A Random Monii

You know you’re hopelessly ingrained in university culture when the following happens:

You’re returning to university with a friend, having drove almost two hours to take a third friend to the airport. On the return leg of the trip, the second two hours, you can literally see the town in front of you when the car slowly slides to the right. Into incoming traffic. Due to the combination of hot weather, lack of sleep and a long drive, your friend has fallen asleep at the wheel. There is a car approaching, and the whole scenario is head-on collision material. What do you do?

1. Grab hold of the wheel and jerk it towards you.
2. Scream “Fuck!”, “<Insert Name Here>!”, “Car!” or any other excusable epithet before smacking your friend into action.
3. Scream “Dude!” like some cliché college kid before smacking your friend into action.

Yep, I picked the third option.The word ‘dude’ is now a complete part of my vocabulary, and I hate it. Not too many people seem to say it, so I’d love to know why I’ve picked it up so quickly. For the record, we didn’t hit the oncoming car or the nearby cliff-face and escaped safely. My friend, however, will have the crap kicked out of him if he ever tries driving on such little sleep ever again.

Ah, university.

Here I am, in uni. It’s… fun, but hectic. And that guy (G-Guy) I liked? Well, he changed his facebook status and now the friends back home are exploding with comments. Mostly good. I think. Since I’m here and he’s there, I don’t know where it will go but I’m happy the way it is right now.

I don’t have internet here (in computer labs at the moment), but I am working on getting hooked up. We shall have to see what happens. In regards to everything. Especially G-Guy.

Living in residence is strange. The girls (and guys nearby) are nice but everyone seems quite crazy. I supposed we have to be to be here. This week has been all pre-lectures, to give me a taste of what subjects to pick. So far I want to take:

• Classical Civilization
• Latin (A requirement for Classical Civ)
• Computer Science OR English Language and Linguistics
• English

Not a bad batch, hey? I have to make my mind up when I go to register on Friday, then real classes begin on Monday.

So I’m leaving for Uni at the end of the month, and I’m pretty excited. My best friend from home is also going, and also taking a BA, but he’s not staying in residence like me. I suppose both living in residence and having a place of your own both have difficulties, but I’m happy to be staying in res for now.

Of course, my main priorities to tackle at university are:

• Can I work toward a degree involving ancient cultures without studying science? Is an anthropology degree way out of my range, or maybe too specialised to even consider? Is it possible to delve into all of that stuff before doing a doctorate? Can I meet Dr. Jackson?
• How much bandwidth will I be allowed to use per month? Are voice calls allowed?
• Is there any type of gaming culture at Rhodes, and what do they play? Do they have any events? Do they need someone to organise gaming parties?

Yeah, I sure have my priorities straight. Right now the family and me are busy with making lists and buying supplies for my first few months there. A cool thing I picked up is an audio voice recorder, just like the old dictaphone I used to have when I was little but modernized. I haven’t set up the PC-linkage side of it, but the unit works great on it’s own so far. It’ll be handy for my lectures, but I admit it’s fun to mess around with, too. Of course, it’s not as sexy as Livescribe or even FLY, but it’ll do.