And by we I mean Cal and I furiously typing next to each other. I have no idea what he is typing just feet away from me. Because really this is an unorganized mess of a collaboration.
So as a little introduction, I'm Tom. As mentioned in the title of this post, I am indeed a girl. We figured that different names from our real ones could be fun, because creating an identity is wicked sweet. I thought abstracted names could be fun, but when someone (ahem... CAL) wants to go by MALICE, it doesn't exactly give the friendliest impression ever. So we settled for something a little more subtle. I am dating Cal's best friend and have been for a little over two years. I've known Cal the whole time, but he pretty never ever talked to me before this last year. I figured he just hated me and thought I was a complete psycho, or was terrified of social interaction altogether. But after working in a shave ice shack together where you have a lot of down time before the next wave of indecisive frozen treat consumers attacks, you get to know a person. It's unavoidable. He was deciding on whether or not to attend college and I was like "DUDE. COME TO COLLEGE WITH ME I HAVE NO FRIENDS BUT IT WILL BE SO FUN AND WE CAN BE FRIENDS BECAUSE WE BOTH HAVE NO FRIENDS." So we did. And we have friends, because we aren't completely socially awkward.
The idea of "eclecticollegiate" is supposed to be our little clever word mash-up of eclectic and collegiate, in case you have yet to put that together. Because this is going to be a mess of all of the different things we are going to try to do with our -as I like to call it "frantically static"- college life. Sounds like an oxymoron, and it is. We live like an hour away from any major city. We literally see hundreds of sheep cross in front of our dorms on occasion, so there isn't a whole lot to do in our little town. But as honors students taking a fair share of credits, we still have a work load. But what about our free time? How are we going to spend that? We are going to try things from leaf pressing and photography to fixing up an old bike or making a blog (Ha! Already started. Check that one off the list) rather than just getting by doing mundane useless activities. Maybe you could even give some input to the strange activities we should try to engage in. We need adventure. And maybe it can inspire you to be adventurous too. Don't be that kid on the computer all day, that's what we are trying to avoid here (or do be that kid. As long as you dedicate a portion of your internet exploration to us every once in a while to live vicariously through our adventure. Or just to make me feel a little better. That's fine too).
And I just became aware that Cal is going to post some goals, so maybe I should too.
- Try to create and upload web comics to accompany these posts.
- Learn at least 2 songs on the guitar. Not just the intros like I usually do.
- Make metal stamped necklace pendants. Sounds cool enough.
Our posts will be a combination of our lives, what things we try, our experiences, and hopefully we can offer a little guidance if you want to try some of the things we do for yourself. Honestly, this is a wild experiment and we haven't got the slightest clue of how it will end up. But we want to keep you posted and have a little fun with it. Be entertained. It's okay to laugh. It's good for you.
-Tom
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