lettered | Who's there?

Since I haven't been posting much these days, I don't know how it's happening, but new people keep popping up on the ole flist. So, hi! And I figure it was about time I did one of these.

Tell me about yourself! You can answer the questions, or some of the questions, or none, but tell me something. Even the people who've been here for ages, I'd love you to answer too, or tell me what you're doing these days. Like I said, haven't been all that active in ljland lately, so it'd be nice to hear from everybody. You're also welcome to reply even if you only lurk. I am friendly and only bite if you ask.

What's your name?

What's your favorite season?

How'd you find my journal / Why'd you friend me?

Do you do anything artistic?

What fandoms are you in (if you're in one/more)?

What books do you like to read?

What do you use your lj for?

Cats or dogs? Chocolate or cheese? Robots or aliens? Astronauts or cavemen? Jam or jelly? Coffee or tea?

How old are you?

What do you do?

What're some interests on your interest list and why are they there?

Have you met anyone on lj?

What fannish projects do you do (if you do any? fic? Art? Icons? Archives? Comms?)

How was your day today?

Who has a really good voice (you don't have to know him/her)?

Icecream. (Icecream is not a question.)

Who are other people you talk about on your journal I may not know?

Three words about you.

Yay.

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OH EM GEE. I went to Rice. What college are you in? I was at Martel the year it opened. How are you liking it? It's so bizarre because I met someone this summer who was a fish at Rice. Though I guess this year she's a sophomore. It was strange because I live in Seattle, and I met her through my job, which is a very...not the job people who graduate from Rice get. Except for me because apparently I am strange. How are you liking it?

ICE CREAM. It's so true.

I love it when HP fandom and Buffy fandom crossover--I dunno why.

Thanks for telling me a bit about yourself.

I'm in Sid Rich. I'm a bit disloyal though, because Martel is my favorite due to the "Martel is not a college!" cheer. I must root for the underdog.

I like Rice well enough. Classes are the best part and socializing the worst. I'm determined not to take a single natural science or math course since I got all my D3's through AP's, so I'm not expecting a normal post-Rice job either.

I like it when any fandoms crossover. A writer I like writing in multiple fandoms. There is no bad.

Thanks for asking.

When I was at Martel, we didn't have that cheer...I actually started at Lovett, and transferred to Martel when it opened. I don't think we'd formed any cheers by the time I left...My roomie, who transferred there as well (and is now my sister-in-law!) went to Sid Rich. I always preferred, "Rape! Murder! Pillage! Kill! Eat the babies!" to any Lovett cheer. Although admittedly, "Death From Above!" is kinda stupid.

Socializing was my least favorite thing at Rice, too. It surprises me, though, because SO many people at Rice were like, "This is the best atmosphere ever! So easy to make friends!" blah blah blah. And the entire O-Week shananigan is meant to make everything so easy for you...but for someone like me, who didn't party and didn't drink, and was turned off on the other hand by all the intellectual conversation populated by snooty people who thought they were so cultured and smart...it was really hard. So. With ya, there!

I had to take a couple science/math courses, since I only got three hours through APs, but I took Rocks for Jocks and Astronomy, so no sweat. Still, I think a lot of the academs go on to do something where they . . . I dunno, at least make more than $9 an hour! But, it's not like I plan to do what I'm doing forever. What are you majoring in, or do you know?

"Eat the babies" is the catchiest cheer, but that's not a good thing in my book. I had it stuck in my head last night, so it took me forever to fall asleep.

O-week was good the first day, and then everyone split into friendships and I was left all alone. On the positive side, I was the only person who felt well-rested by the end of the week, and my suitemates don't mind me following them around whenever I feel the need for human interaction.

I have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life, so I figured I'd major in whatever I feel like and figure the rest out later. At the moment I'm considering Asian Studies, Psych, and Linguistics. I might just do all three since those are the only areas I really want to take classes in anyway. What did you major in? Any recs for interesting classes?

Well, I was an English major, and I loved lit, so pretty much all of my lit classes were awesome. One of the best was taught by Alan Grob, who recently died. Which sucks (on many levels, but selfishly) as he was doing all of my recommendations.

If Justin Cronin is still doing Creative Writing, you should get him.
If you can get Zammito for any history course, do.
Scott McGill is the most awesome Latin teacher ever (again, if you can get anything with him, I would).
I took a Greek Civ class that was awesome, but that was because it was mostly Greek lit, and now I can't find the prof...
Is Terrance Doody your advisor? His post-modern lit class isn't the best (and he isn't the best prof), but the books we read in there were AWESOME (er, though dense).

I can possibly put you in touch with some people who majored in psych and linguistics (my sister-in-law) if you really want to talk to someone. But I understand the whole undecided thing.

Another thing that helped me socially was studying abroad. I didn't have many friends at Rice so I didn't feel like I was missing out, and it was a wonderful experience. (I just went to the UK).

O-Week happened like that for me too. And it was weird because my roomies and suitemates didn't seem to want to be friends. I personally have a hard time living with people I'm not close to.

Thanks for the class recs; I'll definitely look into some of those. Professor Kemmer is my advisor, and she's great to talk to, but she didn't know much about classes not related to ling or psych.

I am considering studying abroad. I'd prefer to go to Japan, but that relies on me learning Japanese, and I'm really bad with languages. I'd be happy with either the UK, Australia, or New Zealand too.

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