I've got a lot of stuff to do: people to see, money to make, y'know what I'm sayin'?

As I've mentioned, adapting to college life has been pretty easy. In fact, almost too easy. I thought it was going to be really angsty and blogworthy like high school, and here I am, disappointed by not being disappointed. I mean, there are tests and things, but that's pretty much just like high school. If you're able to keep yourself afloat on your own two feet (two clichés that mix like oil and water), you'll do fine with your classes (it seems). You just have to make it your priority; that's why you're in college, after all. And if you can do that, then you can shift your focus to extracurricular activities. But if you don't stick your schoolwork, The Beatles can tell you what happens:

But then again:

I have somewhere to go. In fact, I can go wherever I want (within reason or walking distance). That means that college is a lot better than high school when it comes to extracurricular activities. I could never join clubs in high school because I don't drive, and staying after school would cause me to miss my ride. In college, I call the shots, and I can walk (or take a bus) not only to but also fro. So I'm taking advantage of that opportunity by checking out a few of the hundreds of student organizations on campus. Yesterday, Mark, whose blog I found before I started college here, invited me to check out the hacking club, where they're apparently going to teach people how to identify vulnerabilities in web servers. It's not as interesting as I thought it would be, so I don't think I'll follow up on that.

Last night, I went to the first meeting of Gator Freethought. It apparently originated as the Atheist, Agnostic, and Freethinking Student Association, and has adopted a new term to match its new ideals. While freethought is usually associated with atheism and agnosticism, Gator Freethought is not necessarily an atheist or agnostic group. Freethought is about rationally analyzing your worldview rather than sticking to dogma that you might not entirely have a feel for. Among the 50 or so people at the meeting, there were not only atheists and agnostics, but also Christians and Jews who wanted to analyze their own beliefs with a rational eye. Some of them will probably keep their current beliefs, and others will change theirs entirely. There were also people at the meeting who didn't want to identify with any labels. The point of the group is to allow people to think for themselves, discussing and examining their own beliefs and those of others. I enjoyed being in the presence of other atheists and freethinking persons, so I'll be going to the next meeting.

Today, my friend Amanda told my sister and me about some sort of organ donor club. As an afterthought, I went. The group, as it turns out, is called Get Carded, and the idea is to get people to become card-carrying organ donors. I learned quite a few things at the meeting. Donating organs is a good thing. Well, I knew that. But what I didn't know is that people buy into myths that make them hesitant to become organ donors, and that's why there are so few people who aren't selfish with their organs. I ended up volunteering to man the booth that they're going to set up outside the stadium at next week's football game. It's good to know that I'll be helping to save lives. Now that I'm 18, I should probably become an organ donor myself.

I've been busy going to club meetings, but what else? I'll let you in on a secret: I'm not exactly the most social guy in the world. I sometimes find it awkward to talk to, say, the opposite sex? I know, it's really surprising, since you always see bloggers getting chased by ladies. But anyway, going on dates always would have been a problem in high school, because some girls are really shallow and they probably wouldn't like it if you didn't have a "whip" (car) of your own. Being driven to a date by your parents is also pretty lame. But now that everyone's living close together, transportation isn't really an issue, and I can develop my relationship skills... once I find someone worth developing them with.

Have you heard about Glazastik, Russia's new Internet hero? Neither had I.

Here's an 85-minute documentary called Revolution OS. It's a few years old now, but it's still an interesting look at Linux and the free software movement from some of the people who brought it about.