That One
SMU has mailed out rooming assignments.
Being an upperclassman (YES!), I got to hand pick my new dorm room.
And while I’m excited to finally have my own room (after 19 years of sharing), I’m hesitant about my new suitemates. I really hope I don’t end up with freshmen. Or rather, I hope I don’t end up with hard partiers.
That’s the problem when you go to a big party school and don’t party. I’ll probably end up with partiers.
I’ve already experienced the “look” that you get when it’s Thursday night around 10pm and you’re in your pajamas and have to go out in the hall, where there is a group of people waiting to go out for the night.
It’s awkward. Terribly awkward. I always felt like a bit of an outcast during those times. Like some psycho loner who’s planning to shoot down the school.
Am I a loser for not partying? I don’t think so. Anti-social? No. That weird kid who never leaves the room? Probably. Although if people realize how much time I actually spent out of my room doing work for the Daily Campus, they’d understand why I need to isolate myself from the world every now and then.
I only hope my new suitemates will understand this (while keeping the music down). And in turn, I hope that I can learn to accept their unique qualities and attributes. Maybe even befriend.
