New School

Hmm...so here I am, Phillips Exeter: Where the best of the best go to be better. I wanted it, I wanted it sooo bad. But now? Well, it's lovely and all but the friends thing is a little discouraging.

Day One (for me at least) I hung out with these two chicks in my dorm. We'll call them Laura and Ashley for anonymity's sake. It was cool, I guess...I mostly talked to Ashley. But something was off. Laura didn't quite seem to enjoy my presence and their was a tangible tensity in the air.

Today, I found better people. Today I met Katie in a seminar and in the next one met her roommate, Ana. I like these girls...as far as I can tell, they like me too.

Anyway, I went to this barbeque thing for dinner, but couldn't find my new friends. I spotted Laura with a group of people and decided to try my chances with her. When I asked her casually why I hadn't seen her all day, she calously replied, "Class and stuff" before dimissing me from her circle of social butterflies.

So, being extremely self-conscious, I grabbed some food and walked over to a wall where I sat in boredom as the happy people a few feet away hugged and joked and pretty much just spewed a fountain of bliss. I must admit, I was a bit jealous.

Luckily, just as I was about to leave I found Ana doing some sort of Bingo/Scavenger hunt thing and spent sometime with her. I also found out that where the bookstore is (crap...first day of class tomorrow...i need to get those...) and then proceeded to my dorm, where I seem to be bereft of a kindred spirit.

Anyway, while I'm psyched for school, the whole making friends bit is a little foreign to me. People back home seem to think I'll make friends easy squeezy lemon peezy, but that's not the case. Apparently I'm not nearly as magnetic as I thought I was. I can't help it if I don't like walking up to people and just saying "hi!!!" out of blue...sue me.

Also..haha, little side note: Facebook can ruin otherwise wonderful first meetings. For example: I know a whole bunch of people on FB and I figured I'd make friends faster that way...WRONG! It just made my first meeting with people that much more awkward. I even saw a few older kids I added, but decided against talking to them because 1) Um..the awkwardness of introducing yourself like this: Hey! I know you! You're on Facebook, right? Yeah...I added you but I don't we really talk. Me? Oh, yeah I'm India...you know me, right? 2) Because they were already talking to people they've been knowing for much longer than me and that would sufficiently awkward enough to last me lifetime.


The Hatter

Oh, and PS: There's a guy who's either a Prep or a Lower who looks like Tom Mcclean (frezned on youtube for those who don't know) and I've decided to tell him so tomorrow...if I can find him and don't lose my nerve, that is!