I’m a little kid

Hello, everyone~ My name is Ada Li. I like children’s stories and olde-timey music, like Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf. My favorite television shows are Doctor Who, Torchwood, QI, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. I’m someone who just wants to stay as a kid forever and never grow up. My dream is to win the lottery so that I’ll never have to. I also like to think that I’m a pretty righteous lady too. I fight evil, protect the innocent, support causes, attend protests, etc.

My top three concerns about my freshman year are making friends, finding time to sleep and getting my work done. Sleeping and getting my work done are self-explanatory. Making friends is what worries me. When I came to Baruch, I noticed that almost everyone had friends and that “cliques” had been established already. I feel like the odd one out because only one other kid from my high school had decided to come to Baruch and  she’s not in any of my classes. I’ve made some friendly acquaintances, but I don’t know how to make the transition from being friendly acquaintances to friends. I’m terribly self-conscious; I don’t want to be that kid (you know, the one who forces himself/herself into a group by latching onto them? It’s not righteous in the least.), so I don’t know how I’m going to make friends this year.

I don’t find college all that different from high school aside from the class hours and that my lack of sleep has grown.

I don’t think my first year at college will change me in any significant way. Everything taught in my classes are things that I’ve already learned, to an extent. Being in the city every day isn’t new to me either because I’m in the city all of the time anyway. Also, I’ve already been really independent since I was 13. For the past five years, I’ve pretty much lived on my own; My parents lived two floors above me and only checked up on me once every few months. I’ve cleaned, done laundry, bought food, etc. Eventually, I even got a job to pay for my own expenses. Nothing is new to me in college. I don’t think I’m going to change. I hope I’m wrong and that I do change though (but not like Gregor Samsa).

I hope my post is adequate, hahah.