college.

soooo i found this list while i was googling something else (and got distracted), but there's a lot of truth to the words here. i don't know, i guess i'm just feeling homesick for wu and all the people i left behind there, so here goes:

what i've really learned in college:

1) your new friends might not seem as good as the old at first but, soon enough, they become your family.
i've learned that your college friends become a kind of family: you eat meals together, you get drunk together, fight together, laugh and cry and do absolutely nothing together - until you can't remember how you ever survived without them in the first place.

2) you are constantly saying goodbye. and leaving never gets easier.
saying goodbye is easy. knowing what you're leaving behind is tough.
i've learned that goodbyes will always hurt, pictures never replace having been there, memories (good or bad) will bring tears, and words can never replace those feelings.

3) something very important to remember is that while you will be saying "i'll be seeing you" a lot, you might not see your best friends for months at a time. however, please remember that distance never separates two hearts that really care and no matter what, those friends are always there for you.

4) missing somebody never gets easier. sometimes it really does hurt. and you realize just how much reminds you of those you miss.

5) things are gonna change. change is not always bad, so remember to never give up.
something has changed within me, something is not the same and that is good because i am happy here.

6) nap time is a MUST!! 8am classes are killer.

7) hide the rum cause it's not allowed in your dorm rooms.

8) it's ok to believe. you'd be surprised how many others are with you.

9) while you love your friends, you will still find that you have to face it, girls are evil whores.

10) you might feel old, but you really aren't. we're only in college for a short period of time. be young while you still have the chance.
live a little. you can't be old and wise if you were never young and crazy.

11) be yourself. there is nobody around telling you what to do or who to be, so why wouldn't you?
trust yourself a little more.

12) sometimes i reach my breaking point and every now and then i fall apart. that's okay.

13) the library is a great place to study.

14) whoa, do we watch a lot of tv.

15) music=life. you walk around listening to your music constantly, it's your soundtrack.

16) you will always have your memories. as long as you don't look back wishing you would have done something different; instead smile, put your head up high, and look forward to a future that awaits. memories are wonderful to have.

these are just the surface. just remember that life is beautiful.