year 3 is done

i am sitting here having finished my last final, and having finished my third year of school, and, of course, i'm pondering.

i have two semesters of school left. the great adventure of me going to college will actually come to an end. i have had probably the best time of my life these last three years. not all of it has been rosy, but most of it has. stress, planning, papers, essays, typing, lectures, reading, highlighting, time in the library, caffeine, all night homework sessions, the broad range of subjects i have studied, the wonderful roommates i have lived with, the jobs i have been able to work at and a gazillion other things have contributed nicely to my time here at college. and i look forward to what i will get to further enjoy with these last two semesters that await.

here is the kicker. among all the experiences and learnings, my love for human beings/people/brothers/sisters/friends is the pinnacle of my experience. when i am done, i will think some about my academic accomplishments (the testing center telling me things like 'Good job!' after taking tests, getting an 'A' on my first ever article review), but what i think about more are my loved ones; my friends.

i don't remember what i studied, but i do remember studying with my friends. i don't remember what i wrote during those all nighters, but i do remember writing those papers in the company of my roommates, my brothers. i don't remember what i stressed about, but i a remember venting to and with my friends. i remember the Theatre Thursdays, the hot tub nights, the longboard sessions, the summer road trips, the double dates, the dinner parties, the bonfires, the snuggling, Da Crib, blue wall paper, laughing, the piss and moaning, joking, teasing and the fun. i remember my time spent with amazing people.

i think it is appropriate, then, that i have chosen a major devoted to studying people, culture, population, migration, economics, geopolitics and interaction. i can safely say that i have reached a point that no matter where i go, or what i do, the people i go with and the people i do with will be what makes the journey worthwhile.

i think it is important for all of us to remember that we are here, living on this earth, to be there for one another. no matter what we do, we live to love and experience with each other. not make money, not gain fame, not gain worldly honor, not gain status, not gain title. we live to live for and live among others. if we forget that, then we forgot so much; we, essentially, forget everything.

remember who you are; remember you are more than what you have become. and remember each other.