Late night, year long update.
Yep I'm here, purposely stretching your friend's page. It's been a little under a year since the last time I updated this. I still read everyone's journal at least once a week. I would make this late night update on my site, but if you read it you should know that for some reason I can't log into in from my house. It is strange, like the IP address from this location is blocked without me knowing. Anyways, I never feel completely comfortable righting how I feel there because I consider it less personal than you, livejournal.
So whats happened in the last year?
- To anyone packing and going away to the great unknown, also know as college, go into it with the most open mind, I swear it will pay off in the long run. It is a sensory overload, and there are so many new people. It doesn't matter if you are in the middle of no where or in the city, there will always be something to do. If there isn't, make something out of no where.
- Don't be afraid to talk to strangers. There is a lot of shifts in friendships that first few months, but don't let that be the one thing to stop you from talking to someone. Don't automatically latch onto the people that are most like you, explore, that is what it is for. Go walk around and don't come back until 3 in the morning.
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I have run into so many people who automatically think because I go to an art school all I do is draw and basically have no classes. It is one of the few preconceived notions when meeting me that anger me.
LOOK AT THAT, THAT IS MY SCHEDULE NEXT SEMESTER, 3 hours basically for each class, and my mondays are saved for interships. Never bitch about the fact that you have class from 10AM to 4PM when I have class 11AM to 9:30PM.... Anyways. I love my major, I love what I do and I invest so much time and effort into my work that there have been so many times where I haven't seen friends outside of school for weeks. Then I become so spiteful and bitchy that I can't even stand myself. Then after getting dragged off campus by a friend, I realized I had a chip on my shoulder that fell off. Give 100% of what you can to your studies but know that your life can't be all about the textbook/Computer Lab.
- Don't be afraid to have an escape. I am lucky, two of my best friends go to a School just a 10 minute train ride away. My future roommate loves dance clubs (in the best way), I've got a crazy obsession with concert photography so I had numerous escapes. Hell, all of brooklyn (with the exception of east new york, I don't mess with east new york) was my escape, and I met so many people, formed so many friendships, learned so many things, found so much music. I started to perfect my craft as a concert photographer ( I've been published, just got signed to an agency and am looking to hear from another one, one of my photos is on vinyl for fucks sake) and I've got so much more to go. You just can't be afraid to get up and get on a train, or a cab, or something and go somewhere alone. It is amazing.
- Don't be afraid to get hurt, don't be afraid to get frustrated, don't be afraid to have a nervous breakdown, don't be afraid to have a fling, don't be afraid to stumble back from a rave 5 in the afternoon the day after, don't be afraid to change. I went to a school with no one from my graduating class and one (best) friend. I got the chance to start over and I don't regret ANY of it. I learned so much, and still have so much to go. I can understand why people think college is the best years of you life, but I feel like it is only the start.
I love my life so much more.
Be honest, and if you are unhappy just change.
Smile, you're breathing.
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