Wow how things change. I was just going through some of my blog posts from my freshman year here, especially in my first few months at Syracuse. I really learned some things about myself including:
*apparently I used to be the president of my floor freshman year? That sounds vaguely familiar but wow! I thought I always hated my freshman floormates turns out I was their president? (ex. And then I went to my floor meeting. And then I was elected...
THE DAY HALL SEVENTH FLOOR UPTOWN PRESIDENT.
Yes, that's right. Its a prestigious honor! I was elected by beating the girl I hate most on my floor by two votes. Most of those votes because they hate her. Matt B from Hamburg is the Downtown President. I was going to join Daymocracy (the Hall board) anyway, so I might as well have a reason to be there. I'm pretty excited. Liz said it was because I'm popular. I know that that's a lie. 9/6/04) That's awkward.
*I really loved being an IR major. I haven't taken IR classes in a year or so, so that's surprising. (ex. "Its wierd how the erasers are vertical like that-Easter Island style. Its like people come in here and worship the erasers sometimes"- Prof. Rupert
"Its not just out there-its in bed with us! It touches us in a very intimate way!"- Prof. Rupert about the effect of globalization on sex.
"Wow! We're a microcasm!"- Prof. Rupert about how half of his childhood friends have gotten divorced just like the statistic
"I guess I'm in story mood today, Yea so for our anniversary we decided to go to this special restaurant and it was $175 a person and our daughter wasn't going to touch any of it so we thought that was really expensive...the point? Well, I guess there wasn't really a point to that story..." - the professsor
"*holding up an African wood carving of a cell phone* I couldn't think of any glocalization relics and then this was sitting on my desk saying uuuuuse me...uuuuse me as an example! I guess its not a very good example, but its an example, and it really wanted me to use it!"- the prof
Professor Rupert also went into a really big rant about how he hates it when people make up words like "glocalization" and "grobalization" He was like "what IS that? Who cares?? I can't even SAY it!!" It was great. I personally liked it in the book when it said "glovalization and grobalization are just what they sound like" I was like "that doesn't even make any sense." 9/10/04)
*but there are also some strong hints at my love for anthropology. (Ex. I had World People and Cultures where we got into groups and pretended to make up cultures. In my culture when a girl wanted to marry someone she cut off the head of the chicken and threw it in his face. Then they hung the head in the door like mistletoe and they threw the body at the wedding like a bouquet. It was awesome...until we found out we had to act it out... haha I caught the chicken body! I'm getting married next! 9/3/04)
*Also, apparently I liked French class? (ex. French is really fun. I really like our teacher--he's really funny and very French. 9/8/04 or Today I had French and it was pretty fun as usual. 9/13/04)) What was I smoking??
*I wrote in my blog more than my livejournal.
*I hated it here and didn't have any friends (besides Hong-Diem, Becca and Marri... and Jason who I met later in the month). (ex. Under usual circumstances, I would be very happy it was Friday...except that I hate it here.
ok, that's a lie. I don't hate it HERE...I just hate it...here.
I know that clarifies everything.
I HATE the people here, I HATE not having any friends, I HATE not having anything to do this weekend, I HATE the thought of spending my Friday night doing homework and then going to bed early (actually...I'm really tired so that's not the worst thing ever...) and I HATE most of all not being with my friends. 9/17/04)
*I used Internet Explorer?
* I was a GE at work (Then Saturday I woke up at 6:45 (I went to bed at 1 after giving up on my web works) and headed over to the Dome. We had "your right to know" training about how there may be "toxic chemicals" in the "Carrier Dome" which might "mame or kill us" except that there "aren't really" and even the "guy" knew it. Then we had "I'm Smart" training on how to spot a fake ID, who to sell beer to and who not to sell beer to, and stuff like that. I was dead tired and almost fell asleep. Then we headed over to the Dome where I went to sell beer because I sell beer for a living. Also, I am 18. Also, my school is the only one on the East Coast that sells alcohol on its campus (we put the party in party school) and also we're only allowed to sell the alcohol if we are hired by the school. I repeat, I'm 18 and I sell beer for my school. 9/20/04)
* I loved fencing
*I went home a lot. (ex. I missed Lake Erie. I'm sick of these puny "finger lakes" give me a great lake any day! 9/27/04)
huh.
