I never really had this type of experience before - everyone meeting everyone all at once. I don't remember doing it freshman year of college. I do like it. I never thought of myself as that much of a people person -misanthrope might be a better description - but I do look forward to finding out about my new classmates and all of that. I have a new great friend who seems to be as passionate about television as I am!
I am fond of the British beer - the room temperature "real" beer stuff. I've never liked beer all that much, and much of the Northwest seemed to embrace the excessively bitter beer with way too much enthusiasm, meaning that almost everything borders on undrinkable unless you have spent years abusing your taste buds. It is like hot sauce, without any endorphin rust - just unpleasant.