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OrientedDis.. Disoriented. |
Friday, February 15, 2002 Oregon Trip - Day 1 (.. and some of slightly 'yesterday') So here I am in Portland, OR.. safe trip.. everything went smoothly. Just hours ago I was sitting in a huge scholarship interview at ASU. Crazy. A little about yesterday: My dad finally got us out of the house around 10 p.m. (2 hr. drive to Phx.); however, my dad discovered he forgot his wallet after about half an hour already driving on the interstate. He turned the car around, and 10:50 p.m. we were finally leaving my little town back on the interstate. yeah.. as you can imagine.. I was beyond angry at this point.. so I just moved to the backseat and slept the entire way.. I didn't feel like fighting yet another pointless fight. The next day I thought for sure I was going to miss my interview because my dad woke up, literally, 5 minutes before I had to be out the door on my way to the interview (or guaranteed lateness otherwise). The interview was 4 hours long.. and my sore throat hadn't completely gone away.. 4 hours of taaaaaaalkkkkkinnnnnnng. It was pretty fun though, actually. I met a lot of cool people from around the state (many had driven many hours from various regions).. a lot of people who I see at the saaaaame 'leadership'/award/honor type things. It's funny how I know the top students from around the state despite me having no real connection to them.. "Weren't you at so-and-so?".. "Didn't you go to G-rls St-te?".. "-O-Y?".. et-cet-era (words d-a-s-h-e-d so hopefully no one personal/mentioned/associated will run a search and find this..). So. Life is.. hm, boring? *grin* nah.. I just get tired of it all. I met an awesome guy at the L-S interview today. Ha.. though it would figure.. he lives miiiiiles away.. so who.. cares. It's always that way for me. *shrug* I thought he was by-far the best speaker at the interview (we had to do a 'group' interview AND individual interview where in the group interview EVERYONE (each candidate even) listens to your answers.. it was different. Anyway, he made an effort after the interview to find me :) and said.. "I never formally introduced myself.. I'm M-rk *smile* .. I thought a lot of the things you said in there were really great.." (lol, though I thought I sounded completely not-with-it today.. such as, one time during the group interview I was spacing out and when it came my turn to answer the question I had forgotten the question.. started mumbling about crazy stuff.. and then I was like "uh.. can you repeat the question?".. *grin* it was embarrassing.).. anyway.. then he said I had mentioned in there that I attended some church (though in all my effort I cannot remember for the life of me when I said anything about that??.. uh.. and I can usually remember every response/remark I make in an interview.. and I can't remember that at all?..) anyway, it was cool 'cause we just came to understand eachother's faith-type.. I would've never thought he was 'Baptist'/Christian (but who am I to judge really?).. and he was just genuinely interested in getting to know me better. *shrug* I guess it was just cool because there were a lot of people there that he could have 'formally' (lol.. I still think that's funny/cute) introduced himself to, and I'm 'shy' (talkative but shy initially) and he saw something great about what I had said in the interview? *smiles slightly* and I remember thinking to myself during the interview when he was talking.. "well it's good to know there are still some decent and smart guys out there" .. hehe, neeeeeat.. oh well.. and then I wanted to just walk and talk more with him after the interview, but I couldn't because I had a flight to leave for in 5 minutes.. then with a -- "bye *smile* .. I hope you get that scholarship, I know you will ;Þ" -- we left our separate ways. Did I mention that dream I had last night?.. Maybe I'll mention it later, if I have time or can remember it in the slightest when I have time to try and remember it. It was really, uh, strange.. I want to say 'intense', but it's not something that should really be described as 'intense'. Then 20 minutes later, after the interview, I was loading my luggage on an airplane for Portland. Michelle, my best friend whom I haven't seen for a loooooong time now, met me there. :) It was great to see her, and we're staying at my Cousin's (2nd cousin.. he's awesome) house. We have our own kitchen/bathroom/room.. it's soooooo much nicer than a motel.. we really lucked out. :) Tonight we just drove around.. kinda got lost.. hehe, we actually ended up at Lewis & Clark tonight because we got lost (major lost), but we still plan to go back tomorrow. Unfortunately, I don't feel that Lewis & Clark is going to be a good match for me. It seems like a really nice campus, but it's in the middle of no where.. there is absolutely nothing going on at the campus it seems.. shops.. bookstores.. nothing. It was Friday night when we drove up there tonight, and the campus is literally dead.. no one walking around.. no one talking outside.. heh.. I don't think I really want that. I need a campus where they're alive on friday night. Anyway.. I'm out. I'll be posting everything about the colleges/universities (only two) at this site.. just so my mom can read about them without getting the 'extra personal stuff' on me here. :Þ . . . babbled Lin |
