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it's memory time!
Jun. 23rd, 2002 01:40 amfollowing the example of cin and caroline, i think i'll recount my year as best as i can...beware, though...this is sure to be long and incoherent.
so it's been a very interesting year. i met lots of people, most of whom i'll hopefully get to know better in the coming years. where to start with all the exciting things that happened my first year of college? i think i'll start with dancing.
so dancing was just an over-all highlight. i think not making a team other than couples was good for me, since it gave me more time to do other things and be involved with the club. granted, i didn't get to know team people all that well, but i met lots of other cool people that i may not have had time to meet. the club was really great, though. social dancing is so much fun, especially with good leaders. and i think i got better...at least i hope i did. i danced so much...friday fun sessions, team practices, thursday classes with yolanda, some dances on random sundays...i loved dancing before, but it really became an obsession this year. and i've realized that dancers are very odd people, but i really like most of them. some of the best dancing moments: day by the shores, the last ballroom club dance, becoming vp (even though we've had issues), dancing with people that are really, really good, being a runner at emerald ball, and being dipped by random guys (esp. blain and kevin, since i trust them not to drop me...i'm not always so sure with other guys.) cool dancers: kevin, ceci, greg, kelly, macy, blain, mike tepper, jim
another cool thing this year was getting involved with hillel and tga (the jewish sorority thing) and just learning more about judaism in general. i wasn't sure if i liked hillel much at first, since it seemed rather clicky and not my type of people. but then, i met some people, esp. emily, and i started going to services again, which was good, since i realized that it was a nice community. also, meeting the girls for the sorority was cool, too, since a lot of them are like me, and not the clicky type. hillel became cool spring quarter...and that was also the quarter that i really made the decision to be jewish. i mean, i'm ethnically jewish no matter what, but in terms of religion, it was a choice that i'd been leaning towards since last year, but really only made after spring break. a lot of factors went into that decision...but in the end, there were too many coincidences for them to be just coincidental..and now, even though i'm not sure where i'm headed, i know at least that i'm on the right path. there's still so much to learn...i guess there always is. i was just thinking recently, i should thank cindy and sam for getting me on this path. without cindy, first in high school and then as my roomie, and also sam with all our long talks, i wouldn't have really thought about religion that much. i mean, my dad is against organized religion and my mom is sorta neutral about it...so i wouldn't have talked about it with them or anything. so, thank you cindy and sam for helping me in my journey in your own ways. anyhow, coolest hillel moments: tga meetings, the last shabbat, the caving trip, holocaust memorial name reading, nature walks. cool hillel people: josh shupack, josh wortman, adina, emily, ari, orrin, wade, parisa and her brother, whose name i can't remember, shelley, rabbi lisa.
another nice thing this year was meeting the navs people. i didn't really meet them until spring quarter, but when i did, i realized that they're an incredible group. they're really nice and friendly and wacky and totally accepting of me. i had so much fun hanging out at their random events and talking to them...and they're good with hugs! coolest navs moments: hanging out in sf, the 4 guys coming to our dance, navlympics, getting in the fountain for the scavenger hunt, hanging out at feather house all night, miniature golfing. cool navs people: lots of them...both vics, sam joe, candy, melody, mary ann, joe, jin, robbie, carlan, tena, vince, haily.
in general, this year was a really interesting people year. so many things happened involving so many people...it just went up and down the whole time. who to start with?
cindy...i'm so grateful for her friendship..this year, being roommates, we got super close and rather communal with all our stuff. what would i do without my shower buddy and confidante? it's been great having her around when i need someone to talk to or someone to vent to or just a shoulder to cry on. it's wonderfully amazing to watch our friendship grow and develop. i'm definitely looking forward to being roommates again in the fall. cool moments: random talks after across the beds in the dark, giggling over silly things, going crazy studying/writing papers/doing other stupid homework, dancing, scaring people by saying the exact same things at the same time.
sam...what a weird year it was for us. he and i never really talked before senior year, then got super close last summer. such an unexpected and wonderful friendship...i'm really grateful for having him in my life. he always makes me think, even though i don't always like it...and i know that he's there for me if i really need him. i've really learned a lot from him this year. it hasn't been easy, but, nothing ever is. cool moments: talks until 5am, talking tree (even though it was really freaky), camping out in my backyard and getting rained on, all those movies, daily phone calls, and lots more.
of the dancers, i got to know kevin and ceci best. ceci and i had several long conversations on life and God and just stuff in general...she's got an interesting outlook on things, and i really enjoyed talking to her. she's a really cool person, and i'll hopefully talk to her more next year. I had several good, long talks with kevin, too...like a 5 hour one on a random day. he made me think about a lot of things about religion and stuff. he's a really fun person to talk to and dance with...and very entertaining to listen to and observe...esp. with the ladies...hehe...he's great.
ok, i'm realizing that it's 1:40am, and i don't think my mom will be too happy if i stay up any later. so i will now go and continue with my memories later.
so it's been a very interesting year. i met lots of people, most of whom i'll hopefully get to know better in the coming years. where to start with all the exciting things that happened my first year of college? i think i'll start with dancing.
so dancing was just an over-all highlight. i think not making a team other than couples was good for me, since it gave me more time to do other things and be involved with the club. granted, i didn't get to know team people all that well, but i met lots of other cool people that i may not have had time to meet. the club was really great, though. social dancing is so much fun, especially with good leaders. and i think i got better...at least i hope i did. i danced so much...friday fun sessions, team practices, thursday classes with yolanda, some dances on random sundays...i loved dancing before, but it really became an obsession this year. and i've realized that dancers are very odd people, but i really like most of them. some of the best dancing moments: day by the shores, the last ballroom club dance, becoming vp (even though we've had issues), dancing with people that are really, really good, being a runner at emerald ball, and being dipped by random guys (esp. blain and kevin, since i trust them not to drop me...i'm not always so sure with other guys.) cool dancers: kevin, ceci, greg, kelly, macy, blain, mike tepper, jim
another cool thing this year was getting involved with hillel and tga (the jewish sorority thing) and just learning more about judaism in general. i wasn't sure if i liked hillel much at first, since it seemed rather clicky and not my type of people. but then, i met some people, esp. emily, and i started going to services again, which was good, since i realized that it was a nice community. also, meeting the girls for the sorority was cool, too, since a lot of them are like me, and not the clicky type. hillel became cool spring quarter...and that was also the quarter that i really made the decision to be jewish. i mean, i'm ethnically jewish no matter what, but in terms of religion, it was a choice that i'd been leaning towards since last year, but really only made after spring break. a lot of factors went into that decision...but in the end, there were too many coincidences for them to be just coincidental..and now, even though i'm not sure where i'm headed, i know at least that i'm on the right path. there's still so much to learn...i guess there always is. i was just thinking recently, i should thank cindy and sam for getting me on this path. without cindy, first in high school and then as my roomie, and also sam with all our long talks, i wouldn't have really thought about religion that much. i mean, my dad is against organized religion and my mom is sorta neutral about it...so i wouldn't have talked about it with them or anything. so, thank you cindy and sam for helping me in my journey in your own ways. anyhow, coolest hillel moments: tga meetings, the last shabbat, the caving trip, holocaust memorial name reading, nature walks. cool hillel people: josh shupack, josh wortman, adina, emily, ari, orrin, wade, parisa and her brother, whose name i can't remember, shelley, rabbi lisa.
another nice thing this year was meeting the navs people. i didn't really meet them until spring quarter, but when i did, i realized that they're an incredible group. they're really nice and friendly and wacky and totally accepting of me. i had so much fun hanging out at their random events and talking to them...and they're good with hugs! coolest navs moments: hanging out in sf, the 4 guys coming to our dance, navlympics, getting in the fountain for the scavenger hunt, hanging out at feather house all night, miniature golfing. cool navs people: lots of them...both vics, sam joe, candy, melody, mary ann, joe, jin, robbie, carlan, tena, vince, haily.
in general, this year was a really interesting people year. so many things happened involving so many people...it just went up and down the whole time. who to start with?
cindy...i'm so grateful for her friendship..this year, being roommates, we got super close and rather communal with all our stuff. what would i do without my shower buddy and confidante? it's been great having her around when i need someone to talk to or someone to vent to or just a shoulder to cry on. it's wonderfully amazing to watch our friendship grow and develop. i'm definitely looking forward to being roommates again in the fall. cool moments: random talks after across the beds in the dark, giggling over silly things, going crazy studying/writing papers/doing other stupid homework, dancing, scaring people by saying the exact same things at the same time.
sam...what a weird year it was for us. he and i never really talked before senior year, then got super close last summer. such an unexpected and wonderful friendship...i'm really grateful for having him in my life. he always makes me think, even though i don't always like it...and i know that he's there for me if i really need him. i've really learned a lot from him this year. it hasn't been easy, but, nothing ever is. cool moments: talks until 5am, talking tree (even though it was really freaky), camping out in my backyard and getting rained on, all those movies, daily phone calls, and lots more.
of the dancers, i got to know kevin and ceci best. ceci and i had several long conversations on life and God and just stuff in general...she's got an interesting outlook on things, and i really enjoyed talking to her. she's a really cool person, and i'll hopefully talk to her more next year. I had several good, long talks with kevin, too...like a 5 hour one on a random day. he made me think about a lot of things about religion and stuff. he's a really fun person to talk to and dance with...and very entertaining to listen to and observe...esp. with the ladies...hehe...he's great.
ok, i'm realizing that it's 1:40am, and i don't think my mom will be too happy if i stay up any later. so i will now go and continue with my memories later.
