Stalker #3

[alexakaruda]

I had this nice post I was working on, about how much I love grad school--aside from the daily beatings--and about how much I'm learning and how great it is here. I was talking about how much I love Columbus (much to my dismay? surprise? I dunno) in spite of my expectations

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[sapphire_hime]

I think you've handled the situation really well. I wouldn't have been able to think so clearly and not freak out ^_^; I hope he stops bothering you after this.

What are you studying at Columbus, if I may ask? My cousin goes to the same school as well.

[alexakaruda]

Thank you. I guess I've just had enough experience with stalkers, and I know that things only get worse the longer they are allowed to go, so I just decided to make him aware of his actions and the effect they were having one me. I hope he stops bothering me, too. ^_^

I'm studying Japanese pedagogy, actually. I'm so excited!!! They have all these great classes here and I'm really looking forward to taking them. (Well, there are some classes that I have to take that I'm not looking forward to, as well, but, c'est la vie.)

What's your cousin studying? Is s/he an undergrad or grad student? What a small world!

[sapphire_hime]

I'm not too fond of some of my classes this semester, but I can't wait until I started taking specilized courses :) I believe this is my cousin's last semester at Columbus, though, before going back to Kuwait. She's an undergrad studying genetic engineering (which sounds fascinating for me, who's never taken any science related classes in years).

[alexakaruda]

Yeah, I've had enough stalkers that, at this point, it's a matter of, "Well, do I pretend like it's not happening and let it go on to the point where it really interfers with my life, or do I stop it now before it gets out of hand?" Thinking about it that way, the solution seemed pretty easy. I know from experience that hoping it'll go away doesn't help anything

[anonymous]

In our entering class, I'm the only American girl, and the only girl on the Japan side; since there's a kind of language barrier (I think that the Chinese grad students are a bit embarassed to talk in English), I'll probably only get to know the guys, although "hang out" is probably too strong a word to use. Apparently, you should be here at Illinois!

~Leona

[anonymous]

I'm glad you're enjoying Columbus. Grad school is awesome, as long as you get enough sleep.

The first thing I thought of when you did your last post (about Satan following you) was that somehow, you had a Wash Uer in your department. Thank god. I'm glad that you're getting the chance to get rid of your stalkers before they start being a problem. They may make somewhat good conversation topics, but I doubt they're worth the hassle...

~Leona