Little Fish in a Big Pond

              So, after spending pretty much my life in a pretty small private school in Atlanta, where everyone knew everyone, I couldn't wait to get to a big college and meet new people for the first time in years. In high school, I would literally walk down the halls and know probably 75 percent of the people I saw. When I walk to class here at MTSU, I get lucky if i see even one person I know.
              Its not that I hated knowing everyone by any means; I actually enjoyed it, in fact. Its just that, when I went to Providence, there's a certain "Providence bubble" which a person can very easily become trapped in. I was pretty much in the bubble because I really didn't have any friends outside of Providence. Now don't get me wrong, I had plenty of friends there, but I was still really excited about the opportunity I would have to create a sort of new surrounding for myself.
             It's been a week since I began college, and I've already found myself a solid group of friends that I really enjoy being around. Honestly, I'm surprised that I was able to find some really cool people so fast. I thought it would have to take some time to make friends but its actually been fairly easy. I thought it would take a while because, in case you don't know me personally, allow me to tell you a little fact about me: when I first meet someone, I tend to be incredibly awkward. Now, I can pretend to be cool when I meet people, but I run out of things to talk about REALLY fast. That's when it gets weird. Especially if it just so happens to be a cute girl. Awesome right? Right.
              Surprisingly enough though, my awkwardness has kind of taken a back seat since I've been here. For some really weird reason, I'm actually able to make myself at least seem like I'm cool enough to hang out with. Who knows how I was able to make this happen... I think that I've been able to put away my weirdness by embracing it. As weird as that sounds, I think that's how I've been able to do it. That would be my advice to anyone reading this (that is, if people actually read this). Just embrace who you are, and you'll be able to find people who'll like you for who you are, and not care about what you think your faults are. What you DON'T need to do is try to be someone you aren't. I tried that for a while back in the day, and nothing really good came out of it. Just be yourself, and cool people will always find you. Yeah, its that easy.

        -Colby McHugh