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arthoniel ([personal profile] arthoniel) wrote2010-08-21 01:03 am
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I don't have enough space up here to put either of the two quotes I was going to use as my subject.


The day after... well, no. By this point, it'll be tomorrow... that I leave for college.

PROS OF LEAVING FOR COLLEGE:
-I won't have to deal with my parents.
-I won't be grossed out by my brother leaving his clothes, wet, on the bathroom floor.
-I'll have a degree of independance and freedom that I haven't known before, even living in New York City.
-I'll finally be ~*in college*~ and I'll get to have ~*the college experience*~.

CONS OF LEAVING FOR COLLEGE:
-I'm leaving New York City.
-I'm leaving my friends in New York City.

I met up with one of said friends to go cosplay shopping today (I finally got a wig head, by the way, as well as a Stephen Colbert!America wig) and it was fun and I had a great time and everything... but god, I'm going to miss it so much. I find myself just hoping that there's a fabric store and/or a wig store in Waltham, because otherwise I don't even know what I'll do. I'm just... gonna miss New York. So, so much.

I'm continuing my work on Fullmusical Alchemist. (Highlight to see Fullmetal Alchemist spoilers... even though it's pretty basic, if you're like me and think that spoilers are the plague and want to avoid them at all costs, and you haven't seen FMA yet... then don't highlight this.) I just got past Hughes' death and god, I'm just so depressed now. Even if it also means that I finally got to write my Riza/Roy scene... I just... ugh. Could really use a hug right about now. TL;DR: There are some ridiculously depressing points in FMA. I just got past one of them.

My video meme thing is still open, by the way. If you want me to say/do/answer something, anything, on camera... then just go ahead and ask me to, and I will! Basically, I have a webcam now, and want to play with it. So go crazy. Within reason, I'll do it, just for kicks.  XD

Oh, and... to everyone who read though my last entry (my last real entry- not the memes one), I just want to say... thank you. For still being here, and not abandoning me for being such a sluttrampwhorebitch. I appreciate it so much more than I can say... especially because I'd completely understand if you just left after that, disgusted with me entirely.

[identity profile] yamikinoko.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
If it helps, you can think of college as adding to your friend!pond? :) I don't blame you for not wanting to leave New York City though--it's a pretty @$#%^! cool place. :o

I don't know if this is creeper/stalker/whatever, so feel free to answer or not--where you goin' to college?

Well, either way, I'm sure you'll be missing your brother's gross habits by the time the first quarter/semester is out. :p It just happens that way for some reason. And then you get back for break, and after the first week, you wanna shove his head into the toilet again. :p

[identity profile] yamikinoko.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
I just thought of a wacko video-meme. Lawls. You said FMA, and it reminded me. Your take on Ed-who-has-just-been-called-short?

Hahaha.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
And Ed-who-has-just-been-called-short? Fff, you got it! I'm gonna plan this one out too- it's kind of my favorite ever. XD

[identity profile] yamikinoko.livejournal.com 2010-08-21 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
LAWLS. Looking forward to it. :)

[NICE icon, btw. I like, very much. XDD]

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Awesomesauce~

And thank you! I rather like it myself. XD

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know. I really am excited to meet all the awesome people I'll be with in college. I'm just... gonna miss my friends here too. :/

And don't worry about it! I'm going to Brandeis University- it's in Waltham, Mass. Right outside of Boston~

I'm pretty sure I'll be okay with having a bathroom that's not sopping wet every time he leaves it... but I guess we'll see. Strange stuff can happen, after all.

[identity profile] yamikinoko.livejournal.com 2010-08-21 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Argghhs--you get to stay on the east coast? *is unaccountably jealous*

Haha, I'm bettin' stranger things will happen. It is college, after all. :p

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Fff, yeah. I just love my east coast too much to leave it. Also, I like having home easily accessible if I need it. XD

And that is certainly true. It IS very much college.

[identity profile] chromatic-coma.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
*hug* First off, you're not a "sluttrampwhorebitch". I have a pretty decent intuition, and the only vibes I get from you are kind and friendly. Too bad someone manipulated that kindness and put you in a tight spot...

Secondly DDD8 I am going to miss you. Granted, I only ever see you at cons and meet ups, but still. Be safe in your new town (which will, sadly, not be as cool as New York. I've learned it's best not to compare these things xD) and enjoy the *college experience~*

I feel so left out staying home for college and not starting for another two weeks while everyone is moving on and moving out

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Ehhhh... I dunno. I still feel squicky about it. But I usually feel like I should have done something, so that might just be me. But nonetheless... thanks, hon. I appreciate it. A lot~

And I'm gonna miss you too!! At least we have the internet... but still. And you're right. It won't be as cool as New York. Because no place is as cool as New York. But the ~*college experience*~ should still be fun!

Aww, I'm sure you'll still have a great time! And the way you're doing it means that you also get to stay home and chill with all of our awesome friends.

[identity profile] chromatic-coma.livejournal.com 2010-08-21 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, well, that's good. I know this is really bugging you *hug*

Yup! Enjoy it~

Yeah, that's true.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it is. And the worst part is that I can't even do anything about it until October. I hate waiting... *hugs back*

^_^

[identity profile] chromatic-coma.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that sucks :(

[identity profile] garoben.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
college is GEEAT. You will love it.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-20 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Fff, that's what I'm hoping for!

...Because otherwise, the next four years are going to suck. ^_^;;

[identity profile] engelen.livejournal.com 2010-08-21 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
awwwwwwwn

you're an adult now ; ^;

I-I I don't think I've lived the "college experience"
I'm a boring person, so I never go to parties. I don't drink, I've never done drugs, and most guys here gross me out too much to even want to put out (which is why I am still a virgin at age 22.. but TBH I don't regret that XD). THEN AGAIN. I don't live in the US, so the Mexican "college experience" is something different I suppose, seeing how most college students normally STILL live with their parents.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Really? Most college students still live with their parents? That's interesting... almost all college students here live away from home, either at dorms or at their own places.

And I think the college experience is what you make of it. You don't have to get drunk and/or have sex for it to be the college experience. It just has to be what you make it to be.

[identity profile] engelen.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well... there are two main reasons:
- economic
- family

For starters, it's not like we have all that much money to go live abroad... In my case, it would be stupid to be living in a place of my own seeing how my college is in my city... so why would I want to pay extra? O___o
There are students from other cities, but they are a minority.
ALSO: Fun fact, my school doesn't have dorms, and it's the biggest university in the northeast of the country.

I've seriously never gotten WHY Americans have to move away from their place to study. It's alomst as if you were running away from your family. Which brings me to the other reason of why you even have post-graduate people living with their parents: Mexican families are actually pretty tightly-woven. Mine isn't, but it's not uncommon to see families where the grandparents live with the family, or at least get together for dinner on Sundays.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Huh... typically, for us, the really good colleges aren't always nearby- they're oftentimes in their own "college towns"- so we kind of have to move, just to go there.

And... as a general rule, the American family isn't quite so tightly knit together. We just... aren't. :/

[identity profile] engelen.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha... I always wonder "well, why don't they just go to the schools available in their towns?" XP

Even if my family is not what one would call "SUPER CLOSE," we sometimes have lunch and dinner together... it's... weird... we all have different schedules, but I feel like we're close. I don't know about my brother, but I like being around my parents and talking to my mom and stuff.

[identity profile] arthoniel.livejournal.com 2010-08-27 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... it's because they're not always as good, or they're more expensive... or they just don't have one in their town. There's a whole host of reasons... but it's actually pretty typical for Americans to go away to college and dorm there.

And... huh. I mean, when I'm at home, I eat meals with my family, and I guess we're kinda close... but... I dunno. We're better than the average American family, but... I still don't feel extraordinarily close to my family.