Do you even know anybody who "blogs" anymore? I mean, I don't know anyone. So purely from ignorance, I assume everyone else doesn't either. The emergence and growth of blogs came during the late 1990s and were often themed on a single subject. Now a days, we have Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and many more. When I created an account for Facebook, I never thought myself as a blogger. It was merely a way for me to stay connected with friends and family and because everyone else had one. I joined the band wagon, shame. Now, I just feel like I'm "creeping" on every ones lives. Blogs are a more personal statement to a less personal crowd. You basically display your diary on the Internet for the whole world to see. Crazy, right? Who on earth would do that?
Me.
Today marks the 72nd day of my freshman fall semester in college. That's including the weekends, labor day and the hurricane day last Tuesday (which we had off.) As I made so obvious before, I am a freshman in college. However, unlike most college freshman, I don't live in a dorm. Many people at school ask, "Oh, so what dorm do you live in?" and then I have to explain this whole complicated story of how "I commute to school from my Grandpa's house, but I really am from Virginia." They usually just say "Oh, cool." and that's it. I think that college freshman can only speak about college freshman things. They forget about the real world and what real food is etc. So, any who, my situation is pretty unique, thus the title of this blog is "A Different Kind of College Life." Pretty mysterious sounding really.
Being a pretty shy kid, not living on campus, not being from this area and even though I've had 72 days to make friends... um, I haven't. Mission, failed. I mean, yes sometimes on the weekends I say to myself, "Gosh, Bridget you're social skills suck, you could be living the college dream right now; drinking cheap vodka and laughing at how funny your toe looks with a bunch of really other drunk people." I say this in a very sarcastic manner, but drinking and hanging out with people is most definitely part of the college experience and I believe everyone should experience it. Too bad, I don't drink or go to parties. I would have made so many friends by now. It's maybe a little sad, but I just can't bring myself to go to parties. They scare me. I don't like the taste of beer or wine. It tastes gross. Once, I had some of that Mike's Hard Lemonade at my aunt's wedding but it tasted just like lemonade. I didn't get it. I didn't even feel any different. I mean I just had to pee ALL THE TIME. So why drink an alcoholic beverage that probably costs more, when you can just drink lemonade? I know why. It loosens you up and let's you have a fun time. So here's where I get all thought provoking... when you drink you basically become a different person or version of yourself. Why would you want to spend time with people you virtually don't know? I say this all now, but once I taste the forbidden fruit and experience it all, I'm sure I'll look back at what I just said and say, "Man, was I an idiot?!"
That being said, I give myself an F in the social aspect of college. I hate myself for it, but it's ok. I'm super peaceful right now... like I've almost reached Nirvana.
Furthermore, I shall end with a message that I'm sure all have heard already... It's November 6th. Go Vote!
