College: A Brief Examination

My first month of college. That's what this post will describe. If you're in college, you likely know all the shit I'm going to say. If you've graduated college, you know of things that I've missed in this month. If you're not in college yet, then consider this on par with any account of anybody else's first month in college, except that I'm in New York City.

First off, college is nothing like real life. I've been told for years that college is more responsibility, more complex, and such things. Fortunately, it's really not. I've just the same amount of work I did in high school. I have about 12 hours of class every week. The homework means about 4 or 5 hours every week. That's about 17 hours each week dedicated to school. Granted, I'm not pre-med (English Education), but it's pretty easy so far.

Food: it's cafeterias for the most part. Now, some people don't like that. I know that I really have fallen in love with that cute fruit juice machine that makes the grape juice just how I like it, and I'm a good friend with the guys who dish out the pasta and lay out the pizza. I'm on a meal plan, so I get two meals each day (I usually only end up eating one), and I meet all sorts of fun people. I met a girl who plays french horn and is interested in starting a ska band. If it goes anywhere I'll let everyone here know about it. It sounds fun.

You might notice something; in this whole time I've only mentioned one girl. There's a simple reason for that; I know I'm attractive to girls (for some fucked up reason), and it's not much different than high school. Everyone keeps their weird OCD shit and things like that, so it's not some dream world that you might think it is. There's the movie kids who have movies memorized. There are stoner kids (no explanation needed). There are the flaming gay guys who do the best Spice Girls impersonations you've ever seen (and I've seen quite a few). There's the girls who just want to get laid. There's the girls who are saving it for marriage. There's guys of both sorts. Cliques have already formed. It's really no different from high school.

Now we get to what's way different (at least for me). EVERYONE seems to like getting wasted every night. I mean some serious drinking. 12 shots of Absolut Mandarin, no chaser! Anyone? That's what a kid in the second floor did last night. It's crazy drinking. These kids have never had access to booze and so they're going crazy now. While I'm spending my money to see Massive Attack and Broadway shows, they're putting in crazy money for booze. I mean like fifty bucks worth of stuff on Thursday, fifty on Saturday, and then they rest till next week. And that's fifty each. These kids have insane amounts of money. I get 250 each month; that's for shows, concerts, and going out for meals. It covers me fine. The way these kids spend money, I can't imagine how loaded their parents must be. It's insane.

I'll likely post again sometime soon. For now, I'm going to try to get some coherent stories for all of you. Maybe you'd like the 'punk bitches' story. I'll get it all set for y'all.