I've been at Brown for 4 school days, and well, I think I've run out of things to do already. I've already been to the mall, the street that's right next to the campus, the activities on campus, the activities taking place on my floor - I don't know how I'm going to be able to kill 3 weeks of time.

Oh I know! I'll just introduce myself and get to know as many people as possible. Which is exactly what I've been doing. I'm rooming with a guy from Turkey named Enis. It's pronounced like my name, and so we're famous as being "Dennis and Enis". That's actually my claim to fame and why I'm "popular" with a lot of people on my floor and the rest of the building actually. It's come to the point where I introduce myself as Dennis, and someone will reply "Like "Dennis and Enis" Dennis?" And I'll tell them yes and we all get a laugh. But the downside is that I barely remember anyone's name because the introductions fly by in a blur. Hmmm.....

The one thing I've been so surprised at is how friendly everyone is. It's so easy to just go and say hi and introduce yourself to someone here. People leave their doors open, and people don't mind talking about themselves. It's so much different than last summer at Columbia, where groups formed more quickly and it was more difficult to find new friends to get to know. I'm enjoying it quite a lot.

I like Brown a fairly good amount. Only problem I have with it is that there aren't very many places to go or things to do outside of the campus. I'd like to be able to go to a big city regularly that has plenty of activities and sights to fill up time between class and homework. I'm still surprised that my class is only 9-11:50 every day. I should be more busy.