a few various things...

1. for breakfast, i decided to be healthy and eat whole-grain waffles with lite syrup and sliced oranges. the orange though, sucked. i was expecting it to be juicy, orange, almost with a slight glimmer in the light with all the little orange juice particles showing. but the orange i took my precious time to peel and slice was pretty much the opposite. it was yellow and dry. BLUGH. i hope others out there know what sort of dry, yellow orange i speak of, because if you've never experienced the self-pity of biting into a dry orange, you have no idea of the appreciation for a succulent, summer-time orange.

2. my cable is messed up in my dorm room, and has been since move-in day. my mind has been clouded (on top of various papers, assignments, and exams) with Viva la Bam and Parental Control for what seems like forever. due to this situation, i've missed out on the shows i normally watch during my free time like cash cab, project runway, the office, and let's not forget...i totally missed every single day of the 13 days of halloween on abc family. was utterly pissed about that, but have gotten over and it and moved on to developing an even heavier concern for missing the 25 days of christmas on abc family....which if i don't see will mean that i missed out on my favorite old-fashioned christmas movies with the puppet animation like Jack Frost and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. somebody heeeelppp!!!

3. i am debating whether or not to live on campus next year. ultimately, i was set on getting my own place with my friends and having the freedom to not worry about pleasing suite-mates or sharing one bathroom with seven other girls. yet, there are things i definitely am grateful for when it comes to living in a dorm. for example, whenever i have at least an hour between classes, i can scurry back to my dorm and take a cat-nap on my comfortable futon. i don't have to worry about parking/moving my car, or spending money on gas for it (although sometimes i would do anything to just get in my car and go on a long drive). living on-campus allows me to get most things i want within a reasonable walking distance, whether it's peppermint hot chocolate from the starbucks at ram's head, toothpaste from the pit stop, or a withdrawal from my bank account in the pit. living off-campus might make this a little more difficult as i will have to get in my car and drive around looking for the closest store, not to mention if i ever wanted to come on-campus with my car, parking would be a complete nightmare. however, i'll probably be convinced enough to live off-campus because it will mean i can have my very own room and decorate it however the hell i want because no allowed candles, toasters, pets, or thumb-tacked posters is killing me slowly.

4. i have developed an immense interest in meeting new people and forming new friendships. it obviously must come from the environment i'm in, where i feel the need to meet people that i can talk to about chapel hill-related things, as my friends from back home seem to lose interest in it after ten minutes. it is indeed a refreshing feeling to start fresh with people who don't know your entire life story without even knowing you personally. i felt like high school consisted of a lot of that. this time, it's about just enjoying new friends' company and finding those who i can take comfort in when most of what i was comfortable with before i moved here has disappeared from my hands.