Paper

So I received a very interesting piece of paper today. I received my diploma! You never know how much power a piece of paper has, until it is truly important to you. I mean I worked my ass off for four years, got 40k+ of loans, and lived in Newark for this thing, this piece of paper. I'm going to quote my mom for this one: "Lets frame it, I'll buy the fire-proof frames. It's expensive and nice!" HOLY SHIT, they make fire-proof frames! And I leave with a pic of the piece of paper that a lot of my friends are trying to get also, good luck!



By the way, yes it has 2 schools on it, NJIT and Rutgers, and YES CUM LUADE!

Old or Young?

So I am lucky, I know it. I got a job b4 I finished college and it's one I like and good at. I have my degree that i worked for and got in four years, which I know is a big accomplishment. I have the girl of my dreams that my family approves of. So whats wrong? I feel kinda old....The week after I graduated I got my first letter from one of my loans and at work I had to register for health/dental/life insurances. I'm that 9-5 guy, I crave for those fridays and I morn the mondays. Almost all of my friends are still in school, or they are going to grad school, or just getting into college....I see my friends go out on weds, party till 3-4 in the morning. I send myself to bed early because I'm trying my best to keep this job. It makes me feel old.

On the other hand, when I am at work, I feel really young. All of my co-workers have been working for this company have been working for at least 10 years there. That means they would of started when I was 12, AT LEAST. They have kids, multiple kids, some that are as old as 14, I have friends that are that age (family friends). I sit with them and listen to them discuss whether The Dark Knight is good for kids to watch. I really wanted to just say, why so serious? So here I am, stuck in some sorta of crossroad of old and young. But its like a highway and I'm frogger trying to cross it. What to do?

I am going to enjoy it! I Love frogger! My parents are nice enough to let me live at home....and I know what your thinking...What are you doing living at home?!? Listen, I'm a software engineer, does that sound like a title they'll give someone who is dumb? I am going to save up, all I have to pay for are the loans and a few bills. I get free food and a free place to stay. And my rents cover my gas most of the time. This may be bs, but I heard that people stay with their rents till their 25 nowadays.....I just want to stay till the end of the year so I know I'll be good. Right now, I can take out my girl every night I see her, I can go to a club/bar without worrying about the cover or how much the drinks are. I can finally go places and pay for it myself, be it Broadway or maybe a weekend in Florida or Vegas. So I maybe stuck in the awkward place between adulthood and the last of years of my childhood but I might as well enjoy it while I can. Especially that everyone around me have been saying the same thing to me....that they can hear the wedding bells....Oh...I think I can hear them to, time to go in the other direction!