Reflection from this boring campus

Well Ive been here in the Bay area for the past two weeks living on campus at SMC. Its been quite boring to be honest. Alot of the kids working on campus are very busy within their own programs and I work off campus in a department that is isolated from SMC. My roomies are nice, but I dont really have much in common with them.

Last night I talked with my best friend from Ukiah Josanna. I miss her terribly but it was great to talk and laugh with her on the phone. She had found this letter in her journal that I had wrote when I was 18. It was to this hippie guy that was 28 at the time that had a huge crush on me. I would see him all the time at the Ukiah Brewing Company or in front of the court house where I would go to peace protests about the war. He was always asking me out for coffee and I was really weirded out by him because he was ten years older and a creepy hippie. Well the letter was really funny because you could tell that I was a dumb 18 year old kid. I didnt have the confidence at the time to just say "shove it". So of course I did the high school thing to do and wrote a note to him. Thank God I never gave it to him!

The phone conversation that I had with Josanna really made me kinda sad however. Its my first time away from Ukiah during the summer. This time of year is my favorite there. The breezes that come in through the canyon from the coast always strike me with a sense of content. Not to mention Concert in the Park is really fun. I also miss my best friend Josanna terribly, and even though our lives have been blown off course from each other with me here at school and her there in Ukiah living the hippie lifestyle, something always brings us back together like we were 10 again jumping on her trampoline.

So instead of me feeling sorry for myself for being lonely at school I have decided that I am going to take this time to reflect and to really get to know myself and the bay area. I want to try to see something new in this place at least once a week. I actually have been going places driving around. Last week I went to San Jose and saw the play Urinetown with Sean and Skippy which was a wonderful way to spend my time. So if anyone has any suggestions on what there is to see in the Bay area just shoot me a line.

I went on a date this past Friday and that was really nice. I hate though this whole thing where you have to wait for the guy to call you back. Its so lame and frustrating. Especially when you are already lonely. This guy is really cool and I hope we at least get a second date. There is something about those history teachers/feminists that always get to me!

In other news the World Cup has been really fun to watch. Although the USA got our butts kicked by the Chech Republic yesterday. I still dont have a country I am really routing for. It goes game to game. I liked watching the Swiss team today though play against France. Maybe I will route for them.