Sep 27 2005
Life and school
While my universe has shrunk to a very small 5-mile radius, primarily encompassing school and apartment (I wouldn’t call it a home per se), things have gotten rather scary. Thus, I’ve been derelict in the follow-up department.
I had orientation yesterday, and classes start tomorrow. So now, I suppose, is the day of comtemplation and introspection about exactly what the hell I’ve gotten myself into and why the hell am I here by myself (currently at least).
I’m off to a decently good start – I didn’t fall asleep during orientation, though I yawned a bit, and I didn’t really talk to anyone – too many people, I guess, and mostly female, which means pretty much ick. Not that I don’t like girls, but I guess I have a predisposition to surliness, especially if everyone is decently fashionably dressed. I’m excited in a few ways – the “scary” course is apparently biostatistics, but from my Advisor (who is super awesome) I heard that that’s in part due to many of the students having had previous degrees in the social sciences or never having taken stats, neither of which are about me. On the other hand, I’m a bit leery of Epidemiology – it kinda reminds me of comp sci design classes, as it’s apparently about how to frame public health or disease issues and evaluate what the hell is going on. It’s a different type of thinking, and I hope I can get the hang of it.
I’m also apparently one of the few students from the Southeast, and the only one from NC, so I guess I better lay on the accent double-thick, develop a mullet, and be generally bible-thumping. But I suppose it’s not worth the effort.
I still need to call my family, call Nicole, and generally come back into the world of the living, but since Bonnie left, I’ve pretty much stayed at home and eaten odd things, like yogurt and granola followed by beef jerky.
