Long time no post...
Sooooo. It's been a while since my last post and there's just been a ridiculous amount that has happened. I mean I'm in college, I've learned the NYC subway system, I've travelled Brooklyn and Manhatten in just a few days, and I have a school email address. This last bit is very important, as now I'm on facebook.com, a website that may or may not be the entire college experience for some people. Thankfully, I can safely say that I am not a facebook addict, I simply use it as a tool of some sort. You know, to discover when the next spooning party is happening, or to find out when a second person in the entire Pratt community enters in 'a cappella' as one of their interests. Otherwise, it can get pretty boring pretty quickly. It's fun, but it's no reason not to have a life.
I have friends! I don't think they read this blog, but I'm not sure either, so I'll just mention them anyway for the sake of those that do a.k.a. my other friends. Right now my new closest buddies are my room-mate Rafael and two girls from my dorm, Emilie and Brit. Brit has a funky knee, and being the joker that I am, it dawned on me that her name should actually read Brit-knee. Haha! Get it? Oh, I thought it was oh so very clever. Emilie gave me one of those looks when I said it, and Brit didn't look at me at all. Then there's Heather (not Pringle, but she's here as well.) and her room-mate Shirley, and Ally and Katie and the other people I've met. I kinda haven't met any guys other than my suitemates and the one other guy in my English class with me. Sweet, right? It's kinda crazy. Classes have officially started now though, so I'm meeting all these new people all over again. Like Johanna and Chelsey, and a bunch of others from my floor.
I also went into Manhatten last Friday to see my wonderful Heather Pringle, and we went out to dinner with Jon and got smoothies before I had to catch a train. You can be sure that'll be happening a lot. And I can't even describe how incredible it is to have someone you trust that close by in a city like New York. We both have our space, but if we ever need each other for anything, it's a fifteen minute train ride to see her, and that's really one of the most valuable things. She's one of my very best friends, how can I express that enough?
Classes have started, and they're intense. Really intense. And hot too because none of my classes have air conditioning save those on friday. And some of them are downright slow so far. Obviously, they have time to improve, but it's hot outside! I can't keep changing my shirt during those one hour breaks!
Most of my classes are in six hour chunks.
Yup, that's right. Six hour chunks. Eat that Ivy league-ers. You try sitting on a stool in an unair conditioned room while the professor who wishes he was a Philosophy teacher instead of a 3-Dimensional teacher drones on and on about an imaginary cube with arrows going from corner to corner relaying that in fact, things do actually have meaning.
Shut the fuck up and let me draw. Yes I'll draw in 3-D. Go sit down now. Geez.
I actually have something I need to post about that class, something I wrote while he kept on talking and talking. We almost died. I'll post a lot about the classes later on, there's just too much for right now.
Pratt doesn't have any music programs whatsoever. This means I'm kinda out of luck as far as an a cappella group goes. I could start one, but there's a lot of work involved with that, and I'm not the greatest arranger. It's a problem I have to put some serious consideration into, because I love to sing, and I love a cappella, I just don't know how to solve this particular dilemma at the moment. Especially with so much going on in terms of classes and the such.
Lastly, if there's one thing facebook has done for me, it's made me think about all of you Philadelphians more than ever. I miss you all so much, and Jeff, we will catch up soon. As soon as this weekend is over (it almost is...). But I miss so many people...I wish I could share this experience with all of you, because I know you would all love it. And I know you're off having your own experiences, and I know I'll see you soon enough, but I am thinking about you. Just...just don't forget that. I love you all. I miss you.
I have friends! I don't think they read this blog, but I'm not sure either, so I'll just mention them anyway for the sake of those that do a.k.a. my other friends. Right now my new closest buddies are my room-mate Rafael and two girls from my dorm, Emilie and Brit. Brit has a funky knee, and being the joker that I am, it dawned on me that her name should actually read Brit-knee. Haha! Get it? Oh, I thought it was oh so very clever. Emilie gave me one of those looks when I said it, and Brit didn't look at me at all. Then there's Heather (not Pringle, but she's here as well.) and her room-mate Shirley, and Ally and Katie and the other people I've met. I kinda haven't met any guys other than my suitemates and the one other guy in my English class with me. Sweet, right? It's kinda crazy. Classes have officially started now though, so I'm meeting all these new people all over again. Like Johanna and Chelsey, and a bunch of others from my floor.
I also went into Manhatten last Friday to see my wonderful Heather Pringle, and we went out to dinner with Jon and got smoothies before I had to catch a train. You can be sure that'll be happening a lot. And I can't even describe how incredible it is to have someone you trust that close by in a city like New York. We both have our space, but if we ever need each other for anything, it's a fifteen minute train ride to see her, and that's really one of the most valuable things. She's one of my very best friends, how can I express that enough?
Classes have started, and they're intense. Really intense. And hot too because none of my classes have air conditioning save those on friday. And some of them are downright slow so far. Obviously, they have time to improve, but it's hot outside! I can't keep changing my shirt during those one hour breaks!
Most of my classes are in six hour chunks.
Yup, that's right. Six hour chunks. Eat that Ivy league-ers. You try sitting on a stool in an unair conditioned room while the professor who wishes he was a Philosophy teacher instead of a 3-Dimensional teacher drones on and on about an imaginary cube with arrows going from corner to corner relaying that in fact, things do actually have meaning.
Shut the fuck up and let me draw. Yes I'll draw in 3-D. Go sit down now. Geez.
I actually have something I need to post about that class, something I wrote while he kept on talking and talking. We almost died. I'll post a lot about the classes later on, there's just too much for right now.
Pratt doesn't have any music programs whatsoever. This means I'm kinda out of luck as far as an a cappella group goes. I could start one, but there's a lot of work involved with that, and I'm not the greatest arranger. It's a problem I have to put some serious consideration into, because I love to sing, and I love a cappella, I just don't know how to solve this particular dilemma at the moment. Especially with so much going on in terms of classes and the such.
Lastly, if there's one thing facebook has done for me, it's made me think about all of you Philadelphians more than ever. I miss you all so much, and Jeff, we will catch up soon. As soon as this weekend is over (it almost is...). But I miss so many people...I wish I could share this experience with all of you, because I know you would all love it. And I know you're off having your own experiences, and I know I'll see you soon enough, but I am thinking about you. Just...just don't forget that. I love you all. I miss you.
posted by Tilly at 11:02 PM
3 Comments:
I MISS U TOO TILLMAN! ok sad day i was walking past the art cave today and with out anythought. . . i looked for u, at ur usualy comp. and i was with simone and i just felt really sad. it was one thing that i sorta could always count on and look forward to. not to say that school isnt fun or anything. i just felt i little bit more empty once i remembered that u werent going to be at ur usual computer.
ANYWAY! college sounds super and i hope u can rock out and start and a capella group. . .come on i kno that u could do it! and it would totally rock too.
UR AWESOME!
dude lina, same thing happened to me, only Lionel was there instead! just thought I'd say hi, and good luck with that whole "college thing." sounds awesome so far. My cousin Adrienne just started at Pratt this year too - I'm sure you two could be best buddies. haha, ttyl!
shall I third the "we miss you in the art cave" movement?
yes.
I'm glad things are going well! Keep writing so those of us who don't talk to you very often can hear how your life is! good luck!
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