It was intimidating for like 5 minutes, then I was over it. I didn't get even remotely lost, had no trouble finding my classes and there were no issues with my buses. Yaaaaaay.
I'm gonna give a long description of my day now, wee.
So first I went to go wait for my bus almost 10 minutes early, just to make sure I didn't miss it. It was really fucking cold out and my bus wasn't appearing anytime soon. Shortly after leaving, my mom came running after me in her pajamas to give me money to buy a lock, which was probably one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Eventually my bus showed up 10 minutes later than I expected to, so I was out there freezing for 20 minutes. Felt bad, man. While I was waiting, a cat walked by so I got really excited and started frantically meowing at it... a lady across the road sped away, thoroughly weirded out. When I got on my bus there was maybe 5 people on it, and 5 more got on after I did. Awesome, I like quiet bus rides.
I got there and waited in an entrance for Korrin, Alyssia, Alia and Claire to show up. They all did, minus Alia, after about 10 minutes of awkwardly waiting. Claire showed us around a bit so I had a half decent idea of where my classes were. Then Alia came, Claire left, and I helped Alia and Korrin find their classes because I'm a motherfucking travel guide. We did a ton of wandering and I met someone I vaguely knew of. Class started at 9:30 today because Beal is awesome and gives newbies time to get their shit together.
I walked into my Apparel and Textile Design class (basically a fancy name for sewing class) and sat beside a girl I didn't know and in front of the guy I vaguely knew of. His name's John, he has purple and pink hair, dresses like a raver, has so many beaded bracelets on his arms that they may as well be sleeves, seems really nice and appears to be fucking fantastic. He's also the only guy in the sewing class, which isn't much of a surprise. But yeah, he's someone who I hope I'll talk to more. Really, the entire class is pretty chatty and there's some interesting looking people in it, so I think I'll be okay there. My teacher is super nice and kind of funny and generally just makes you feel extremely comfortable being there. I couldn't have asked for a better homeroom :) and I'm really excited to learn to make clothing, too. I know that the grade 12 sewing class makes prom dresses, lingerie and swimwear, so I'm sure grade 11 sewing will be interesting enough. I've always wanted to be able to make, or at least alter, my clothes nicely.. for as long as I can remember, really. I'm so excited to start getting more into that.
Next I went to my law class. I was fucking exhausted (I got 45 minutes of sleep last night) and almost nodded off. I couldn't though, because in that class we have those downs desks where the chair is attached to the desk and they're all in a row and the guy behind me kept fidgeting which meant his desk kept hitting my chair and it was sort of irritating. I guess this is a good thing though, because I'll manage to stay awake for my most boring class this semester. My teacher was pretty nice and I sit behind the two loudest guys in the class. They brought up a 20 minute discussion about weed. Why was I not surprised? Anyway, my law teacher pretty much said she doesn't care if we skip. Which is convenient, because that's the class I'd need to skip in order to visit STA on their lunches. I guess it'll be an okay class. I'll probably feel exactly the same about it as I did about civics. OH AND ALSO A GIRL IN THAT CLASS HAD ZELDA RELATED DRAWINGS ON HER PANTS. I was gonna geek out and talk Zelda with her but I didn't get the chance. There was also a girl with blue hair who seemed friendly and kept looking my way. I don't know, I guess it'll be an okay class. I'll probably try to switch out of it for a subject that interests me more, though. But if I can't, that's okay too.
Next was lunch. I found Alyssia, Korrin, Alia and Michelle and we attempted to look for a shwarma place but ended up going to subway instead. I didn't bother eating at lunch though, as usual. Oh well. It was an interesting lunch, being downtown among the sea of beal kids and the other sea of CCH kids.
I then went to the basement for my afternoon of art. Michelle's in that class, as well as 2 other girls I've met a couple of times. I didn't really say much to anyone but Michelle, even when we did a getting to know people thingy. I mean, I wanted to talk to the person I was partnered with, but I just couldn't. Words wouldn't form. and so, I didn't. I also learned how my art classes work- Monday and Tuesdays we do ceramics, I think Thursdays are art history, and I think Wednesdays and Fridays are drawing. I can't quite remember, but yeah, something like that. So today was ceramics! Mostly my teacher just rambled and explained stuff in a not extremely interesting way which was an issue for my tiredness. There was some really neat stuff in there though, and I'm definitely excited for the ceramics portion. It's so neat. We used sandstone clay today to make... basically whatever we wanted. First she wanted us to make a bowl or tea cup or something, but it was pretty open to do whatever. I attempted to make a tea cup but it started to look more like a gravy boat. Regardless, it was a nice start to my bealart experience.
Halfway through art we got a 10 minute break. Michelle and I wandered down the hall a bit where my friend Kerry, more commonly known as Penis, met us. I guess he visited beal today specifically to see me, which, I was pretty shocked by. So Michelle and I talked to him for 10 minutes then went back to class. It was weird though, that 10 minute break. Normally if I had a break like that, I'd go find Emily or someone who would leave class to hang out with me during. But at Beal, even if I wanted to hang out with someone not in my art class, it'd be difficult. Korrin and Alia were both on the second floor, and by the time I get up there, it'd basically be time to leave. Whereas at STA, I could get to opposite ends and floors of the school in 5 minutes, maybe less.
Beal and STA are just so different. At STA, I always felt so uncomfortable there, to the extent that if I could have, I would've worn an invisibility cloak the entire time. Everyone there is so judgmental. I'm sure Beal has it's fair share of assholes too, but there's definitely less of them. There's a lot of really unique individuals and no one really seems to frown on anyone too horribly for being a bit different. I just feel really comfortable there, and so unconcerned with what people think of me. Maybe I even feel accepted, which is something I never felt at STA. Like Korrin said, STA was like the high school from Mean Girls, and Beal is what you hoped your high school experience would be like. Plus, it's hard to even notice if someone's giving you a horrible look or whatever. It's SUCH a busy, full school with so many more students. Everyone's coming and going in so many different directions so fast I can hardly notice certain people. At STA, you could see your friend at the opposite end of the hallway no problem and they'd always see you too. There's no avoiding anyone. Basically, STA is to Beal as this city is to NYC.
This is the longest post ever. I'll wrap it up soon.
I know this entry is extremely optimistic. I'm sure by next week I'll start to feel that familiar sinking feeling I always felt in grade 9, because I have no friends in my classes (except art). I'm also used to being with pretty much of all of my friends during the 5 minutes between classes, but at Beal there's really no time/ it's too hard to find everyone. So I'm sure I'll be sad and lonely soon enough. But it'll be so worth it because the classes just seem to be so amazing so far. Unlike at STA, doing a full extra year at Beal wouldn't get boring or tedious, it seems. They just have so many great classes to offer :3
Anyway, that's my day. After art I found Korrin, then found my bus. It had way more people on it but I sat much closer to the back and still had a seat to myself. I got home at 3:18. I used to get from STA at 2:20, haha. So worth it though. Byebye.
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