The Foot in the Ass of Friendship

Freshmen year at NYU was awesome. So awesome that I would've been happy to stay a freshman forever, despite the occasional (okay, sometimes frequent) roommate woes and other snags along the way. They were minute in the end. It's gonna be hard to top 04-05, but I'm gonna do my best. One of my favorite things about last year was being able to knock on someone's door when I was bored, even if I was in my pajamas and it was 1 am. Ah, good times. It's gonna be sad and maybe a little lonely living farther than "down-the-hall" from my closest friends, but I will make the commute as necessary (but probably not in my pajamas).

This year, I want to take better advantage of the city, even if that means doing touristy stuff (or more importantly, even if that means getting up off of my ass, which is really the biggest obstacle in the way of fun/progress.) And I'm going to mark my words! Right here and now! I must take advantage of New York, and I must take advantage before we are all turned into frozen corpses beneath the harsh snows and tundra-like conditions of winter in the city (see picture). And when the apocolypse does happen this year, there WILL be snowball fights and snow angels, goddammit! While I'm making school-year resolutions, here's some other stuff I've been meaning to do:
1) Stop being really shy and awkward. Okay, I told myself I was gonna do that LAST SUMMER before freshmen year. I've improved, I guess, but I need to do better. I'm so socially anxious I' make myself uncomfortable. This time I mean it though! I am gonna talk to random people, smile, laugh, and just generally lighten up and meet people. Even if I make an ass of myself (it's inevitable) it doesn't really matter, because life is too short. Etc, etc, blah blah... For example, at the time this picture was taken, I had known Patches for probably 2-3 days. It was initially a bizarre moment, then fun, and now we are the best of friends*. In the above picture, I had known Chris for about a week and he already had his foot halfway up my ass. Basically, I want to have enough confidence to put my foot on the ass of someone I barely know.
2) Get some style. I wanna stop looking like I fell out of a trash can and stumbled into class. Okay, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but I am sorely lacking in the fashion department. Not that that's really important at all, but it would make me feel purdy. (This is the quick superficial road to confidence, but I'll take what I can get.)
3) Have fun. I do this already, but I wanna do more of it and stop letting money get in the way. And that whole, "but I'll look like a dumbass!" complex. I don't care anymore! Looking like a dumbass is the new black.
4) Eat more fiber and calcium. This is totally unrelated to the other stuff, but apparently these are crucial parts of a healthy diet, and I'm aiming for one of those this year, too.

Revision: Numbers 2 and 3 are conflicting, so I will do either as the opportunity arises.

Now that I've totally abused my picture-posting ability, I think I have nothing else to say. Nothing else that might warrant a visual, anyway. But back to the topic of this year... I'm going to make time to keep up with friends and do fun/stupid/crazy stuff. Because if I don't, I will turn into a miserable old hermit lady (well, not old right away) that cries and moans about how it sucks being stuck in an 11-person apartment all the time. So I won't let myself be stuck! Bring on sophomore year! And hopefully more carnival nights at Palladium, free movie premieres, and other chocolate-covered goodness.

*friends who scream at and choke each other, and get into fist fights in the hallway.