Spring Break
Maybe you should read this column. Maybe.
Michael Pasaoa
Issue date: 10/2/07 Section: Opinion
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Sometimes I forget how old I am.
Majors. Degrees. Bachelors. Masters.
It's crazy to think about it this way. You know those Playstation2s, those XBoxs, those video games - you know, NCCA March Madness '08 or whatever? Those are college basketball players.
I'm in college.
Those are people my age well on their way to making millions of dollars. They have their own basketball cards. They live inside a video game.
While I write my name in the upper right hand corner of my homework, they jot their signatures on the dotted line of advertisement deals.
Then there are celebrities. Actors, actresses. MTV.
There are the singers, rappers, musicians, artists.
Everyone's trying to hit it big in their own way.
Some people do the doctor thing or take the lawyer route.
Or they win the lotto.
Or their family goes on "Family Feud" and wins $20,000.
Maybe you dropped out of college and decided to spend all your time working at your minimum-wage job, thinking those $800 checks are more important than a future.
Maybe you make stupid videos of yourself and now millions of people search for you on YouTube.
Maybe you sell weed and just breeze through life as you hustle, making more money than your parents who see less of you as the days (and your funds) add up.
Maybe you sell cell phones or fold clothes and go to the back to see if there are anymore in size large.
Maybe you ask if I want fries with that. Most of the time I don't, but if they're curly and I get three sides of buttermilk, then we're good.
Maybe you're involved in your church, and although you don't make money, you devote all of your time to something important to you. You feel good. You help the younger crowd, and you're a positive influence on their lives while faithfully fulfilling yours.
Maybe you just got a used $2,000 car and are the happiest driver on earth knowing that the road, no matter where you go, leads to independence.
Maybe your parents just bought you a brand new BMW or Mercedes Benz and feel compelled to have the rest of the world handed to you.
Maybe you don't really do anything with your life. You invest everything in your friends. You tighten up your circle. You go out every night, and it never gets redundant. You have the time of your life, and that gives you the hope that you'll be happy as long as you're around your top eight. To you, smiling means you're successful.
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