To Dream

I took a break from blogging, but i’ve decided that I’m back. I’ve also decided the whole “photo blog” thing wasn’t working so much for me… so this will be a multi-media blog for the most part with little bit of text thrown in from time to time. Songs I write, Songs I like, photos i take…. whatever i feel like. It’ll be here.

Much Love!

This blog of mine is going to have to go  into retirement. Tumblr is just too finnicky… and it never lets me upload pictures. I kind of want to start a photoblog… so i did :)

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Lots of love!

I’ve spent a good deal of time trying to update, but my internet has been giving me problems. I was kind of leaning towards making this a photo blog, so we’ll see if i can manage to get any pictures up…

in the mean time, here’s whats up.

School is brooooooootttttaaaallzzzz! First semester is the easy semester and it’s killing me. I can’t even tell you!  I am one of the better physics students ( I’m pulling a 6 on a scale of 7, on which getting sevens is typically very challenging) with a little over 70 percent in the class. This grading scale is madness, i say.  And english is so crazy I’m happy with anything that doesn’t count as literally failing. I’m putting so much work into everything… it’s absolutely ridiculous. I’m kind of ready for a break… and I almost wish i was going somewhere for thanksgiving. It’d give me something to look forward to besides a few days on a semi-desolate campus without work… sighs…

life is good, though. I really like my new friends and my teachers. I like all my extracurriculars, even if they keep me mad busy… I’m starting voice lessons this week! I’m so excited… finally, maybe I’ll be able to sing as good as I want to be able to!

So tomorrow, bright and early, I’m off to ghost ranch.

http://www.ghostranch.org/

Should be fun, right? I’ll be out there for a few days, then on wilderness expedition for another two days. Then… classes. Let the games begin, I suppose.

Here at UWC, there are something called pass downs. That is, a second year chooses a suitable first year to carry out a task during the year or gives them an item of some significance. For example, there’s a country music pass down, which is an american flag that each owner writes their favorite country line on. It’s hanging on the wall of one of my dorm-mates. There’s a rock music pass down, where a band is formed every year to play about 20 covers at a big show near the end. (I’m crossing my fingers to sneak in as the bass player, but i need to ‘audition’ first….) And there’s an Acon (my dorm) pass down of Banana Bread…

I walked into the day room this morning and found three loaves of banana bread on the table. This isn’t uncommon in acon, but what is is the fact that one was labeled vegan… It was so sweet for them to go out of their way to make vegan banana bread. But more than anything, I think it’s a sign: this is where I’m supposed to be.

It’s been a whirlwind, that’s for sure, but I can’t even begin to say how INCREDIBLE this place is and how much I LOVE everyone around me. I got put in the castle for dorms (it’s not a real castle, but it looks like one… it’s an old late 1800s hotel) which is awesome, and my roomie is pretty damn cool, too. I’ve made people who I consider friends already from every walk of life and every corner of the world. They speak in super sexy accents and don’t seem to mind that I am incredibly lame compared to everyone here.

I’m not gonna lie- a lot of this has been reminding me of conserve. Take, for example, the amazing closeness. The lack of awkwardness. The hug addictions… i guess it’s just a boarding school thing. I don’t know, maybe it’s even ramped up a little here. On the first night, at the culture shock party, about a half dozen guys stripped down to there boxers and danced on a table… i was certainly shocked. We had “dance fun” tonight, where we learn dances to a couple of international songs that are played at pretty much every party… they made you pair up with a second year of the opposite gender. I hadn’t even met my partner prior… and the dancing was… yeah. Thank god I’m coming into this without any boundaries :D

One of the greatest things, I think, is the acceptance. I can’t tell you how great it feels to tell someone I’m vegan and them not treat me like a freak. People say they respect and admire me for it! It blows my mind.

I have yet to find a flaw in this place. Really, its amazing. I’m headed out to ghost ranch and then on my first wilderness expedition on Friday. I think it’s going to be loads of fun! And you should probably be a little jealous. 

I love you!