An Interlude Part.4 (Interesting People)

Beautiful weather here in contrast to the late snows back on the east coast. I miss snow to be honest so I wouldn't have complained about some cold, dry weather. It always catches me by surprise that Audi, Mercedes, BMW, these are just nice cars here, not extraordinary ones. You would be doing darn well to own one back home, here there just the car your parents own but maybe not your brother just out of grad school. This isn't a hard and fast rule, but those brands are more common here. I know it shouldn't be as interesting as it is to me, but yet it is.

J.D., female, English (and no I'm not assimilating and having gender issues) is a history major I believe. I would compare her to Becky back home, at least to a degree. She can be a voice of reason and temperance in the group, and at very least will speak her mind when pushed to it. She was one of the most openly welcoming of the bunch, I would say maybe second only to L.L. She keeps with her highschool boyfriend by going home on the weekends to visit. She does tend to be a quiet person, though that changes often, and is coupled with one of the most genuine hellos and goodnights you could ever hope to have address to you. With that voice of reason goes real and true concern.

R.O., female, English, is J.D.'s right hand girl. Its really more accurate to say they trade that status, that they are a pair of hands (or hams as the situation may be). Much the same as can be said for J.D. goes for her except that she is a bit more so. She is more animated and commands more of the room. To borrow a phrase from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" (worth seeing by the way) she has a bit more "muchness" in my mind. I don't mean to say that she and J.D. are carbon copies, but closer to a well balanced Yin and Yang.

J.P., female, English doesn't live in the apartment but she is there so often she's worth including in the list. I believe her major is molecular bio, or at least that title describes what she studies. She is maternal over some of the guys, but not uncontrolled about it. She is also very close with the girls. She does maintain her own group of friends, but it seems that that is only for certain times or even as an outer circle. She can hang at a bit of a distance from you and then surge relentlessly close over the course of a thought.