Day before classes...

...and I'm already a bit nervous, excited, and awesome.

Just kidding about that last one.

But in all seriousness, this is gonna be it--the start of the new school year. It's always an anticipatory time, and I hope I can make it through all the hard work! Thank God that there's no math classes this semester (sorry Tiff).

Today was pretty good. I did laundry, which was actually a fun experience this time (trying to figure out the whole quarters and price thing about the laundry machines here), got my textbooks (these books are WAY too expensive), had fun with friends, etc.

Man, it's been a long day, even though it was only a 12 hour day.

Well, in about 10 hours, I'll be sitting in my University Writing class for the first time. Awesome. I love college.

Example: Today, I walk up my stairs to the seventh floor, feeling just a bit dejected. Going toward my room, I see that, at the end of the hall, all my hall mates are standing there having an impromptu hall hangout. We end up talking about colonizing other floors of the dorm, running for President in 2035, and checking out someone's awesome speakers (sorry to those on other floors who are actually trying to sleep!).

Assessment of the day? College has its ups and downs. You meet people that might not like to meet you back, and that can be sad, but always, you know that you can find refuge in people you've come to trust. And you know that those people that you've come to trust will become great friends.

There are so many different types of people: writers, engineers, black, white, hispanic, asian, mixed, musicians, artists, mathematicians, sports players, tall ones, short ones, poets, bloggers, dancers, etc. And in the end, you know that there will be someone to accept you for who you are.

So a toast to those kinds of people. Let tomorrow be a new start, a new day, a new opportunity always. I love Columbia University.

Except for the toughness of its bureaucracy. But look..if you ask, doors are opened to you. So it's all good.