New Friends Are Like New Ovens.

These days I've been facing the challenge of how to get to know people in a new city that has so many parts to it, and at a school where I'm taking fewer classes with an even smaller pool of students (who also are primarily female).

Boston is divided into sections and they are so different. There's Cambridge which houses Harvard and MIT with Harvard Square as a center of some of the hustle and bustle of the area. Then there is the Back Bay area which houses Emerson College (my little artsy school), the theatre district and parts of Suffolk College. Next is Brighton (which is where I technically live) where Boston College sits just across the reservoir. These are the only areas that I have had contact with or have explored so far and it's almost like they are these tiny towns with different personalities, that together create the city of Boston.

That being said, it's been a little daunting at times as I attempt to maneuver my way through this new city and familiarize myself with my surroundings; all the while trying to get to know places and people that are so diverse.

I've only met girls so far, considering there are three boys total in my two classes. There have been a few girls that I've exchanged numbers with and chatted with while waiting for the T. And I've been hanging out with my roommates a bunch, which is great because they are awesome. But it's been harder to branch out further so far.

However, I did meet a girl in one of my classes that has "friend potential" as my friend Catherine put it. Ironically enough, she's from Arizona also so we bonded over the whole "west-coast vs. east-coast" thing and she's a writer like me but she doesn't seem like a writer when you first meet her. She's not moody or pretentious, which is so refreshing because I'm met a lot of...'douche-y' writers in my day. In fact, sometimes even though I am a writer, I can't really be friends with other writers, not true friends anyways.

I keep coming back to how important patience is in times like these, times of transition and change, but that's probably because it's true. I baked cookies for the first time in my new oven and the first batch came out a little too brown for my taste, so I adjusted the temperature on the oven and put the second batch in. They came out perfect.

I think it's the same with new friends. Sometimes you don't click right away with everyone you do meet, but you keep trying and putting yourself out there until you meet those people where it just works. So here's it to putting yourself, or in this case myself, out there.

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