Engaged in more than one Thing

I finished this semester at 5:20 this evening as I slid my folder underneath my advisor's office door. The folder contained my 20 page Field Project (it could have been much, much longer, but we had a 20 page limit) and my student work samples. It was hard trying to keep all of my student work samples a secret. I can never let anybody know the names of the students I researched. Ever.

Anyway, I went back to my car and put my iPod on some good J-pop and drove to my friends' place where I was immediately told that Hunter had also finished his seminar paper at about the same time as me and that we were going somewhere to celebrate the evening.

And that we did.

Durty Nelly's isn't the kind of place that young people would typically like to go. It's a pub, meaning that it's not really a bar, because bars have loud music playing. And it's definitely not a club. It's just a place where friends can enjoy a few drinks together and actually hear each other talk. Whenever you see clubs or bars on TV and can hear people talking, it's not right. You can't hear anything in those places besides the thumping of the music and screaming of the slutty bitches that are trying to score some dick.

So we stayed there for a while, talking and drinking..catching up, laughing at each other, discussing our futures. It scares me that after just a few months I'll be out of college. Hunter is finishing this semester. I can't imagine that. I can't imagine that I've learned enough to fully operate in the real world. And I wonder how some people do it straight out of high school.

I don't think I'll ever really be ready. But I guess we learn by experience.

And two of my friends got engaged today. It's strange to think that we're old enough for marriage. But I guess my brother was engaged right after he turned 21 and my parents were married shortly after their 21st birthdays. I'm just going to be a lot later..because...of...other circumstances. Fuck you Cuccinelli.