I am so awkward...

Day 2:
for the first time in my life i had dry mouth. not just dry, i need a sip of water, kind of dry mouth--but the kind of dry mouth where your mouth is a huge foam pit/sand dune and there's nothing i can do about it.
i was standing up in front of my first class today doing a monologue and it was the most terrifying thing thinking--what the heck am i doing here? what am i doing with my life? is my teacher going to think i suck? why am i doing the awkward dance? why is that kid not paying attention? why didn't i just stay home and go to school and get married and have kids and make slice and bake cookies?
but it wasn't that bad, i mean after saliva came back into my mouth and after the fact that i found myself laughing very loudly at inappropriate times and then making the situation twice as awkward by muttering under my breath "uhh.that was so awkward. im so sorry" and having people think that i'm the crazy laughing/dry mouth kid who talks to herself.

the things i learned on New York day trois:
1. murphys law happens--if a subway train CAN get stuck, it CAN and WILL get stuck--especially when you don't have an alternate route to the first day of class
2. i met our pothead elevator friend, lovingly named "the doob" and it turns out he's british and likes to awkwardly hit on desk workers
3. the twins from the matrix do exist--and i saw them in the subway, with matching chinstrap beards, shaved heads, bluetooth phones, bald heads and awkwardly matching leather shoes
4. if you try to explore staircases in old hotels and you don't think that it's a fire exit and that the alarm won't go off--it is a fire exit and the alarm WILL go off, forcing one to stealthily escape and pretend to take the elevator. see murphy's law
5. there are still newsies in new york who WILL scream at you to get a free paper

also, there is a kid in my class who, when asked to describe one thing on his wall at home, said he had an alien poster who was meditating, flipping the bird, and smoking a joint at the same time with the words "OMMMMM" written across the top. apparently he loves meditating. and pot-smoking aliens. that's classy art, my friends, classy art.

oh and i've never taken a rediculous ID picture, and i figured, now's the time to let loose, right? right