College is different…

Friday morning 11:21 AM and I’m already done for the day. I still haven’t really grown accustomed to this waking up late, ending late, having breaks ranging from 10 minutes to 3 hours in between certain classes especially coming from Tech. Not to say I don’t like it but sometimes you just have nothing to do. Everybody has been asking via facebook or AIM how college is going for me and I must say, better than I expected. I’m more fortunate than most freshmen because I got doubled up instead of tripled and my room is pretty nice and roomy. Cool roommate, nice schedule and all my professors according to ratemyprofessor.com and from meeting then are all pretty damn nice. Like I said earlier, being at college is like a 24/7 retreat, a bit unreal.

Stony Brook is known for being a commuter school meaning that the weekends here can get really dead since many of the residents are from either Long Island or the city, it’s not uncommon for people to go home. Many of my friends are heading back home this weekend but supposedly the weather this weekend isn’t the greatest due to the arrival and end of Hurricane Hanna in the northeast region. I’ll probably be heading home next weekend, visiting Jersey, NYU, my parents and to celebrate Nick’s 18th birthday. Woo Nick! I don’t necessarily miss being at home but I miss the people, parents, sisters, nephews and neices and all the friends that were once so readily available. Distance makes the heart grow fonder I hear. No homo. I miss authentic Asian cuisine because the takeout here isn’t great. Who would’ve thought that it would take this long before I tasted General Tso’s chicken for the first time. “Chinese” cuisine isn’t Chinese cuisine.

The food here is pretty good and I can already feel the weight piling on, so we’ll see if I gained any weight when I weigh myself next week. I find myself eating 3-4 meals a day minimum and I fear my meal plan won’t have enough points to cover my cravings. Not enough greens make trips to the bathroom not so pleasant. With that being said, my life here is pretty comfortable, a good amount of work to keep me somewhat occupied for the weekend. I’ll be working my ass off (at least hopefully) and make the folks back home proud. Once again guys, keep me in check.

That update was a result of a huge amount of eventless mornings or afternoons so expect more, hopefully college life gets a bit more exciting for you guys and me. I’m not usually on the computer at night so don’t expect updates then, I much prefer to be out of the room.

Post script: I miss my close group of

~ by letitreign on September 5, 2008.