College, when compared to my current state of affairs, seems like a mountain of activity, study, learning, people, things, places, and ideas not unlike the massive work I faced when I returned to school after my back surgery.
This time, I'm ready.
As of now, I'm doing close to nothing. I'm "recharging my batteries" if you will. With few exceptions, I sleep whenever and for however long I want. I eat whenever I'm hungry, which amounts to one, sometimes two small meals a day. I rarely leave the house. I have no job, and virtually no bills or expenses. I lounge around the house taking care of minor chores or Purdue papers with a calm, relaxed attitude. I'm simply conserving energy, time, and money for the calamitous event that starts in three weeks.
Purdue, I'm sure, with it's Boiler Gold Rush (n00b freshman early move in week), huge campus, barren landscape, Indiana weather, new living space, roomate, and my hectic schedule as a Freshman Engineer will snap me quickly back into my old habits of regular sleep (apparently, a commodity needed most by those who actually are active) and eating (apparently, a commodity needed most by those who burn calories). I'm ready, but not too ready. It'll come when it's time, and no sooner. Until that time, I'm going to continue to live my life as I see fit, exercising probably my last great summer of freedom. Probably sleeping away my last great summer of freedom.
Maybe it's all my astronaut biographies I've been reading lately (3 in the past week), but I can't help but look at college as some sort of epic adventure. It's a totally new environment with new rules, new players, new pieces, and even a new strategy. High school wasn't that much fun for me, so I'm really hoping these next four years will be everything I've hoped. I want to meet new friends, hopefully some that will come close to my current ones. I want to study and learn and earn my aerospace degree. I want to meet people who have no idea who I am. I want a change of pace and scenery. I want to live and work on my own.
I really really want to meet girls who care about something OTHER than petty backstabbing high school political clique bullshit. A girl who can carry on an intelligent conversation about something she cares about. An independent girl. A girl with an open mind and a good heart. A girl that can make me laugh and a girl that can teach me something. A girl without a shirt or personalized plate that says "Spoilt" or "Flirt" or "Princess" or "Daddy's Girl." I searched the West Clermont district up and down for girls like that and only found a handful.
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Ya know, for a minute, I thought you were going to say, "A girl without a shirt on...". Yeah, those girls piss me off.
ReplyDeleteI wish he would have said "A girl without a shirt on..." because that would have been so sweet.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Ryan, if I were you, I'd stop looking. I've been told many times by different people, and it makes sense, that you always find something you were looking for once you forget about it.
May be hard to do, but take that into consideration.
Not do anything? *sigh* Seems like a big gamble, but I suppose I need to focus on other things besides girls at college. I guess I can try that.
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