All in the Golden Afternoon

Salutations people I haven't talked to in *insert time here*, being fully aware of my celebrity status here, I simply had to come on and give a little update as to what the hell is happening in my life. Wouldn't want to neglect my no doubt numerous fanbase, amirite?

Well, let's see... The transition from Redneck Tech (the local community college) was not an easy one. I managed to get by there by half-assing my way through every class, and got out of that shit hole with a 3.0 GPA and on the dean's list. Of course, I expected what would be expected of me to increase once I got to an actual university, but, unfortunately, I did not expect the gap to be so wide. I have 15 hours, consisting of 5 classes. In those 5, three of them, the first test, I made in the 60's, which ranges from D-F, depending on the department. Not good, primarily due to the fact that I am on financial aid, and must keep a C average... Made even worse by the fact that the aid alone was not enough, and I had to take out a student loan- which, if I happen to lose the aid, I would have to pay back immediately. And, well, poorfags gonna poor, so, yeah. I've discovered that my overabundance of apathy and lack of initiative is, unfortunately, not so easy to shake off. Nonetheless, I've been studying harder and am managing... So far.

Well, that's just one facet of college life, academics, that is. What of, say, my social life? That, to my surprise, appears to be flourishing.

"But wait, Matsu-Dono, haven't you considered the probability that those two factors have an inverse correlation?"

Oh you, of course I have~ I've analyzed it and concluded that there is no correlation, as I didn't start making friends until 4-5 weeks in, and my poor performance was present from the start, painfully apparent around weeks 2 and 3. Here, nearly 7 weeks in, is where things are beginning to improve, so, if anything, there must be a converse relationship between the two.
Now, as for what a "social life" consists of... Well, let's see, for one, many of the students are just friendly, and will start conversations with strangers, me, for example. One girl greeted me one day, shook my hand, we talked a bit, she left, I met her a few days later and learned that her odd behavior (coming up to a stranger, shaking hands, being... nice?) was due to the fact that she had caffeine beforehand, and she normally does not drink caffeine. She's not supposed to, because she was born with a hole in her heart. So, that's one relationship started. Another... Well, I saw this girl who looked like the other girl, and started talking to her, only to realize that she was not the same girl (looks nothing like her, actually), but we still talked, for about an hour, and I got her number a few days later, and now we talk, so that's another relationship. And that group of people that I've begun spending my Friday nights with, Game Night, I've become apart of the group, it seems. We've exchanged numbers, we talk frequently, I fight with someone whose personality is similar to mine (in a friendly rival sort of way), have managed to earn my way into the personal bubble of the groups "guardian", gotten to know the couple a bit better, stuff, stuff, more stuff. The "guardian" of the group, a very frightening woman, has done something that... Well, I'm not really sure how to describe it... I'll just explain- as many of you know, Pokemon X and Y are coming out Saturday, everyone in the group is getting it, when the "guardian" of the group- by the way, I say that as she keeps unsavory people away, as she would have done with me had she not seen that my creeper vibe was passive and unintentional, and as she did do to this one guy who made offensive sexual comments, who was "encouraged" by the one black guy in the group (whitest black guy I've ever met- I mean, dude's chocolate and has his hair in dreads but he is whiter than I am- that's saying something) who is very large and muscular and persuasive, to leave and never come back... Where was I... Ah! Yes, she... Well, when she asked which I was getting, I told her, and she asked if I was going to get it on it's launch date, I'm broke, so it would have had to wait until next month. Would have. It doesn't, as she took it upon herself to preorder it for me, fully paid for, citing her reason as "I want everyone in the group to get it at the same time", to which I profusely thanked her, and promised to thank her for later... What is that, exactly? No one has ever done that for me before. And it's bigger than that, it's... I'll explain how it's bigger after I go into the next facet of college life- romance~

Yep. That's right. Romance. The last thing I expected to be dealing with. The girl I mistook for the other girl who looked nothing like the other girl? I have a bit of a crush on her. She is very kind, very smart, very funny, very, very pretty and very, very, very diabolical. We started having lunch on a weekly basis, and I asked her if she wanted to hang out Saturday, she accepted. I'm picking her up from her dorm Saturday, we're going to go pick up our copies of X and Y, and spend the day playing them at that café, then go back to her dorm room and watch Anime... I have a date Saturday... I think I have a date Saturday... Do I have a date Saturday? ._. I honestly don't know what to call it. I haven't told her I liked her yet, plan on doing that before seeing her off Saturday night, so at this point isn't it just acquaintances indulging in shared interests...? I don't know. Er, moving on. Now, here's where the story of social life and the story of romance coincide- most people from game night are friends with this girl, including the "guardian", and she told me to ask this girl if she had preordered her copy yet, when I learned that she hadn't, and relayed this to her... Here's where what she did gets bigger- she preordered two copies, one of each, and fully paid for both of them, as we decided that my picking her up Saturday holding her copy of X (I'm getting Y specifically so we can trade) and her preorder bonus... She thinks it's good idea, I... I think it may seem like a bit much, but I won't complain. When I asked her why, she told me that she likes to see people to get their best chance. I can't argue with that. She also decided that my copy would be a "welcome to the group" present, so I have to pay her for the other girls game whenever I get the money. So... Yeah...

Things are going... Well? ... Are things going well...?
I dunno.