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Ah, fall. The time of year when a young coed's fancy turns to drinking.

Last night I went to my one frat party of the year and it confirmed what I figured out last year, which is that frat parties are fucking lame. And even though the thrilling horse-piss keg-o-rama at frat parties doesn't appeal to me, I can still host Bourbon Night and then walk around town like a drunken ghost. Either way, it's alcohol all the way for me now.

Let me explain. Marijuana isn't a gateway drug. I figured out this summer, however, that doing too many fucking drugs (bud in particular) cultivates a personality that I don't like. It's not "let's go out and do something crazy, perhaps while all fucked up!" anymore. It's now "let's get all fucked up, and perhaps do something crazy afterwards!"

I suppose I could get rid of substance abuse altogether, but fuck, where's the fun in that?

Either way, I'm glad to be back at school now, far the fuck away from my hometown. Yes, I love Erie to death. Yes, we had some good times there, and no, it is not fucking boring like everyone seems to think it is. Only boring people (ie potheads that do nothing but watch cartoons and go on burnrides) get bored. Thing is though, Erie can only hold me back. One of the big reasons that I didn't go to Behrend - and believe me, I wanted to - is that I knew I'd be stuck in my hometown, on a campus where everything is named after Erie history, and surrounded by the same people and the same habits. College should be a time of change.

Last year, I had some trouble orienting myself. I got myself into a couple of messes that held me back. This year, though, I know what the fuck I'm doing. I'm definitely smarter now than I was last year, and it's time to grow the fuck up. I want to kick my bad habits; I want to recognize parts of my personality that hold me back, I want to recognize parts of my personality that push me forward; I want to know who I am instead of where I fit in; I want to make this town my bitch. Erie's played out.

I hope that you do the same.