The campus is beautiful but the sun? Is way too big and bright. And I think this is the furthest away I've ever lived from both the mountains and the ocean. The man-made lake on campus is nice but just doesn't cut it in terms of a large body of water.

The students here are great, my French classmates (I mostly hang out with the French ones because all the Americans live off campus) are a riot and make me laugh nonstop when I am with them. The people around town are amazing too, such a nice change from the pricks of Los Angeles. City of angels my ass. (Okay, I'm bitter).

It's also very quiet up north in general. No constant sirens wailing. No horns blaring. No trucks backing up and beeping loudly. No mariachi music or rap music or crazy Hare Krishna yodeling floating in through my windows. It's peaceful. It's green. Everything seems to move slower here, even time.

It's a little bit of culture shock, but I think I'm liking it. My roommates turned out to be pretty fabulous too. Quiet, clean and very nice.

My only complaints would be the sun, the heat and the dry. Oh and the biiiig parking lot that always seems to be full.