Carmela Carpanzano's Weblog

I attended a play hosted by USF. It’s a very famous play which was brought to life in 1968 at the height of the hippy era. The play which is appropriately named HAIR is about the hippy culture and the values they cherished. They fought the war with a ‘love war,’ permeated with music, drugs and love. Rock and Roll was their communication and love was the result, mixed with some LSD of course.

I really enjoyed the message the play was meant to send. Although, it was incredibly surprising to truly understand how hippies acted. For lack of a better word, they were weird. They all slept together, which was natural at the height of the sexual revolution but besides the obvious, they held cult- like meetings. Surprisingly, everyone stripped completetly naked which caught me off guard. I was shocked the actors were allowed to but I guess it coincided with the theme. Overall, I liked that I was able to finally understand that particular era and I believe the play portrayed it well because it was originated by hippies themselves. It’ worth seeing.

The hardest part of living with a room mate is just the simple fact of not having the privacy I was always used to. It took a lot of getting used to be I don’t really mind it now. I feel as if I can adjust to just about anything now and although I still get woken up sometimes I’ve realized it has more to do with the fact that I am an unusually light sleeper. Although I would rather have my own apartment (who wouldn’t) I’m happy with my current situation; it’s even a good environment for getting my work done. I know this wasn’ t this case in my last bog entry but if I can’t study in my room then I just go in the lounge where plenty of other people study also. I love the people on my floor also, they’re really nice and easy to get along with so honestly, I couldn’t ask for more out of what I’ve been dealt. Plus, an apartment is much more expensive unless you’re off campus. All in all I have to say things are coming together nicely, hopefully I’m not jinxing anything!

So the first two weeks, hmm, interesting I would say. I’m finally comfortable finding my classes. By ‘comfortable’ I mean I recently learned I don’t have to wait fifteen minutes for the bus to get to the Bio- Sciences building. That’s nice to know considering I was late every day. What has really surprised me the most is how trully uneventful the parties have been. Maybe it’s that fact that no one knows eachother but honestly, it makes me wish I was back in highschool. Whoever said college is the best years of your life didn’t go to my highschool. Okay, I sound cynical and yeah, its been great meeting new people and learning a new city but I had no problem with the people I knew and the city I knew. There is no more just ‘getting by’ now. It’s actually time to work and learn and that is exactly what I like about being here at USF. I’m ready to open my mind and learn more in four years than I have in my eighteen. That’s what I’m here for. Unfortunately, I don’t think that’s what my room mate had in mind. It has been incredibly frustrating working (as I’m doing at the moment) with MTV constantly playing in the background. I guess I’m impatient but you would be too with a six foot, Russian, chatter-box as your room mate. Let me just reiterate, this room is anything but quiet. But undoubtably, this is all part of the acclamation process.