first of summer

everyone is drinking tonight. for once, everyone has a good reason to. for past loves and future prospects, for birthdays, for theses and midterm exams, for electoral seats, for teachers and best friends, the clink of glass resounds from every table, whether accompanied by random bursts of laughter or the contagious melancholy of solitary drinkers.

summer, it would seem, has come for us.

already evident in our test scores is a hostile takeover of our thoughts, with most of us already done planning our respective out-of-town forays. after near-bombings, landslides, and a few days of "sorta kinda" martial law, nothing can rattle us. we've finally graduated from the cautious superstitions of the new year's earlier months, and can't wait to show it.

fate seems to agree, giving us ample opportunity to squander our bravado on a string of firsts. what better time for new beginnings, than a rapidly approaching ending [for some of us, anyway] to our student roles. having already gone through most liquors, some occult college practices, and a couple of organic unmentionables, not much is left for me to explore. well, not much that i'm looking forward to, at any rate.

in that light, i suppose passing our thesis defense counts for something. l'chaim.

sige ingat.ü 
posted by stani at 11:31 PM