The Sound of Settling

NSO (New Student Orientation) is finally over. So many events, so much activity, it was hard to take in everything. Some notable events:

= Moving in and meeting my roommate(s). There's one that I share a bedroom with, but 3 total that I live with.

= Buying a bike.

= Saying goodbye.

= Hearing speeches from the president, the provost, the vice provost, and the dean of admissions.

= Fountain hopping.

= The Real World: Stanford (a theatrical performance about sex, drugs, and eating disorders at Stanford).

= Swingdancing.

= Getting covered in sweat from partying all night.

= Registering for classes, and signing up for 19 units (there is a 20 unit maximum. My RA says I have a death wish).

= Football game against San Jose State (we won!)

= Spending more than $500 on books for my classes.

= Getting to know the vibrant guys and gals who are my hallmates (3B!).

Even though I'm supposed to have already been "oriented," I still have no idea what to expect next. I don't know if I'm going to die as a result of my uber-techie schedule (required Introduction to the Humanities (Humans and Machines), Physics 45 (Light and Heat), Math 53 (Differential Equations), and CS 106X (Accelerated Programming Abstractions)).

I'm sorry I haven't posted as often as I would like (though you can't say I didn't warn you), but I hopefully will get some time to in the weeks and months ahead. For now though, I've got a hunger, twisting my stomach into knots.