Youthful Life: X

Being  a teenager is all about doing the impossible in the shortest amount of time possible. Yes, I understand that by definition doing the impossible is literally impossible, hence the word, and having something go from impossible would make it possible - but who cares. Summer is slowly winding down, it's picking up speed and heading for the bend before we're officially back to school. Now is when you've got to make your dying summer wishes come true, prepare to enter the battlefield known as school again, and get it all done with what little time you have left. This is crunch time. Let's start with the basics of back to school. First and foremost, you've got all those things you need to purchase for your room, plus school supplies, and most importantly clothing for yourself. If you're like me, and the word self-sufficient has no meaning to you (as in mom & pop magically supply your monetary needs) then this, my friends, might be the best time of the year...

Being a teenager is all about making connections. Life is like the solar system. Sometimes you're down to Earth, and at other times you're out of this world. This year of college has been one of those weightless, antigravity experiences that you have to live to actually understand. It's been crazy, wild, and now that our year (in space) is over, it's time to board the spaceship and fly back to Earth, but not before burning up along the way. Satellite comes crashing down. One of the things I learned to do in college this year was network. I'm talking like 007 Everything or Nothing network tapping everyone I could potentially come into contact with. Everyone likes to think that college is so different from high school but they're not that different. Popularity may or may not exist on campus, but there are names of people that pop up a lot. I like to think of them as power players. People who seem to know everyone and everyons seems to know them. It's like...