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Well, college was definitely not what I expected it to be.
There were some things I was really naive about, but I'm glad I know better now. I found out some new things about myself. Like how I'm really impulsive, how poor my socialization skills are, how mediocre my writing and speaking skills are, and how I care too much about school. I also realized that I hate it when my life is only and always about writing. Going to college made me appreciate other things more than I already did--things like the piano, walks at night, acting, learning, the company of my friends.... My writing has suffered because I made it my only priority for awhile, and being online didn't help me, which is a tiny reason why I haven't been on here in so long. I honestly haven't been on here in so long because college made me really busy. I hardly had free time for myself.
Another thing I found out about myself is that I'm smarter than I thought, I think. I mean, I've never had straight As before I went to college.
Besides finding out new things about myself, there is a small list of things I never thought would happen in college:
I'd hate the cafeteria food within two weeks
My boyfriend would break up with me, and then want me back when I was trying to move on (poorly). (We both made bad decisions, and I'm happy where we are now.)
I'd dye my hair back to brown...I liked the red.
I'd make a really close friend so soon.
I'd have a lame teacher that would consider the Oxford comma to be incorrect, and mark it as such on papers if used, even though the English Department, as a whole, accepts the Oxford comma as correct. (Note: the teacher I had is full-time.)
So much shit happens in four months, it's crazy.
Anyway, over the course of those four months, I had a photo in an exhibit, I wrote an uncountable amount of papers, I was in the student directed play, I was in tech for the fall play, I relearned how to play the piano, I joined and quit Jazz band, I joined the school's literary magazine, and other stuff.
My next semester is going to be quite interesting...and it's less than a week away. The classes I'm having next semester are Abnormal Psychology, Beginning Algebra, Introduction to Literary Studies, Musical Theatre History, and Western Civilizations from 1450.
There were some things I was really naive about, but I'm glad I know better now. I found out some new things about myself. Like how I'm really impulsive, how poor my socialization skills are, how mediocre my writing and speaking skills are, and how I care too much about school. I also realized that I hate it when my life is only and always about writing. Going to college made me appreciate other things more than I already did--things like the piano, walks at night, acting, learning, the company of my friends.... My writing has suffered because I made it my only priority for awhile, and being online didn't help me, which is a tiny reason why I haven't been on here in so long. I honestly haven't been on here in so long because college made me really busy. I hardly had free time for myself.
Another thing I found out about myself is that I'm smarter than I thought, I think. I mean, I've never had straight As before I went to college.
Besides finding out new things about myself, there is a small list of things I never thought would happen in college:
I'd hate the cafeteria food within two weeks
My boyfriend would break up with me, and then want me back when I was trying to move on (poorly). (We both made bad decisions, and I'm happy where we are now.)
I'd dye my hair back to brown...I liked the red.
I'd make a really close friend so soon.
I'd have a lame teacher that would consider the Oxford comma to be incorrect, and mark it as such on papers if used, even though the English Department, as a whole, accepts the Oxford comma as correct. (Note: the teacher I had is full-time.)
So much shit happens in four months, it's crazy.
Anyway, over the course of those four months, I had a photo in an exhibit, I wrote an uncountable amount of papers, I was in the student directed play, I was in tech for the fall play, I relearned how to play the piano, I joined and quit Jazz band, I joined the school's literary magazine, and other stuff.
My next semester is going to be quite interesting...and it's less than a week away. The classes I'm having next semester are Abnormal Psychology, Beginning Algebra, Introduction to Literary Studies, Musical Theatre History, and Western Civilizations from 1450.
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i pretty much abandoned this place for years. there’s been a lot i have found out in the meantime. the granular details don’t exactly matter. in the past couple years, however, i managed to get 17 books published (3 of which are forthcoming; all are poetry except for 1; only a handful of titles are selfpub’d). i have 3-4 manuscripts on the backburner or already started so i haven’t really stopped writing. if you’re interested to know more about these writings or myself, especially in these past few years, feel free to comment or send me a note or however it works these days
august
this past month has been incredibly busy. I moved to New York mid-month, I've been looking for jobs (no luck so far), and I finally have WiFi as of yesterday.
I ran out of my data weeks ago, so it's been tricky logging onto anything. I saw that I received a DD feature on "primitive.voyeur" & I was so surprised. you never really expect a DD feature, and thank you so much JessaMar (https://www.deviantart.com/jessamar) for featuring it.
New York has been great though. ofc it's an adjustment, but i'm learning to make the most out of a small space and public transit and walking daily and refiguring grocery shopping. learning that shipping sucks. my apartment doesn't have an ele
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July has been my month, and it’s awesome.
My boyfriend of five years proposed to me on the 15th. Also, I was accepted into the two graduate programs I applied to—Emerson College and NYU for Publishing.
I loved both schools equally, so it was a tough choice. I ended up choosing NYU.
That’s why I’ve been a little absent lately. I’m figuring out a lot of life things and working lots of retail.
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For what it's worth, you are definitely not a mediocre writer to me. Quite the opposite. It does no good to compare yourself to others...that's something I have to remind myself of all the time. 
But I do remember how much comparing yourself to others there is in college, and I suppose that's part of the experience. That made me sound really old, lol.
Always good to hear from you! I hope that college continues going well for you. Sounds like you've definitely been busy. Hope it's a good busy.
But I do remember how much comparing yourself to others there is in college, and I suppose that's part of the experience. That made me sound really old, lol.Always good to hear from you! I hope that college continues going well for you. Sounds like you've definitely been busy. Hope it's a good busy.