Luna & Sun

There are two things in college that actually matter the most — studies and surviving the campus jungle. Add in a bunch of monkey boys, rumor-spreading hyenas and then you’ve got it made.

And just like Spiderman, whose great power comes with great responsibility, great popularity too comes the same. Now you and Spiderman would really hit it off, won’t you? And now you’ll think he’s just another misunderstood freak of nature. But then again, he’d never understand. He’s battling villains, and we, are battling college. COLLEGE DRAMA. Far worse than any preteen and teen alike could ever imagine. It’s bigger than pre-prom zits, more serious than I’ve-gained-weight concerns and more drastic that a bad hair day. It’s not about fitting into cliques, it’s not about her being a bitch and it’s not even close to having the same dress with your teacher on prom night.

We all expect college to be a new beginning, to be mature and well, to be honest, to be perfect. But then you’ll understand, it isn’t… and it will never be. You’ll realize that it’s all just a big horrible mistake. A fantasy recreated by kids who hated their four years or so of high school. This isn’t about your career, well it is but as you wake up in the morning or midday actually, it’s barely an issue.

In college, you get to lead a double life…apart from people you classify as just friends, and people you classify as friends you call your family. And trust me once you realize this, you will never ever be the same again. You get to classify your friends once you get to experience the following:

a.)    getting to hear rumors such as:

-         you had a break up when you didn’t know you even had a boyfriend

-         You are supposedly a frat member… and yes, you are totally clueless about it. Makes you think you founded your own fraternity and named it, “The Invisibles”

-         You hate your friends…the friends you spend your entire time with, the friends you couldn’t imagine life without

-         And you are crushing on a guy who looks like a troll with curly hair… and this rumor is being spread by the troll with the curly hair, and his sidekick, the girl with the curl.

b.)    spending time with people and keeping your mouth shut. You get to hear a lot without all of you jabbering all at once

c.)    you care for some people as if they really are the best things on earth. Then you’ll realize, they are your family in school. Aww how sweet…

Anf of course there are boys. Will they ever be out of the scene? i pretty well guess not. So what’s the deal with them? absolutely nothing. They are there to either brighten or darken your doorstep. College is where you begin to realize that boys, will be just boys; and they’re just part of the whole dating scene… just as the birds and the bees are.

Maybe it appears college to be such a drag, but actually it’s not. It’s a double-edged sword. Life isn’t always supposed to be all happy and cheery, sometimes there has to be a storm on your day. But just because it’s raining doesn’t mean you have to stay inside and mope around… go out… dance under the rain…be a kid again. Because in life we see things in different perspectives just to be happy.

So whatever happened to college drama? It was never there to begin with if you look at it in a different light. Life goes on. I see my college life to be dramatic, so I let it be. What do you want yours to be? Like a fairytale? Fine by me. It’s your life. Live it.

So why am I saying this so matter of factly?

Because I’ve been there. Firsthand.