practicality: (Sparda : Sins)
It's quarter 'til three in the morning, and I really should be asleep as I need to be up at eleven thirty to drive home, but I'm having a massive moment of self-doubt about this fall. I'm leaving in four weeks, first to Toronto for a day or two, than out to BC, and right know, I'm wondering - is this really the right choice for me? I think I can safely say that out of the two places I got accepted, UBC is definately the better choice, but...I only applied to four schools, and I wonder now if I should have applied to more places in Boston, because while Vancouver is an awesome city, Cambridge and Boston are what I grew up with, pretty much. I'm going to miss the T, even - there's something about subways that buses just don't quite touch. And while it'll theoretically be nice to be closer to a bunch of my friends, without a car, it's still a four hour trip out to the island or down to WA, which is probably just long enough to keep me from doing it with any sort of regularity and make me totally frustrated in the process

*sigh* I wish I wasn't perpetually second-guessing myself.

Date: 2006-07-30 07:46 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ext_9109 (from dreamwidth.org)
Aw, but UBC is fun! (Get the choc-chip cookies at the SUB, they're awesomely delicious, that and the cheap pizza. Oh, and take a walk down to the beach below the cliffs near Ritsumeikan for the gorgeous sunset and pot-smoking hippies). The UBC anime club is friendly and I know someone there who helps organise the local con who's lots of fun (look up [livejournal.com profile] galaxychild). As a UBC student you get to buy a UBC transport card which entitles you to ride on any of the buses for free or a very reduced fee, and the bus system around Van is pretty good. As for getting to Victoria, the 4 hour trip is easy enough to do even to go down just for a weekend once a month or so.

Date: 2006-07-30 08:09 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org
I'll keep that in mind - I have no idea what the food in the freshmen dorms is going to be like D: And yeah, was definately planning on dropping by anime club, because my old school wasn't cool enough to have one.

I don't think they're actually giving me a choice about the bus pass, actually - I'd be getting something anyway, though, because my car is staying on the east coast.

And I guess some of it is that I'm just used to everything being close here in New England - I was doing a five-hour train commute up to visit [livejournal.com profile] moonything about once every two or three months for a year or so (really stupidly convoluted route - it's just under an hour and a half by car), but from where I live, I could hop on a bus and be in NYC in four hours, which I've done exactly once.

(And your icon deeply amuses me for some reason)

Date: 2006-07-30 08:13 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ext_9109 (from dreamwidth.org)
Which dorms are you in? Totem?

Date: 2006-07-30 08:16 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org
Yep, although I now know one person over in Vanier, so I may end up eating there, too.

Date: 2006-07-30 08:22 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] ext_9109 (from dreamwidth.org)
You're right next to the beach cliffs :P

The few times I ate at Totem the food was pretty good, quite a lot to choose from, but hey, if you want to buy your own food I think there's supposed to be some sort of kitchen in each building? And the grocers on campus are good, though quite a long walk away from Totem so I advise using the security bus :P Totem IIRC also has a bus-stop, and I think you can take a bus from there down Marine Drive to the ferry terminal.

<-- was in Ritsumeikan right next door

Date: 2006-07-30 08:29 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] momijizukamori.dreamwidth.org
Oooh, nice.

I haven't found mention of kitchens, although apparently the lounge areas have a communal microwave and refrigerator - I'm bringing an electric kettle with me to make tea and noodles and stuff.

BC Transit tells me I have to transfer somewhere downtown, for either terminal, although this may be lies - will have to ask around when I get out there, I guess.

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