Everyone knows that song Closing Time, by Semisonic, right?
This song is what my life feels like these days. And I'm sure that everyone that graduated from high school or college from 1998-2000 said the same thing, but I identify so strongly with this song these days that every time I hear it, it moves me in a way very few songs have before.
Closing time. Open all the doors and let you out into the world.
I'll be honest: As I get ready to graduate from college on Saturday morning, I'm nervous. I'm excited and thrilled, and really proud of myself for actually doing this because I had so many opportunities to not, but I'm also nervous about what comes next. I've always known what the next few years of my life would look like - this is the first time I don't have a plan like that. It's cool and wonderful, and also a lot of pressure. Going out into the world, the Real World, finally.
Closing time. Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl.
I keep thinking about that moment when I walk across the stage and am handed my diploma. What if I trip? I probably will because, well it's me and I fall a lot. And I tripped at my high school graduation, so I might as well trip again. I know no one pays attention at graduations, but my family and a lot of friends will be there watching that moment directly in the spotlight.
Closing time. One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer.
My friends and I have been doing a lot of weekly happy hours this semester. I'm going to miss that as we all graduate and move elsewhere.
Closing time. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
I never quite considered College Station 'home,' but I will be sad to leave it. It's true that I can't stay here - this city was good for college, but there's nothing here for me career-wise. It's too small, and I'm going to be working in big cities. Capitals.
Closing time. Time for you to go out to the places you will be from.
I've kept this a secret for a while now, but I suppose now is as good a time to announce this as ever: Soon, I'll be saying that I'm from Washington D.C. I'm spending the holidays with my family then I'll be D.C.-bound after the first of the year. I'm doing an internship up there for the semester then... well, who knows? I've loved D.C. for a long time, so I'm excited for that city to become a place that I call home someday.
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits. I hope you have found a friend.
I've found friends in college. Some of them are moving to D.C. with me, which I'm excited about, and that makes the move a little easier. I've stayed friends with the most important people from high school. And as cheesy as this sounds, I've made a friend of myself. The most important thing I've learned in college is to be faithful to myself, true to my needs and desires, and to love myself. It was a tough lesson, but the most important one the last three and a half years could have ever taught me.
I know who I want to take me home.
But that's for another post.
Take me home.
This song is what my life feels like these days. And I'm sure that everyone that graduated from high school or college from 1998-2000 said the same thing, but I identify so strongly with this song these days that every time I hear it, it moves me in a way very few songs have before.
Closing time. Open all the doors and let you out into the world.
I'll be honest: As I get ready to graduate from college on Saturday morning, I'm nervous. I'm excited and thrilled, and really proud of myself for actually doing this because I had so many opportunities to not, but I'm also nervous about what comes next. I've always known what the next few years of my life would look like - this is the first time I don't have a plan like that. It's cool and wonderful, and also a lot of pressure. Going out into the world, the Real World, finally.
Closing time. Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl.
I keep thinking about that moment when I walk across the stage and am handed my diploma. What if I trip? I probably will because, well it's me and I fall a lot. And I tripped at my high school graduation, so I might as well trip again. I know no one pays attention at graduations, but my family and a lot of friends will be there watching that moment directly in the spotlight.
Closing time. One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer.
My friends and I have been doing a lot of weekly happy hours this semester. I'm going to miss that as we all graduate and move elsewhere.
Closing time. You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
I never quite considered College Station 'home,' but I will be sad to leave it. It's true that I can't stay here - this city was good for college, but there's nothing here for me career-wise. It's too small, and I'm going to be working in big cities. Capitals.
Closing time. Time for you to go out to the places you will be from.
I've kept this a secret for a while now, but I suppose now is as good a time to announce this as ever: Soon, I'll be saying that I'm from Washington D.C. I'm spending the holidays with my family then I'll be D.C.-bound after the first of the year. I'm doing an internship up there for the semester then... well, who knows? I've loved D.C. for a long time, so I'm excited for that city to become a place that I call home someday.
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits. I hope you have found a friend.
I've found friends in college. Some of them are moving to D.C. with me, which I'm excited about, and that makes the move a little easier. I've stayed friends with the most important people from high school. And as cheesy as this sounds, I've made a friend of myself. The most important thing I've learned in college is to be faithful to myself, true to my needs and desires, and to love myself. It was a tough lesson, but the most important one the last three and a half years could have ever taught me.
I know who I want to take me home.
But that's for another post.
Take me home.
Closing time. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
The life lessons are by far the most important in college. Congrats on your impending graduation and I hope you have a blast in DC. The friendships I made in college are the ones that still stick today (I graduated college in 97). I think because those are the people that were around me and friends with me when I found out who I was- as opposed to the high school friends that surrounded me when I was being who I thought everyone else wanted me to be. It's the beginning of wonderful.. go out and conquer the world!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great time in your life! After I graduated college my best friend and I moved to DC together for a little over two years and it was the best two years of my life!!! SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck at graduation! I promise you won't trip! :) XOXO