1 Day!

Princeton Picture:



Fitzrandolph Gate. Campus tradition / superstition dictates that any student who walks out of this gate except on the day of graduation, will not graduate.

Princeton Fact:
Famous Fictional Alumni
Phillip Carlton Banks of Fresh Prince
Doctors of House M.D.
President Charles Logan of 24
Sam Seaborn of West Wing
Anna Hathaway from The Princess Diary
and the best Princeton Fact of all.
Bruce Wayne!

Preparations:
Do one last batch of laundry, go to dinner with parents, going-away party.

Feelings:
Woke up a little scared.
This is the last night I'll be sleeping in my bed.
Its not real yet.

Well thanks everyone for reading. I probably won't get to update tomorrow, but I'll try. I won't be around again until the 6th or 7th when I get back from my backpacking trip, and even then who knows. I'll try to not have my blog go dead, but I'm not making any promises. Its been fun.

2 Days!

Princeton Picture:



Just a cool picture of some dorms. No backstory

Princeton fact:
Famous Princeton alumni
James Madison
Woodrow Wilson
Dean Cain
Brooke Shields
Aaron Burr
Ralph Nader
John Nash
Cornel West
Wentworth Miller
Ethan Coen
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Preparations:
None, relax, spend time with friends, get ready for Kristen and Charlie's wedding.

Feelings:
Can't wait.

3 Days!

Perfect Princeton Picture:



Outside my dorm in Winter. I can't wait.

Princeton Fact:
Princeton acted as the capital of the United States for 4 months while the Continental Congress met there after being run out of Philadelphia. Later, the British took control of Princeton as well.

Preparations:
Completely finished packing :) Including weighing my suitcases.

Feelings:
Greatly pleased that my friends planned a surprise going away party for me, even though I found out. Its the thought that counts. :)

4 Days!

Princeton Picture:



Foundtain outside of the Woodrow Wilson School

Princeton fact:
Seniors jump into this fountain after they turn in their senior thesis.

Preparations:
Repack my bags since the first time I forgot to include shoes.

Feelings:
Blah. I want Saturday to be here already.

5 days!

Princeton Picture:



This is the rowing center on Lake Carnegie.

Princeton Fact:
Andrew Carnegie's son went to Princeton, but also wanted to do crew, but Princeton didn't have a team. So Carnegie just paid for a lake to be built, hence Lake Carnegie.

Preparations:
Started packing, was amazed by the miracle of space bags. I fit a pillow, body pillow, comforter, sweaters, and sheets into my suitcase with room to spare. Packed for my Backpacking trip.

Feelings:
It was my last Sunday at DFCC.

6 days!

Princeton Poster Picture:


The poster I want for my room.

Princeton Fact:
Princeton, like many other Ivies, used to have a swimming requirement of all graduates . They would have to stay afloat for 15 minutes. Columbia maintains this requirement.

Preparations:
Seeing family in San Diego for the last time before I leave.

Feelings:
More nervous as the days go on. Also more like it isn't even happening.

7 Days!

Princeton Picture:
Forbes College, my residential hall



Olympic Related Princeton Fact:
The Nude Olympics were a tradition where, on the first snow of the year, student would go out and have athletic events in the nude. Cancelled in 1999 (though my Dad says that they still happen, they just tell everyone they're cancelled)

Preparations for the day:
Chose which clothes I want to take. Clean out half of my drawers.

Feelings:
Like I can't fit my whole life into two suitcases and a carry-on.

Wow...

http://www.ivygateblog.com/2008/08/egotistical-princeton-freshman-wants-to-rule-the-world/

Ok, so this is a blog from IvyGate, an association that blogs about every single things negative to ever go on in the Ivy League, supposedly for the entertainment of other Ivy League students.

This girl is from my class of 2012, no I don't really agree with her. She's just eccentric and a little weird, but everything she has posted on our board has been an outrageous joke, and I just tried to ignore her.

Now I find myself wanting to defend her.

This STUPID organization, IvyGate, spied into our private Facebook Princeton 2012 group and copied and pasted this whole speech into their blog, and encouraged everyone to add her and tell her what they thought. Then these pariahs researched every single detail of her life, including her high school, pictures of her, her Chinese name, where he Dad works, everything just so they could ridicule her, and they've never even met her! I hope they start talking crap about all of my class, including me, I'm so ready.

Ridiculous.

August 4th plus one

Another August 4th has come and gone, but yet it doesn't feel the same.

Or maybe its just because I don't feel the same. I feel like everything is changing so much. Or maybe I'm changing so much and leaving everybody behind. I'm anxious and nervous and apprehensive and more synonyms to infinity about leaving. Only 25 days left. Weird.

At least the Mole was excellent.