"We're not 21, but the sooner we are, the sooner the fun will begin" -Chris Carrabba

While I was driving Kristin home yesterday, we talked about life, as always. We somehow always bring up drinking, which I don't mind because stories are fun to tell. But recently, we've both agreed that it has gotten old.

As I was explaining to her yesterday, it just seemed like in high school, drinking was the thing to do. That excitement and anticipation of the upcoming weekend where you knew you were somehow going to have a can in your hand and friends around you. The thrill of possibly getting caught, but knowing that it could never happen. Because when you're seventeen, stuff like that doesn't happen to you. It's all fun and games. It's cool to take these chances. It's cool to fake romances. And grow up fast.

But then you get to college and that excitement is gone. Everyone does it, there's always a party. There is that guarantee that alcohol will be around, with your name on it. And I think that takes all the fun out of it. Sure, there's still that chance of getting caught. But it's not that thrilling, it's just scary and dumb. When your future is at stake, you really don't want to be caught where you're not supposed to be. Plus, it's not like you're around all your friends; you're with maybe three of your closest friends, even though you came with a group of twenty. And everyone else are strangers.

And college night, will draw the crowds. Dorms unload and you're heading out. Here is your moment to shine. So you make sure you have one cup of whatever beer's in the keg, even though you can barely get it down. And they always get the most disgusting and cheapest beer. I mean, sure in high school it was probably the same, but it tasted different. It tasted of rebellion. Now it just tastes like what it is: shitty beer. College is supposed to be all about going to parties and having fun. So why isn't it like that anymore?

I still believe it's just because in high school, we were young and innocent, but not really. We did things behind our parents backs and thought we were invincible. When we didn't get caught, we knew we had another weekend to party. But now in college, we're not hiding from anyone, except the law of course. But still, our parents are at home; they don't know what we're doing. We don't have to come home to them, walking through our front door completely drunk, yet still trying to act like we're 100% sober. I just think that maybe we rushed everything and now we have nothing to look forward to. But high school drinking, in my opinion, was so much more fun and exciting than it is now.