Blast From the Past...

Well guys, I’m on to another theory.  Or maybe just a new version of an old theory but that up to you to decide.  anywho... I think that as individuals we are constantly evolving.  We are constantly adapting to our surroundings... leaving old comfort zones and entering new ones.  This has never been more apparent to me.   I think this is where a lot of my problems have been.   I have problems with making new "comfort zones" therefore that makes me dislike change.   Notice the people who can go from situation to situation with little or no problem adapting to their new surroundings... they like change.  I’ve never been this way.  It’s always taken me a fairly decent amount of time to "adapt" to my new surroundings.  You might be thinking "what the hell is he talking about?"  Well I’m talking about anything that is classified as "change"   as humans we all have to learn to adapt to a variety of different situations.  The situations we all will face include schools, jobs, cities and so on and so forth.   I know that in the past I have had a hard time adapting to WVNCC ever since Ellis and everyone graduated.  I didn’t really talk to anyone else there except Ellis and a select few of his friends.   Which is weird because you would think someone like myself would make friends fairly quickly. But I’ve always went in with the wrong attitude towards it.   I’ve always went in with the "I’m the veteran here"  I’m just here to get out as soon as I can.  it hasn’t worked out for me.  So... I’ve come to a new theory and what opened my eyes was my new found job.   I work with quite a few people, people my age, that in itself is a fairly new concept to me.  I’ve always worked with people far older than I am and just with kids my age on weekends when they were out of school but that was back in the LJS glory days there.  Back to the theory, I’ve found that most people my age are fairly open minded about everything.  I was always taught that I was in a minority since I was homeschooled and public kids had it out for homeschoolers.. well this is proving not so, or at least not true on a college level.    I’ve had more fun at influent, being in a super shitty program, than I had in the really good program.   Just because I started talking to a lot of cool people and work is more like a social gathering now than an actual job.  Most of you reading this are probably going to be like "well duh!"  But as obvious as this seems, I’ve never been one to just go out and socialize with people my own age.. .until this last year, I could tell you more adults that I talked to than people within 3 yrs of my own age.   I’ve never gone into a college setting with an open mind about anything either… I’ve always gone and just did my shit and left.   This time I think I’m actually going to "live the college life" instead of "just going to college classes"   I’m no longer the youngest person there, I’m finally, for the first time... a normal college student with real college kids.  I’m looking forward to it.   I still laugh about the way I used to be in college with people and laugh how I dropped classes and signed my name to tests and turned them in, or the ONLY points I got on an essay question were for my good grammar but I totally failed the point of the essay.   But honestly I think this semester is going to be different.   I’ve said it before and I don’t want to "jinx" it, but in a way I’m actually looking forward to my classes... I’ve only got 6 credit hours, and they are all accelerated classes I think.. so I won’t be in more than 2 classes at once... since they all start once the other one ends.. If that makes sense…   I’m going to be 90% in computer classes for the rest of the time I’m in school. This semester I have nothing but computer classes, I shouldn’t have any bad professors this time in any of my computer classes, one of my favorite teachers of all time is now the dean of the school... and to be honest, I’m looking forward to it.   I really am.  Either way i have to go, so why not make it as enjoyable as possible?