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Thursday, September 5th, 2002
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12:37 pm - LOVING IT
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I sing every night at ten o'clock with my closest friends here. We go to the middle of the college's lawn area and sing madrigals for about forty minutes. My voice is improving and I'm spending time with fascinating people....like Jesse, who's one of the most interesting people EVER. He led a big part of the Philadelphia Student Union, he's into Quakerism, he's diabetic, and he is an insanely intelligent guy. There's this guy named Scott who looks like Eric from "That 70's Show" who I met on the first night of orientation. I was walking by him tonight and he, with his back turned away from me, said, "Hi, Meg!" I think he was testing my name out, making sure that it actually was my name...and for some reason, it totally made my night.
Jesse and Jack made fettucine alfredo and salad for Janey and me tonight. It was semi-delicious but so sweet of them to make dinner that we didn't complain. I told Jesse, like I've told lots of guys in the past, that I could 'take him'. He got up to fight (jokingly) and proceeded to pick me up and throw my entire body over his shoulders and spin me around the kitchen. I don't even remember the last time I got picked up...I always resist it because I weigh so much.
I was reading my STD book while Jack watched South Park and Jesse pasted porn stories to something like Notepad on his computer...and proceeded to make his computer narrate the entire story. The monotonous voice cracked me up so hard, especially when the main character said, "Ahhhhhhhhh" and the 'h's sounded like gutteral German...oh, and when the main character said, "More. More!" I died.
I get to take cello lessons from a faculty member named Frances-Marie Uitti who created this technique of cello that involves two bows in one hand, playing separate notes. It sounds interesting and she'll have to show me how to do it sometime. I'm just excited that I got a faculty teacher, considering they were so short on teachers anyway. My audition kicked ass, though. Maybe now the bitchy locker lady will let me keep my cello in the Conservatory. DING!
current mood:  pleased
current music: Weep O Mine Eyes
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| Monday, September 2nd, 2002
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4:48 am - Doodoodooooooo
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After all the hot-as-a-crotch weather, it's finally raining in Oberlin, Ohio. Ahhhhh...it feels good. Tomorrow, I start my day at noon with Aerobics and head over to my Intro to Astronomy class at 3:20...and THAT'S IT. College rocks SO HARD except for the books cost a billion and a half dollars and I have to audition tomorrow and I'm always tired. I just got consent for a Biology course on STDs. I'm really excited about that one. YAY RAIN!
current mood:  calm
current music: Dispatch CD
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| Friday, August 30th, 2002
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11:46 am - Oberlin Loveliness
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I'm most definitely loving college and it's awesome. Oberlin is a beautiful place with its green grass and music and all that corny college stuff. I've become good friends with Todd and Emily and gotten to know them as well as anyone could expect out of three days. Last night, I had a long talk with Todd about dramas going on in my life and he just listened and made me feel a lot better. It's nice to know he's there to talk. Weird thing is that he says he's straight but he seems so queer that I just can't believe him. Moving in is a big pain in the ass but it's worth it once you're all finished up. My room has some character now...and a refrigerator, too. DING!
There are SO MANY PEOPLE from Seattle attending Oberlin. Some of the more shocking ones include James Garlick (Marrowstone crush from three years ago), Michelle (long-term girlfriend of one of my favorite ex-boyfriends), and about a BILLION people I met at music camps summers before this. Orientation is mostly a summer camp so I think Oberlin's great. I know I'm taking Psychology 101, Intro to Astronomy, Deviance, Discord, and Dismay (a Sociology Course), and Aerobics. I'll add more classes when I find out about my auditions and all that.
current mood:  exhausted
current music: Imaginary Love - Rufus Wainwright
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| Monday, August 26th, 2002
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12:53 pm - I'm Leaving
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I'm flying out to Oberlin, Ohio tomorrow morning and I'm getting sort of nervous, like I'm forgetting something or that I won't be ready with my packing. ANYWAY...this is my contact information.
Meg Risso
OCMR 2848
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH 44074
(440) 775-6084
Megan.Risso@oberlin.edu
current mood:  nervous
current music: O Sacred Head
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| Sunday, August 18th, 2002
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8:54 pm - IQ Test
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I got a weaksauce 140 on this emode.com IQ test. The interesting part is that I'm a "Visual Mathematician" and I "have a strong ability to process visual-spatial and mathematical information". To find out more, I'd have to buy their "IQ Report" but that's goony. "60% of Visual Mathematicians wait for the other person to make the first move on a date." HAHA!!
http://www.emode.com/tests/ oooooh, geeeeeenius fun.
current mood:  tired
current music: You'll See Boys - Rent
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| Saturday, August 17th, 2002
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7:03 pm - Getting Giddy
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I made a huge CD of Rent songs and I got crafty and put them in their show order (according to a lyrics site). I can't stop listening to it and I haven't even seen the show before. Maybe when I get around to visiting Nate Reit in NY, we'll go see Rent. He's the one who got me hooked on it to begin with so he should see it with me, right?
I went to the back deck to show my parents my new shirts and my mom was crying. She said she realized how much she's going to miss me when I'm gone at college. I wasn't even NEAR tears; I'm too excited to get sad about it. I already cried at the salute to seniors assembly and baccalaureate (thanks to Bradford) so I'm spent. I'm leaving on August 27th and I'm SO READY.
The guy at Bischofberger Violins hasn't finished my cello and I think I'm going to have a nervous break down. I borrowed Jeremy Moore's cello twice and it's just depressing because I sound crappy and awkward considering I haven't practiced in more than a week and his cello is so different from mine. I wish the guy would just fix my baby, ask for an exorbitant amount of money in exchange, and let me take my baby home.
current mood:  jubilant
current music: Another Day - Rent
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| Monday, August 12th, 2002
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10:28 am - JEEEOOOOYY
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| Sunday, August 11th, 2002
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8:10 pm - What's that you say?
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Dinner with my parents was LONG tonight because it took me such a long time to eat my food. They brought up how they want me to go into musical theatre at Oberlin. They actually want me to play all day long. It would take a lot more work than psychology or music...but that sounds like SO MUCH FUN. I never even considered it but now that I think about it, it sounds GENIUS but intimidating. Ggggggg.
current mood:  excited
current music: One Song Glory - Rent
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| Friday, August 9th, 2002
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9:39 am - A Few Days in Review
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What's new...
1) I had my two bottom wisdom teeth removed and some of the bone from those put into the area where I'm missing a tooth. I wasn't really swollen until the second day and I still look like a chipmunk. I've upgraded my diet from pudding to macaroni and cheese. Be proud.
2) I was noticing that whenever I'm really emotional, I tend to associate every song I hear with my current situation...even if the association doesn't make any sense.
3) I want to go back to Kinhaven. There are pictures of my Kinhaven home at this web site.
current mood:  sore
current music: Light My Candle - Rent
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| Monday, August 5th, 2002
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3:51 pm - Lookie, lookie...
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And I'm back. My mom took away my phone line while I was gone because of college coming up so soon so call (425) 454-0404 if you're itchin' to reach me. In case you were wondering, Kinhaven Music School rocked my world so hard. Someone say, "hi", ok?
current mood:  nostalgic
current music: Faure's Requiem
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