I've been home for just about two weeks now, and it's still hard to believe that my freshman year is already over. Not missing NYC quite yet, I'm rather enjoying being home, having my own room with my own bed, and best of all my own bathroom. Sharing a bathroom with four other girls isn't the easiest thing I've done. I also missed having a car to drive, and the beautiful California weather. Nothing beats sunny California. Oh, and of course I missed my family!! That goes without saying. Almost four months is much too long to be away from home, in my opinion.
How can I recap my freshman year in one short blog post? First of all, I thoroughly enjoyed living in New York for nine months, though I wasn't always a fan of the weather. Having experienced a real East coast winter, I'll never complain about the weather again. I know what it really means to be freezing!
Weather aside, New York was amazing, and so was NYU. I met so many incredible people, chief among them my best friend Elle. I worked with some deeply talented people, both in and out of my program. NYU continues to amaze me with the people it admits; it might sound silly but I find it amazing that there are so many talented people outside of my program. Obviously my program isn't the only program at NYU (though in my opinion it's the best one) but it's just so amazing what people there can do. I met an incredible beatboxer who helped me out tremendously with my final producing project, I met some brilliant photographers and filmmakers, as well as the most talented people at NYU, my fellow VP's.
My first year of the Vocal Performance program was enlightening. Living in my own small bubble in the Bay Area I knew fairly well where I stood on the talent ladder, but I didn't know how I measured up in the real world. Going to NYU and meeting and hearing my fellow classmates and the upperclassmen was an interesting experience because some of the upperclassmen are ridiculously talented. One guy is in the national tour of West Side Story as Tony, which is awesome! I'm really glad that I got to work with some of the seniors and juniors in the shows that I teched because I met some pretty cool people and learned a lot from them. Even though I didn't do any shows this year as a performer, being on the other side of the table was still a learning experience because I was able to observe and absorb the information and direction that the director gave, and I'm excited to hopefully work with him and my fellow classmates in the future.
