It's been a while

Yeah, sorry. College is busy. My time has been split between
1. Class
2. Clubs
3. Homework
4. Eating
5. Sleeping
6. Trying not to go crazy!
So, that's why it's been a while.

My friend Savannah started a blog recently, and reading it made me realize that I need to start this one back up! Check her out at sshadypro.webnode.com

So over the last few weeks, I have been to two concerts, had 2 quizzes and a test, and made several new friends! I guess that's how I'll split up this post...

CONCERTS
On the 17th I went to my first concert in Austin at a venue called Mohawk. It was quite an adventure; I had to have big black Xs on my hands. Everyone was dressed to stylishly, but it was like hipster-not-really-trying-but-secretly-trying-really-hard-stylish. A British band called Daughter performed, but I really liked the band that opened for them. They were called Bear's Den. Also British. They had beards and banjos and their music was folksy-meets-bluegrass with a dash of rock. SO GOOD. It was a little disappointing when I came home, though, because they were a lot better live than they are in their recorded tracks. Anyway, I got a Bear's Den t-shirt and a headache from the cigarette smoke and enormous speakers.
Then last night there was a free concert on the South Mall. Two local bands played: Marmalakes and Wild Child. Marmalakes was pretty good. The bass player was ADORABLE and I actually went up to him and talked to him after they played! That was my brave moment of the night. Then Wild Child came on, and they were AMAZING! They are a huge group and have all sorts of instruments: violin, cello, ukulele, keyboard, even horns! Their music is indie and so cute and fun. My favorite song by them is "Crazy Bird," and they played it last night!


SCHOOL
School is a lot harder than I thought it was. I feel like I understand everything in the lectures, but then I get tripped up when it comes to quizzes and tests. I guess that just means I need to work on my studying habits. My grades are decent so far, but they need to be awesome. Luckily I have a lot of opportunities this semester to bring them up. In fact, I have a paper due next week that I need to be prepping for...

FRIENDS
My friends generally fall into one of four groups...
1. My floor
I have three really good friends from my floor in Moore-Hill. One is my roommate, Sharon. The others are Jen and Abby. We go to dinner together often, and try to go to brunch together on Sundays. Sharon and Jen went to the Wild Child concert with me last night. Abby is an architecture major and is often very busy. But we spend time together too; we even went ballroom dancing together one night!
2. Liberal Arts Honors
LAH freshmen all take a writing workshop class together on Mondays, so we get to know each other pretty well, even though we number 100+. I have made several LAH friends. We go to dinner after 102H class. I love my LAH friends because we are all high achievers and have similar interests. One of my LAH friends, Katie, also loves Welcome to Night Vale, Doctor Who, and Sherlock!
3. Hindi Urdu Flagship
There are seven members of the HUF Foundation Year class this year. I have Hindi class with three of them, and the seven of us have our private tutorial with Dr. Snell every Wednesday and go to dinner afterwards. We're all united in a common goal (learning Hindi) and we'll all be going abroad together more than once, so we've all become fast friends. Poor Chris, though; he's the only boy in the group!
4. UT Objectivism Society
I've joined the UTOS, which is a philosophy club where we discuss Ayn Rand's ideas in relation to the modern world. It's pretty interesting, and I've become friends with my fellow officers (I am this year's Treasurer). Jonathan and Corbin are very cool, and we table together occasionally. The three of us are going to California next weekend to attend a seminar! I've never been to California before, so it'll be quite an adventure!

Sorry this post was so long; I had a lot to catch up on! Until tomorrow (hopefully)!