The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part seven- Page 136

[caitiesus1522]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 4:56pm

My problem was I couldn't do orientation during the summer due to medical problems. They had a welcome week and people went to do some stuff but I had to do orienatation and well, the orientation kids didn't really hang out (most of them were from other countries and didn't want to talk to Americans). So The Welcome Week stuff ends, everyone has their little group of friends and there I was...without that instant group.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 4:58pm

YES. I can't fathom the people who walked around during the first week saying that they LOVED everything. My theory is that they're A. crazy or B. it was all just a facade and they were all scared sh*tless like the rest of us.

I honestly thought people would want to go exploring during orientation. I remember thinking I would become Tourguide Fantab and would show people around. But....nope.

Updated On: 3/1/06 at 04:58 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:03pm

I guess if you party and bond easily and whatnot, orientation is like camp. But... I dunno. I'm not into that stuff. I like to be left to doing things on my own.

[DancNdaMoonlite]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:03pm

"The worst situation for me is when I'm with two people who know each other. I tend to just sit there. That's also why I'm wary about meeting someone and then doing something with that person and their group of friends. When I'm out of the loop, I tend to just sit there in silence.
With my friends, it's a completely different story. I usually never shut up"

That like describes me in a nut shell. Lol And I hate it because with my friends I'm crazy and outgoing or whatever, but when I first meet people I'm reallly shy and quiet, unless I know that I'll never see them again.
Updated On: 3/1/06 at 05:03 PM

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:04pm

Orientation felt like going back in time to high school.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:05pm

Yup, and by then I was ready for my independence from such institutions.

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:08pm

Wow, I can't wait to get to college, girls!

Heh.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:10pm

She said something about how she thinks I should have half a dozen close friends at school. My response was 'Would you like me to walk around wearing a sign that says: Be my friend!'

Hee. I've had that conversation with my mom more times than I care to remember.

I honestly think my housing situation had a *huge* impact on the way I made friends. Most people I know here who are put into suites like I am either don't really get along with their roommates or the four people are attached at the hips. Lucky for them, they walked into these great friendships.

So, so true. I was in a 5-person suite freshman year, and there ended up being 2 pairs of BFFs (well, at least for the first semester) and me. Not fun.

Exactly, SS. That was precisely what happened to me. It also didn't help that during orientation I was not so keen on going partying and such.

Same here. For example, my roommate from last year is currently living with the other suitemate of mine she became best friends with and some of the other girls they met while partying during Welcome Week. I went to a club with them once that week and felt so awkward - I think I was literally the only sober person in the entire building. Then I tried going to a club by myself and got so creeped out by the whole experience that I don't get why people like it so much.

The worst situation for me is when I'm with two people who know each other. I tend to just sit there. That's also why I'm wary about meeting someone and then doing something with that person and their group of friends. When I'm out of the loop, I tend to just sit there in silence.

STORY.OF.MY.LIFE. I still feel awkward when I'm hanging out with a group of my closest friends from high school because they've all known each other since at least junior high and I only met them in high school, so they have this whole history that I wasn't part of.

(note: crappy roommate stories provide excellent bonding material)

So true. My current roommate and I bonded at room selection last year over tales of our then-roomies from hell

For me, what sucked the most about orientation was that all of the other schools at NYU had theirs over the summer and my school had it the week between move-in day and the first day of classes, which was the general Welcome Week for all new students. There were so many non-mandatory all-NYU Welcome Week events and workshops that sounded so interesting that I couldn't go to because I had my school's required orientation activities. It also sucked that my suitemates were out partying until 3 in the morning when I had to be on campus at 9 for orientation stuff.

[xM3L24x]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:17pm

I'm scared for college. I'm really shy and nervous when I first meet people. I'm afraid that they won't like me.

[DancNdaMoonlite]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:20pm

Me too.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:24pm

*waves from computer lab with old keyboards that are hard to type on*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:24pm

booooooo computer lab.

[DancNdaMoonlite]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:26pm

Oh I hate keyboards that are hard to type on! My friend has one and it drives me crazy.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:27pm

Ugh, computer lab. I'm so laptop-dependent these days, I can't imagine switching back to desktops with their icky keyboards full time. My dad was using my laptop for something over break and he was pounding down on the keys so hard, I was scared he was going to break it. *huggles laptop*

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:29pm

Grrr. Now the printer is out of paper. In order to get more paper, you have to email Technology people and then they have to come refill it. They really should have a better system for this.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:41pm

Wow, I can't wait to get to college, girls!

Heh.

Aww, don't worry Lexi. Remember, you'll be in NYC, where the cool people like Em and Fantab and me will make sure you have fun

I always feel so awkward in the computer lab, because when I'm doing work on my laptop I'm also surfing my fun sites, and I feel majorly self-conscious about doing that on a school computer. Plus, as Amy pointed out, desktop keyboards feel really weird once you get used to typing on a laptop. My mom doesn't understand why I insist on bringing my laptop with me when I come home for the weekend, but I feel so lost without it.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:49pm

Yuck, computer labs... I don't know how I lived before I got Radames. You guys talking about orientation makes me feel sick- I hated it so much, lol. I am a strong beliver that those "getting-to-know-you" activities do nothing for normal, shy people like me. I met my good friend who introduced me to my now best college friend at orientation, and it was because she said "Hi, I'm Ashlea", and then we just stuck together. I wouldn't even recognise the people in my group who I met there.

[Mandi Moo]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:52pm

Heh.


Updated On: 3/1/06 at 05:52 PM

[xoxRogue]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:53pm

Hehe

[Katt]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:55pm

Heh, your computer is named Radames?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 5:56pm

hahaha.

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:01pm

Yes, and my iPod is Raul, and my cell has been newly-named Mimi. I used to never name inanimate objects until I came to BWW, lol.

Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:07pm

It's raining outside. I love this feeling.

ETA: It quickly turned to freezing rain. But still! Updated On: 3/1/06 at 06:07 PM

[DancNdaMoonlite]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:09pm

Mandi I love that pic!

I love the rain too.

[Katt]

Posted: 3/1/06 at 6:12pm

It's sunny here. And about 60 degrees warmer than New York. I love our weather.