Despite being friends for 4+ years, I’ve gotten much closer with them. I first met up with my Blair friends: Yuri, Christina, Evan, et cetera. Meeting Old FriendsĪ lot of my middle school and high school friends go to UMD, and I had a lot of catching up to do. Do what you want, as you only have a few days before the dreaded classes begin. The first week is a good time to reconnect with old friends, make new ones, and just explore campus. Like the idiots we were, we just stayed in our room for hours until our other Blair friends arrived instead of exploring campus or meeting with our neighbors. I finally had the freedom I was hoping for throughout the entire summer. We would finally be settling down in a new place. He unpacked for a little while, and our parents left shortly after. I unpacked a bit, neatly organizing my clothes and an unnecessary amount of accessories and gadgets that I brought with me. I should have appreciated what I had more. Naively so, as it is absolutely massive compared to other people at my school. It was much larger than my friend Iris’s dorm, who attends Johns Hopkins, yet smaller than I thought it was going to be. How long would it take for me to become familiar with the campus? Would I do well in my classes? Who are my new friends going to be? I was brought back to reality as the elevator’s voice announced that we had reached floor 4.Īfter fumbling with the lock for two minutes, I finally entered my room. As we slowly ascended the escalators, I was struck with uneasiness. I was able to meet my floor’s RAs, Sam and Joyce, who were welcoming the new residents at the front of the building. My mom and I grabbed a cart and started moving my luggage up the stairs to the fourth floor.
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The architecture did not match any of the other buildings in the vicinity, which were red brick buildings, with less flashy windows and visible heating units. It stood out immediately: a rectangular and modern-looking white and black building, covered in tall and slim reflective windows. I was pretty pumped, as my roommate Jason Liu and I would be residing in the fresh-built dorm at UMD. We drove to my new dorm, located at Pyon-Chen hall in the Ellicott Community. I drove with my mom to the Xfinity Center at UMD and picked up my new ID (with a horrible photo), the keys to my dorm, and a small welcome package with chips, drink mix, and a few stickers. I finally was going to crawl out of my shell and venture somewhere new- no more parental supervision, new friends, and a new environment.
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The vast, vast majority of gamers do, in fact, have full lives.I’ve been at the University of Maryland for two months now! Here is a recap of everything that has happened so far. Of the four, the only one that could be attached to the stereotypical gamer is the third, (barely third in numbers), because of the lack of confidence to engage in a socially chaotic activity. Neither would I consider a person who takes the time to go to a club with friends to be under that, since that kind of contradicts the whole segregated from society concept. In fact, I would imagine that one who is under such a stereotype would be very uncomfortable when isolated from a set social circle and engaging in a new one.
Post added at 03:11 PM -Ī peculiar poll result, which portrays the famous gamer stereotype as truth.Of the four polls, when considering typical gamer stereotype I wouldn't consider someone who enjoys going out and spending time in a social setting away from games (column 1) as part of that stereotype.
Infracted: Keep posts constructive and on-topic, please. Ha I'm not surprised so many WoW players on these forums are lifeless nerds. But that's no reason to completely write it off before investigating and making up your own mind. And honestly? Don't worry, you AREN'T sticking out by being alone, despite what your paranoia is telling you, no one is sitting there with a notepad, watching and analyzing your every move. Use your "new to the area" as a talking point. That will get you no where and no one is going to want to engage you in any kind of conversation. It's a lot more fun then being behind the PC.īut if you do it, don't toy with your phone, don't sit there in the corner and look defeated. Ended up not only being some of the best times of my life, but I've met so many people, met so many friends, (and girlfriend), so many connections. Decided I'd just go out, hang around for a bit, leave if I got bored. I took that chance when I was new to the area around here.
It can make you nervous that's a given, but if you go out and have fun with it? It's definitely worth it. If you can get out of your head about it, yeah it's a lot of fun.
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