travel note

I've been in California since Thursday, visiting colleges, for the most part. Actually, I've done nothing but visit colleges, and study like crazy for the AP Chem exam that's looming on Wednesday. And prep for the Am Lit essay, and prep the AP Chem lab for Monday. And do the AP Chem quiz. Dear God, it's been a stressful few days. Not much to say, really. Stanford>Berkeley, certainly, but I was more or less expecting that. And now it's time to get not nearly enough sleep and spend a few long plane rides trying to study some more and tie up the last few loose ends that I've left lying about. Quite good fun. I really ought to write more about my impressions of Stanford, but I think I can sum it up quite nicely in that there was nothing about it that I disliked, and I would certainly like to go there, if I got in. I'm interested to see what my reaction to Penn is, though I think that I'm prejudiced enough in its favor that I will find plenty to like about it as well. The only thing that concerns me is that I feel extraordinarily out of place in California - specifically in Palo Alto/Stanford. San Francisco wasn't so bad, and the Berkeley campus itself made me feel much more at home, what with the greenery and such. The school itself didn't do much for me though - if I wanted to go to a bigger university type place, I'd stick to Michigan or Madison.

I suppose I should be steeling myself for Monday/Tuesday, as the girls cross country team will likely castrate me if I don't get moving, but I guess we'll see how that goes.

Funny, I've been staring at a green dot for the past half hour, wondering whether or not I want to do anything, and I've actually resisted the temptation, oddly enough.

- Veracity Out -
"i'll be there for you"

PS - happy 100th post. took a while to get here, and i feel like i ought to do more to commemorate it, but i'm rather tired and i have to get up at around 3:30 in the morning...joy.