i'll explain: linda's at pep band practice right now, and i needed a way to kill 2 hours before she's released (i'm spending the night with her). i can't seem to get into contact with any of the (what i thought was a) limitless number of friends who go here, so until she's done i'm using the computers at their library.
i know that everybody says that ucsb students and gwu students have wildly different college experiences, but right now, i'd disagree. the insides of the buildings look pretty much the same (the library, the classrooms, the bookstore). in fact, some of the exteriors look similar as well (ucsb's south hall looks remarkably similar to gwu's academic center). the students have the same douchebag attitudes here, too (the only exception being that the guys here at ucsb are way hotter). i think gw kids are still richer, though.
whenever i come to ucsb, i question why on earth i went to gw over here. it's truly beautiful here. for those who don't know, the school is basically built on the ocean. despite it being the middle of january, the weather here is wonderful. linda's here. and all this for a much lower price than what i pay in order to go to gwu.
however, after thinking about it for a while, i remember why i like gw so much. the school itself might not be much to speak of, but the city of washington is a great place to be! i love being able to go shopping, to clubs, to museums, and to restaurants; better yet, i can take the metro to all of these. and even though there's no one quite like linda, i've still managed to make some great friends (jo, joe, amanda, peter...) in washington as well. and even though it makes it difficult to get between the two, the distance between home and gw is sometimes much appreciated.
bottom line: i wouldn't be half the person i am right now if i hadn't chosen to go to gwu. not that gw has been especially helpful in any of my recent accomplishments, but the situation that gw put me in has certainly been a catalyst in my life.
other somewhat interesting happenings in my life:
- i've virtually decided on a course schedule for this semester. still not sure about taking dance, though. as the only class on my otherwise free friday, it has the great potential to be the first to be dropped.
- my (well, my brother's) car is out of the shop, and i'm down several hundred dollars as a result. i made myself feel better about yesteday by dropping another $100 on clothes at the mall.
- i'm not starting my internship until january 22. thank goodness, because i have so much to do when i get back to dc that i'll need that week to acclamate myself back to my dc way of life. (it's at a non-profit organization called earth share. another environmentalist group, i know, but this one has a focus closer to what i'm interested in, which is political fundraising.)
- i realized that this is the longest i've been in california since i moved out of it (4 weeks). counting thanksgiving, i've been in california for 5 of the past 7 weeks. i need to stop this. i don't know what the heck i'm going to do when the spring semester ends.
- i'm sleepy.
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