what i've learned in collegeokay. i know i'm not graduating this semester, or maybe even this year, but seeing my roommates spending their last collective semester together in such an extravagant fashion has somehow motivated me to reflect on what i've taken away from my first four years here at university:
- if i were forced to stay in a room with the right finance textbooks, i could've learned all these tedious finance calculations and how to justify your guesswork in about 2 years tops.
- plan II means hard deadlines don't really exist.
- it's infinitely more rewarding to massage the system and get away with it than to play it all by the rules.
- we are all supposed to be putting in a bunch of hard work to learn slightly applicable material
- quitting smoking is hard. and smoking doesn't really look that cool.
- i am not my GPA. but it's who i am to my parents.
- there is still a safety net. in this country, we all get infinite second chances.
- you can push the boundaries of irresponsibility pretty far.
- girls don't have cooties.
- procrastination sucks. but xanga still takes precedence over essaying.
- the bullshit will never stop.
- studying abroad affects you, manifested most singularly in a rapid decline of your work ethic.
- it's so much easier to play hard than to work hard.
- sometimes, it's nice to not get what you want. or at least, not right away.
- you can always hope for a better tomorrow, but unless you do something about it today, nothing's guaranteed. (that's as close to responsibility as i'll get)
- it's all easier said than done.
- i've taken the path of least resistance in college to become the person i am today: an irresponsible, laidback-seeming, fun-loving, intrinsically high-strung, self-medicating, disaffected poser who can cram with the best of them.
How much time and money have I spent for this current configuration? Couldn't I have learned these things elsewhere? Maybe so, but the people I've met and seen these four years have made it all worth it: congratulations to everyone graduating. especially to backgammon, ethan and horace. thanks for doing the dishes.
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funny. i think i've become the laziest mofo in 301. and i'm not even graduating.
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on an unrelated note, happy 7 months babe.
emily trying to find a place to pee in shenandoah national park. hah! ask her if i'm lying. do it.
looking for a place to take a crap along the mississippi.
we went to elephant room this last monday. the word 'scat' has multiple meanings.
emily decimated me at pool. she's effin crazy.
blurry bats. bats hear with radar. they are blind.
yeah. 7 months. whoopee. a thriving relationship.
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