Truly Tiger Tales

In a fit of insomnia, I have decided that it is time to finally update this with something somewhat interesting to other human beings. Emphasis on the 'somewhat'.

So... I STARTED COLLEGE! Finally. Hooray for Doane!

Orientation weekend was crazy but sort of fun. There was a lot going on and I was exhausted every night, but I met some fun people and did some interesting things. Among the highlights:

• The candle lighting ceremony on Thursday night. Casel Theater was all dark and silent and each member of the entire freshman class had a candle. The bell rang ten times like it always does on special occasions and it was just a cool moment.
• Playfair. Ice breaker games. We sat on each other and backwards danced and chanted our names and got/gave standing ovations. I also shook probably 100 people's hand in about 5 minutes. Insane.
• Standing ovations. I got two that weekend. :) It's where you shout "I WANT A STANDING OVATION!" and the people on either side of you lift you up while everyone else stands up and cheers. The first was at Playfair, the second was in the auditorium before the Dynamic Duo.
• The Dynamic Duo. Hilarious liberal slam poets reading poetry about nerdy things, serious things, funny things, important things, inspiring things, everything. I loved them. Favorites were the Haikus about old women crossing the street in DC, the orange unicorn, and the ones about liberal politics. ;)
• T. Marni Vos. Stand up comidienne giving life lessons and reminding us all about the importance of laughter.
• Dueling Pianos. Two guys playing the piano and singing songs and being funny. There was singing and clapping and dancing. I got called up on stage to dramatically interpret "Don't Stop Believin'." Pretty intense. Fun stuff.

After Orientation Weekend, classes started. I'm pretty excited about them. My professors are all pretty darn awesome, and nothing seems like it will cause me too much stress. The class I am most worried about is writing... we have to read our work out loud to the rest of the class. Yikes! But I'm really excited about my Pop Culture class. It's going to be very interesting.

As far as making friends goes, everything is just peachy! All the girls in my suite are pretty nice, and I met some other people in my classes who are also nice. The boys next door are really funny and fun to hang out with. It's just fun having my friends so close and seeing them like, all the time.

All in all, things have been going very well. I truly made an excellent choice. Doane is where I belong!

More later.