A fun little bit of information. It seems like from the beginning of me moving into my apartment, I continued to find things that we needed to buy. My roommate's TV was only 13 inches, which was not enough, so my folks were incredibly awesome and bought me a new Vizio 22 inch HDTV, which is great. In the back of my head I can't help but think, though, that once school rolls around I will probably never use it again. But it's great for the Xbox, and for plugging my Mac into and watching movies and Cardinals games.
But now I will have to get a new phone and carrier and take care of it on my own. Not a big deal, but I've been spending too much time trying to find the best value. Plus, I'm tempted to actually get a phone with access to 3G, or at least the internet, so I can help find my way around this city. I have a relatively good sense of direction, but I tend to need a lot of directions to get anywhere.
But you all probably want some info on Boston since this is officially Day 1 on my own.
Well, my roommate is Parker. He's interesting, but a good guy at heart. I think we're going to get along pretty well. Our room is well decorated with a bunch of maps and posters, and it is beginning to feel like another home, which is good.
But it sucks not knowing anyone else here...or I should elaborate, no one else being here. Our apartment building is still really quiet and a lot of people still have yet to move in, so I'm hoping things will get a bit livelier as the days go on. But orientation is on this coming Thursday, so I'll get to meet all of my Theology classmates who I will be struggling alongside.
I still don't know my classes, will also find that out on the 3rd. Cool to not worry about it, not cool to scramble to get books in time.
I will say that even with a bit of time here, Boston is like no where else I have ever been. Everything is really compact, as in it's all really close together. This makes exploring very easy. I'm very close to the train/subway so getting around is not a problem, but even just walking around is very easy to get to places. Parker and I walked to a local pub last night, it wasn't bad. Loud, like any other time, but it was cool. But a bit farther down is another pub, and another one, and another one. There's one every block in my scientific analysis. And I'm not really much of a drinker period, and I really haven't found anything I like anyway, but the atmosphere is really fun.
On an aside, I don't know the laws of Boston, but I have yet to find a bar that actually has people smoking inside it. I like this. It was one of the things that I always hated about bars was the smoke, and without it I find this a much more pleasant experience.
Speaking of pleasant experiences, let's talk about the people of Boston. I find that they are not as bad as others think, but I'm not going to go so far as to call them all saints. I have found some nice people and some, let's just say not-so-nice. Specifically when driving. I find the drivers in Boston to be something special. But I think it's just part of the character of Boston, and there are a lot of characters (such as the florist who made a delivery to our building yesterday and told us all of his religion called "Howieism," which actually was really cool and I will try to explain later if I can remember it all). But it is very cool, and I am really enjoying what I have seen so far.
Alright, that is all for now, and I will be sure to update when I actually have some good adventures, but so far so good. I miss St. Louis though, but this is going well so far. Peace.
"Don't blame us if we ever doubt you
You know we couldn't live without you
Boston, you are the only only only"
-"Tessie" Dropkick Murphys
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