Seizing the Carp

The fact that I am in college has recently dawned on me. Now I knew that I have been going to classes at a place of higher education, sure, but I really haven't thought about it in a way to convince me that I wasn't just in 15th grade. I went an hour away from home, and I still hang out with what seems to be the same guys I was friends with in high school. Not that this is a problem, I like those guys just fine and they get my humor (read: they put up with my bullshit). Hell, I just got back from a bar with Will Muto. Basically identical to 4 years ago except we are drinking beer in public view and not wearing ties. Where the change in mindset took place, is that I am now realizing just how good I have it. I am in school all summer, with a light (for an engineering major) class load, constant 3 day weekends, and guys who will drink with me at the drop a hat. There are worse fates. The thing that really is making me retrospective all of the sudden, especially for a guy who seems to only be thinking about the next party, is that I know that this won’t last.
I am going to be in school longer than most since I got this 5-year BS going on, so I'm about half done. That means I'm that much closer to a 9 to 5 and mortgage payments. Now I don't fear the future like a stereotypical college kid, I'm actually looking forward to being a real engineer and owning a home. I just don't want to have to say that I had an "alright" time at college. I want to live it up to the best of my abilities. That being said, I don't mean holding the record for keg stands/one-nights/bong hits at some house. Those are all noble endeavors which I respect, but I just want to enjoy the freedom that college affords me. I want to experience more than I have at the moment. This doesn't mean going over Niagara in a barrel, even though getting out the county would be a start. I just want to maximize the time I'm working towards a goal rather than wasting my time, for instance, writing a blog.
I think that having this desire in the front of my agenda will be the best way to accomplishing my goals. This is good since realizing you have a problem is the first step to recovery, something I need to do in other areas of my life, because once that degree hits my hand, I go from hardcore party animal to full-fledged alcoholic. I have now decided, again taking a page out of Munto's book, to jump out a plane will it is flying at altitude. What better way to start living than put yourself in a fatally high-risk situation. We all gotta go sometime right? And I would to do it with a man I don't know tethered to my ass. Plus, I would like to try out that whole water acting like concrete deal, I'm sick of people not believing that shit. I would quite literally be dropping knowledge, and I dig that. Always good to give the family a good pun to put on the tombstone. If I can make people laugh every time they go to the cemetery, I will have considered my life a success. Anyway, I hope to do some cool stuff with the time I have left in school. Also, getting an education would be cool too, I guess.