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Fish's cat is so loving it's like omg ;~; She is easier to get along with than most people and she doesn't seem to care that much about food (let alone walks), she just wants to cuddle and be near people because she loves them. My point is, people who dislike cats need to meet more cats. When you find one that genuinely loves you, it's going to give you the most love for the least amount of effort. Unlike dogs. My old dog seems obsessed with food and walks, and it really feels like those are the only reason he shows people affection. Otherwise he'll just lay down and boredly wait to be fed or walked... kinda depressing, really. Like I'll pet him and he won't respond. Cats almost always seem really responsive to their surroundings.
They never seem bored.

I'm sure this varies from cat to cat and from dog to dog, though.

Apparently dogs perceive people to be different than they are, while cats just think we're big, tall cats or something. Cats don't alter their behavior for us as much as dogs do. They do meow at us a lot more than they would to real cats.

I would get Mario Kart 8 since one of the few game that everybody going to have for online play since Nintendo Wi-Fi shuts down May 20. Also the price for Tomodachi Life might drop faster the Mario Kart 8.

I've had dogs that treated me like one of the pack and dogs who thought they were humans. I'm sure it varies just as much with cats.

I'm thinking about moving into the city so I don't have to commute to school next year and I don't even know where to begin with looking for a place. I've never lived on my own before. Should I live on campus or off? Should I live in a dorm or an apartment? The good apartments on campus are super expensive. Living around a lot of people with similar career goals would be good socially, since I'll be apart from everyone I know (An yet, within a short driving distance, lol), but it would suck for a lot of other reasons.

I have a tendency to isolate myself, so I should really try to put myself into a situation where I can meet new people. But A) that's a crap shoot, since I don't know what kind of people I'd be living with and B) living on campus is expensive.

I don't even know what kind of student I'd be considered. I think I'd be taking a lot of the first year classes for the art program, but I'm also done with my gen ed classes. I'd be able to get into the ritzy upperclassmen-only apartments, ideally. I mean I'm 23. But again, there's the cost of it.

I don't know how I'd go about meeting up with people to be roomies if I didn't do it through the school.

I guess I need to switch my mind from anxiety mode to Adventure mode.

As if the distinction wasn't ambiguous.

well i'd say plan your budget if you lived on campus so you could see what you'd have left over for yourself, and if your not comfortable with that amount try to find housing near the campus rather than on it. then get to know people and if it turns out a lot of the people you hang out with live on campus try to work your way into living there instead. bit of a hassle but its a safer approach moneywise.

Is your school more than an hour away from your home?

My strategy was to keep living at home and save a ******** of money. I also haven't made any friends and I'm a senior. It's kinda hard to get close to anyone if you only see them during class. Maybe your school has clubs or other extracurricular activities you could join for free? I totally didn't take advantage of those. Also it's probably not as HUGE as mine... the more people there are, the harder it is to get to know people.

It's about half hour away, but I don't have a car of my own, I don't really want one, and I don't want to get up 40 minutes earlier every day and drive an hour or more every day. That's a lot of gas. The public transit system in richmond isn't that great, and it doesn't extend out to the suburbs.

But the posts come out exactly how I typed them. Okay. And it's fine now... lol.