The Newness of Everything

I seriously fail to understand the point behind this Webdings font. For those of you that don't know what Webdings looks like, here's an example:

Welcome to my blog!

Why -- out of hundreds of other perfectly interesting fonts -- has Blogspot decided to place the most incomprehensible one as a possible default setting? It just doesn't make any sense to me. What makes Webdings special? Who invented Webdings? Does anyone even know how to read Webdings*? Ten points and glory go to anyone with answers.

Anyway...

Welcome family, friends, and random readers! My name is "Chubby Bunny," and I'm gong to attempt to maintain a chronicle of this time that I will spend in a far away galaxy known as "college." For security purposes, I will be blogging under this pseudonym and keeping the location of my school on the down low, but please feel free to leave a comment or a suggestion for my improvement. I'd like to think of myself as an aspiring writer, but, paradoxically, I also think that I suck at writing. (I'm sort of a complicated person, but who isn't?) Either way, this blog promises to be filled with my daily wanderings, brain farts, and various other eccentricities. If you're not interested in reading, don't. If you are, please continue and enjoy!

So far, college has been quite an experience. I'm living in the dorms on campus, and they actually aren't as bad as they're portrayed to be. Even though the community bathrooms are a little freaky and having only a teensy tiny amount of personal space can be rough, it's not that horrible. My bed is extra long and comfortable enough for me to get ~9 hours of sleep every night. Facebook connects me to people back home, and, thanks to my gracious roommate, I even have ice! Oh, sweet ice. My classes are interesting, although pursuing a degree in liberal arts requires that I read virtually all the time. It can be exhausting, but it's also proven to be fun. I've learned all about Socrates and the Socratic method, ancient Greece, and modern democracy. I feel like I'm getting more out of these lectures than I ever got out of high school, which is definitely a change for the better. I've also joined the University Democrats and intend on pursuing a few other extracurriculars. Life is pretty good.

On the other hand, though, I have dealt with a hearty share of homesickness. My university is approximately 600 miles away from home, and only one of my closer friends comes here. I've spent many a meal eating alone, immersed in the latest book that I have to read in time for classes the next day. In all honesty, I don't mind eating alone as much as others, but I do get tired of spilling food on books that I hope to sell back online. It hasn't been the easiest transition in the world, but I'm adjusting. Ironically, even though I live away from my parents, it's as if they're still here, nagging me to get up or go eat or work out. I'm building a schedule for myself. It would make mommy proud.

One of my biggest complaints about university life is that it is ridiculously expensive. NOTHING on this campus is free! Want to eat lunch in the school cafeteria? Want to join an organization? Want to walk down the street without being hit by a rogue bicyclist? It'll hafta cost ya, sorry. Sheesh, you'd think they've plundered enough money from me just to pay for housing and tuition! (I'm also very much a cheapskate, so even the smallest of expenditures makes me want to pee in my pants. Eventually, I'll get over it. I hope.)

With all that said, I'm off to go for some of my own plundering. There's allegedly free food and t-shirts at the Queer Students' Alliance Carnival tonight, so I'm going to hit it up. Maybe I'll meet a few interesting people! Au revoir, friends. Until next time, and thanks for stopping by.

-- Chubby Bunny

* Incidentally, the opening to this post was not intended to insult any Webdings enthusiasts out there. Whoever y'all are, you're awesome. In my books, knowing Webdings is like knowing binary code: impossibly useless outside the world of computers but cool nonetheless. Props. :)