Today I attended Orientation for University of California: Riverside transfer students. I tried to associate with people and make good conversation, but I found that people appeared to be avoiding me. It might have been because I was wearing my Slayer T-shirt with the 'Reign in blood'� album cover on it.

Perhaps in a first impression environment, something gentler would have been more appropriate. The young adult populace of 2007 would most likely not have preferred a picture of a man goat being exalted in the dark depths of hell.

The most interesting moment from today was lunch. Through a close quarter's arrangement in the lunchroom, I sat across from this blonde transfer student. Now this girl had conservative written all over her. She wore a polka dotted dress and sported this 'overly concerned with everyone's soul'� look on her face.

So as I ate lunch (some weird breed of turkey wrap with lettuce, tomatoes, and what I suspect was Chipotle served with some weird noodle salad'� thing) I randomly looked up. Miss conservative was always looking somewhere else. Either she was looking to side or behind her, but never anywhere near me. And from her face, she always looked like she was going to be sick. I almost felt sorry for the poor girl. She looked about five seconds from a complete breakdown. When I finally left, she must have broken down in tears and then dropped out of college to escape from my type of people.

So maybe the slayer shirt was too extreme for a first impression. It may have to stay in the closet until I make some more friends at that place. And once I do'� well, there already my friends! Not my fault they didn't know I love metal!

I only bought it because I love the band. If I thought that it would offend someone the sensibilities of the secular conservative'� well I still would have worn it.




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