all this talk about 'networking' really bothers me. sure you go to a good school to get a good job through your 'network.' today during orientation, the career services team told us that we should have an active list of 30 people that we should be calling up weekly and keeping contacts. we should keep those active networking contacts on a spreadsheet and really put in an effort to keep dialogue going. to me, that just seems so foreign and is a completely different mindset that i am used to. for most people here, it's just natural to them. i guess it's weird to be using people just for the purpose of jobs... doesn't that seem so superficial? i guess in the end, it's going to be completely worth it and i'm sure all the other business people are used to it already - but it just seems like you are using people which is something i don't particularly like. maybe it's just part of life in the business world - and i will probably get used for it as well.

i guess this all sorta relates to finding a group of friends... are they just using you as a contact or a genuine friend or both? ugh... i think the worst part of it is forcing myself to talk to people who don't really want to hang out with me.

on another note, i have only met two guys that are shorter than me... actually maybe it's just one... and i'm definitely short by a LOT. the average height in my class is 5'11". that definitely adds to my insecurities. i am so convinced that if any of the girls were here, they would go crazy. at my business school, there definitely a lot more good looking guys than girls... considering that there are only 30% women in the school.