Approximately two weeks and five days ago, I made the monumental, life-changing, seven-hour-long trip from my hometown of Binghamton, New York to Oberlin, Ohio, where I would be going to college. (Actually, it was exactly two weeks and five days, I counted.) So, given the start of this incredibly exciting new chapter in my life...I figured I ought to start a blog.
I actually used to have a blog, when I was in high school, but at some point, I just got crazy busy and stopped updating it regularly. And then every post I did had to be a huge summary of all the things I didn't write about before, and....well, it just sucked. So I just stopped altogether.
But I really had a lot of fun keeping a blog. I love writing, my blog provided a place to write about something I actually enjoyed (instead of things like the primary causes of World War Two and the literary techniques used by Thomas Hardy and every other stale, tired essay topic one would encounter in high school.) And lately I kept thinking to myself, "Hey, Joan, maybe you should start another blog! You know, about college stuff, or whatever!" But then myself would respond "But I'm gonna be pretty busy with work, and auditions and other collegey-related things..." So I thought "Well...okay." But then my awesome roommate decided to start a blog, in hopes of applying to be a professional Oberlin Blogger, and I thinking to myself again: "See! Seeeee! She's doing it! She's blogging! You should try it too!" Then myself finally decided to jump on the blogging bandwagon. Probably not professionally or anything, but more for fun than anything else. I can't guarantee I'll put up regular posts ALL the time, but I'll do my best. Maybe a couple of times a week or so...
So. Things to know about me. My name is Joan! I'm a first year student at Oberlin College, and I'm hoping to major in table-waiting. Whoops....I meant Theatre. I do a LOT of acting and singing, and I absolutely love it. It really is the only thing I can truly see myself doing for the rest of my life. (And Oberlin seems to have a pretty kick-ass theatre department, so I'm pretty psyched about that.) In addition to acting and singing, I also love writing songs, playing my guitar and (brand new!) ukelele, reading, watching Friends (to a sometimes unhealthy extent....), procrastinating, texting, watching random stuff on Youtube, making sarcastic jokes, and laughing until I get that incredibly painful (yet heart-warming) cramp in my side.
So, even though I've only been here two weeks and five days, I can already tell that it's shaping up to be FLIPPIN' AWESOME semester. I'm enrolled in four classes: Intro to Theater, Intro to Economics, Psychobiological Perspective on the Arts (I know, sounds impressive, right?) and a literature seminar class called "Beyond Disbelief: Can Literature Tell the Truth?" Lots of work? Yes. Sometimes tedious? Yes. Still pretty enjoyable? Yesyesyes.
Outside of classes, I am already trying to get involved with as many theatre/music things as possible. I've already auditioned for and been accepted into the female a capella group, the Acapelicans, which I am so excited about. I've also been cast in the Student Theater Fall Showcase, which consists of a bunch of extremely silly and entertaining ten-minute plays, written and directed by upperclassmen. And in the upcoming weekends, I'm already scheduled to audition for a few other things, so I'll keep y'all updated on that.
That's all for now, but stay tuned, folks! With any luck, this will not be as short-lived as my last blogging attempt...Fingers crossed!
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