Crazy: Is It In You?

My friends are frickin’ crazy. But that doesn’t mean I don’t love them. I just can’t get enough of the crazy stuff I do here at UNC. Last weekend, I went spur of the moment to…. Timeout. I’m sitting in my room right now and Bonnie, Dede and Margaret just ran in screaming and singing Taylor Swift. Now, I’m not positive, but I’m pretty sure that THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN TO REAL PEOPLE! But back to what I was saying, I went on a great adventure this week.

Then, on Tuesday, I went to see the cast of the new movie Twilight in Denver. Now, I’m not obsessed (cough-cough), but my friends are. To protect their identities, I will simply call them Bella and Alice. Now Bella has always loved the books, and was hyperventilating when she heard that Taylor Lautner, the actor who plays Jacob Black, was going to be in the same state as her. Alice, on the other hand was in love with Harry Potter but that changed soon. As she said, “I’m totally 100% into Harry Potter and I was only 70% into Twilight, but now I’m about 90% into it.” These two were more excited than every other 12 year-old girl in the entire place. We had arrived too late to get tickets for the autograph session, but through eavesdropping and stalking, Alice was able to get two tickets to meet Lautner, Rachelle Lefevre, and Edi Gathagi. The latter two play Victoria and Laurent in the film. Before they even met anyone, they were in tears. Don’t even get me started on the after. I was excited, but not like that.

I was in the front row of the question-and-answer session, with our fourth cohort Andi since we didn’t get to meet anyone face-to-face, when Lautner told the captivated audience of 900+ people that he was astounded by the passion of the so-called “Twilighters” and that he was so touched when he saw three people cry when they got to meet him. ALICE and BELLA were too of the three criers! I went nuts in the front row when I heard this. I also went nuts when Lautner said his favorite band was the Rocket Summer, which happens to be one of my favorite bands. I started to yell at the same decibel level as all the children at this point. So, yes, I’m kind of crazy too.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I don’t live an ordinary life. The things I do aren’t the norm, and I’ve come to accept that. When you live on campus, and especially when you are a Resident Assistant, you’ve got to have a little ‘crazy’ in you. The end of the semester is creeping up on me, and I am just trying to keep my craziness hidden a little bit longer so I can survive until Thanksgiving.