mrglblah

It's New Haven. Deal.

It rains. A lot. It's kinda gray. But when it's nice out, it's gorgeous. And New Haven in the summer is just amazing. Too bad we're here for the crappy months.

Luckily, though, because of the lake effect, it usually doesn't get crazy cold here. So that's one positive.

It's Yale.

We're smart. Each of us is a little bit of a geek. But we're diverse geeks. There are history geeks and theater geeks and drunkard geeks and Greek geeks and math geeks and jock geeks etc etc etc. The nice part about that is that even though you can factor out the geek part and find people with your interests, everyone here has at least that in common. We're incredibly driven, passionate people, and that doesn't have to be about schoolwork or politics or saving the environment. There are people who are incredibly passionate about producing plays, or charting the climate conditions in Ecuador, or traveling book salesmen in Victorian America, or playing football, or playing Halo.

I think the clincher is that we feel at home in this environment, with these people. I go to my hometown and find that I'm not nearly as comfortable as I am here. I like who I've become here. It really is a surreal, magical place, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.