line of junk food lining the top of our closets haha. Anyhow, we all just sat in the living room and talked for a while (except for Rodal, who's been spending a lot of time with her sister since she's about to go back to Lebanon). We actually touched on some creepy subjects, like this tree man who has some insane skin disease. And then they started talking about SNL. And Devin looked up some videos on youtube, and. It was not funny at all. I felt so awkward sitting there because they were all cracking up like it was the most hilarious thing ever, and I was just sitting there, trying to manage a smile. There was one video about this seriously creepy girl with an afro and it's set in a classroom and I guess she's stabbing and shooting people secretly. I was actually more disturbed by this video than the one about the tree man. I definitely felt better since Madison doesn't find it very funny either, but still. I got a huge case of homesickness around this time, just because I felt so left out, and I missed my friends back home who have the same sense of humor as me.
Around 7:20pm we headed over to Hedrick Hall for this meeting for the entire Hitch dorm (which was ironic, because they were holding the meeting in some other dorm). I was sitting a little more towards the back and on the edge, so I wasn't really paying attention. And I'm so mad at myself, because I just really let my emotions overwhelm me again. I just kept feeling homesick, and the tears kept welling up, and God. I really need to get over it and enjoy myself. This is going to be the next four years of my life so I better get used to it.The C building headed over to Mark's room afterwards for a kind of ice breaker. We all went around and said our names and a chore we hated and why. I said I don't like taking out the garbage because I have to move my car, and then take it out, and then move my car back. And then the second time around, we had to say "I don't like sex because ..." and the reason we stated for the chore earlier hahaha. It ended up being really funny. One guy, I forget what his chore was, 's reason was "I don't even like my roommate that much," so that one was really hilarious hahaha.
Afterwards there was an ice cream social on the sundeck, but I didn't stay long because the ice cream was melted, and I was really awkward with people (and Natalie and Madison wanted to go to the Wooden Center). I've noticed that I don't really pay attention when people tell me their names ... which is kind of bad lol. It's so weird, I thought I was so comfortable making friends in high school, but I'm just so uncomfortable with approaching new people and striking a conversation here. ):
Anyhow, I left with my roommates to go workout, and Natalie wanted to run since it was downhill (and I was kind of nervous because I'm so out of shape) ... but it wasn't bad at all! I ran for what was probably the equivalent of blocks in Torrance, and at the end I wasn't out of breath at all! I guess all this walking is paying off! ... Or it just wasn't bad because it was downhill lol. Anyhow, we went in and played racquetball for a while; none of us really knew the rules, but we made up some of our own haha. I definitely feel better after that. I just really need to get over myself and stop being homesick, because I really am missing out on meeting a lot of great new people.
