Youthful Life: X

The 20s are all about closing your inner circle. "A friend to all is a friend to none" - Aristotle. There are so very many people in the world and even on overwhelming amount on a college campus. So many faces, stories, and potential friendships to know, hear, and pursue. The thing is you can't be friends, like full on "idealized reciprocated interdependent supporters," with everyone. It's physically impossible and way too taxing. Somehow you end up emphasizing some friendships more than others and life chooses for you, whether consciously or not, who the most important people in your are. No friendship is perfect but you can come damn near close. Biffin' (best friends for never) or nah? People let me tell you about my best friend(s). Whenever someone ask you about your best friend, I don't know about you but my entire face lights up at the mention of any of their names. That's how I know I've found someone who "gets" me on the ...

Being a teenager means that you life can seem like a huge joke at times. Like, looking back at it, only things like this would happen to you. You just stop and think, seriously, this is actually happening to me, like here and now, come on, am I getting Punk'd (and you're not because I cannot stand Ashton Kutcher, all he does is step-parent Demi Moore's children, have obnoxious haircuts, and take Nikon pictures, like get outta here). But seriously, I'm talking about those times and those people that are just so outrageous that all you can do is laugh. We're teenagers, and if we said we liked everyone we encountered that'd be absolutely false. I for one have a reasonable amount of people I dislike, all with valid reasons - I live by the rule of we're friends until you do something wrong, however, there are just some people that you can't stand for no apparent reason. I don't know what it is, but it's just everything about you. While it's tru...