Today was a little less crazy than yesterday, but it was still a whirlwind. I woke up around 10:30 am (sooo luxurious, I know) to an empty dorm room. All my roommates had orientation for their various colleges, which all started around 8 am. It was kind of weird to have the room to myself, but it was also kind of nice, I suppose. I showered, blow-dried my hair, and got ready for the day.
We had to meet in the elevator lobby on our floor at 12:30 so that we could all go to the Presidential Welcome and Reality Show as a floor. I figured my roommates wouldn't be back until noon or so, so I ate some leftovers from dinner last night. But by 12:15 no one had showed up so I called them and asked, "Where is everybody?" They all said they were running late but that they were suuuuper close, so I went out to the elevator lobby to meet the other people on my floor and wait for my roommates to show up. Finally everyone gathered up and off we went!
We took the subway, which was pretty exciting. It was my first subway ride as an official NYU student! Safe to say Brittany Hall kind of took over the subway system; there was a huge crowd of us and all non-NYU people looked at us like we were a cult or something. It was actually pretty funny to watch.
The line to get into the theatre was RIDICULOUS! It went around the block and wound around a few times, and it was very very hot. The Presidential Welcome itself was pretty cool. They showed us a few videos explaining NYU's history and kind of what to expect from our experience at NYU. President Sexton spoke to us, and his speech was pretty moving. He's a very inspirational person and he seemed to really mean every word he said. The only negative part of the event was that it was long. I mean, really, really, really long. I almost fell asleep a few times. But the Reality Show was pretty interesting, and not too long. It was a musical show written, directed, and performed by NYU students who were all incredibly talented. It was kind of neat how they took a bunch of relevant topics such as making friends, going to parties and knowing how to be safe, and balancing homework loads and turned them into musical numbers that were entertaining and informative.
After the show ended, my roommates and I decided to get away from the giant crowd of fellow NYU freshmen who were crowding the closest subway station. We walked down a few blocks to a different station and headed back toward Washington Square Park (WSP). I deemed Caroline our official subway navigator because she told us she used the system a lot with her parents and that she's pretty familiar with how things work. Hooray!
Our floor RA, Florie, sent out an email saying that we were all going to meet in the elevator lobby at 6:15 to walk over to Downstein for dinner, and that everyone should go. Apparently, Downstein is what they call Weinstein, because it's basically down the street from us. I went with my roommates and a few of the guys who live in the quint across the hall from us, they're pretty nice. I'm the first of my roommates to really try and make friends outside of our room and the people we already know here, so I'm pretty proud of myself.
I went with Caroline and Jasmine to go see the A Capella Show at Kimmel Center, which was AMAZING!!! I watched my friend Dash perform in the Mix Tapes, and then I was very surprised to see John Bujalski and Nick Kenrick both performing in a different group, the Vocaholics. I also saw my friend Adrienne Eller perform in the N'Harmonics, which I think might be the best group on campus because they were last to perform and when they were announced everyone started cheering like crazy! And they were kind of amazing. I got so excited watching everyone perform, and I really want to audition for one of the groups. Maybe Dash could help me get into the Mix Tapes, who knows!
After the a capella show, we stopped by our local grocery store Gristedes to get some nibbles and soda, and now we're chilling in our dorm room watching TV and painting our nails. Dan-a and Karen went out to some college party for 18+ that's glow in the dark themed. I kind of get the impression that they'll be the ones who go out to parties, and Caroline and Jasmine and I will be the ones to stay in and watch TV and hang out. But that's totally okay! We all get along really well and it's going to be fine. The only thing that was annoying was that this morning Dan-a's alarm clock went off like five bajillion times and she kept hitting snooze, and Caroline and I were both kind of like "Uhh hello...?". Caroline said she felt bad for me because I didn't need to be up that early but I was woken up because of her alarm. I didn't really mind because I understand that it's all of our first time sharing a room with others so we might not realize that it's insanely annoying to keep hitting the snooze button and sleep through your alarm that wakes everyone else up. Its forgivable for the first few nights, but if it continues to be an issue I think Caroline and I might talk to her.
On a better note! We're having a deep conversation about religion and beliefs right now and it's actually really interesting and enlightening. We all have very similar ideals and it's cool to discuss these kinds of things with people who agree with me. I'm going to go join that conversation now, so see ya later!
Signing off from the Big Apple,
Melissa
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