So here goes...
I was 19, decided to live the workin man's life a little before hitting college. I worked at Springfield Armory making guns (not as exciting as you'd think, but still kinda cool). About a year into it, I get hit with a severe medical oh shit (read: Ameloblastoma).
Seven major surgeries later, and medical bills I promsied to never pay, I finally am able to do the college thing; at 26 years old.
Anyone else going to college and ONLY STARTING in thier mid late 20s? It's very wierd. I am living in Carbondale Illinois- SIU city. While I love love love the college atmosphere (bars, painfully sexy womens), I feel incredibly detached from these people. Am I now that creepy old dude?
What happened to Phish, Soundgarden, The Doors, Stone Temple Pilots? Who are these people I hear on car stereos, while thinking "Turn your fucking car stereo DOWN DAMMIT!".Woah! when did I become the guy who bitches about car stereos.? it's not the noise. It's the music. Nickelback..pop rap... WTF?
Man, I was the youngest of a step and blood brother family. I was allowed access to some insane INSANE parties. Now, it seems I am walking into MTV videos, by merely walking into the bars. Has the college life become bland, marketable, and a reflection of MTV's mechanations? OR have I become that bitter aging "just don't get it" bastard I once loathed? I guess i'm a tad bit too old for living like a 19 year old, but to compare things; they still seem bland from back in the early twenties years I had experienced LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN!!! damn it. Where's the balls of college that I once knew and rumored heard? Where's the Hunter S Thompson "Buy the ticket, take the ride" shenanigens that was once the hallmark of college?
So, anyone in the same situation as me, or anyone have any thoughts?
I was 19, decided to live the workin man's life a little before hitting college. I worked at Springfield Armory making guns (not as exciting as you'd think, but still kinda cool). About a year into it, I get hit with a severe medical oh shit (read: Ameloblastoma).
Seven major surgeries later, and medical bills I promsied to never pay, I finally am able to do the college thing; at 26 years old.
Anyone else going to college and ONLY STARTING in thier mid late 20s? It's very wierd. I am living in Carbondale Illinois- SIU city. While I love love love the college atmosphere (bars, painfully sexy womens), I feel incredibly detached from these people. Am I now that creepy old dude?
What happened to Phish, Soundgarden, The Doors, Stone Temple Pilots? Who are these people I hear on car stereos, while thinking "Turn your fucking car stereo DOWN DAMMIT!".Woah! when did I become the guy who bitches about car stereos.? it's not the noise. It's the music. Nickelback..pop rap... WTF?
Man, I was the youngest of a step and blood brother family. I was allowed access to some insane INSANE parties. Now, it seems I am walking into MTV videos, by merely walking into the bars. Has the college life become bland, marketable, and a reflection of MTV's mechanations? OR have I become that bitter aging "just don't get it" bastard I once loathed? I guess i'm a tad bit too old for living like a 19 year old, but to compare things; they still seem bland from back in the early twenties years I had experienced LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN!!! damn it. Where's the balls of college that I once knew and rumored heard? Where's the Hunter S Thompson "Buy the ticket, take the ride" shenanigens that was once the hallmark of college?
So, anyone in the same situation as me, or anyone have any thoughts?
Last edited by RoosterCantrell (2008-04-07 16:21:53)
