University of Cliche

Sorry for the brief hiatus in my blog-posting...I'm sure all you took note of the fact that I only had one post in the month of September. So on the last day of the month, I knew I had to owe a jiving blog post to my fans ...

So after a month spent in college, I now know that many experiences we have revolve around the usage of cliches (please excuse the absence of the accent over the "e," not really worth the effort of finding, I hope my old French teacher forgives me...yes I took French for 7 years go ahead and judge me).

However, we're all guilty in using cliches in college. For instance, if you are meeting a friend of one of your friend's. You stick your hand out for a formal handshake in order to introduce youself to a girl (which are always weird and awkward) or an attempt to give "daps" with another guy. Immediately it's a race between both of you to say "It's nice to meet you" before the other one says it and looks like a doucher by echoing the other person.

It's nice to meet you

But is it really? In your head you could be thinkning, "Wow this girl's hands are grossly dry and skinny," or "Clearly this guy is drunk and just grabbed too much of my thumb with his hand while attempting to dap me up." So then is it nice to meet them?

No.

Of course not. Your first impression of them will always be his stupidity of grabbing your thumb like an old-school joy-stick, or you'll never want to hook up with this girl, no matter how good she looks in her default Facebook picture, or how big her ass looks in her roommates black dress that's really a size too small...but who is judging?

Another cliche we ALL use is the imfamous conversation starter.
"Yo what are you doin?"
"Chillen"

Chillen

What are you a Totino's Pizza Roll? Did you just get out of the toaster oven and need some time to cool off before you scald the roof of a mouth? What does chillen actually mean? Is it another way to say: "I'm not doing anything except looking at Facebook pictures of my old girlfriend/boyfriend. And I most definitely don't want to talk to you because you stole 6 shots out of my handle last week and then decided to leave my dorm room and go off and do something else with other people." Chillen is a more polite way of saying something like that, so we have decided to make it omnipresent in our lexicon.

Finally, the last cliche we all tend to use is when talking about college. For instance:
"Hey, OMG I haven't talked to you in so long, how's college?!?"
"It's good, I love it."

I love it

Yes, once again we've all said it, myself included. The act of loving college. How COLLEGE of a statement. Of course you love college. You are on your own and can do virtually whatever you want. The campus is your oyster as you experience it with your mac book laptop, 24-pack of Poland Springs water, a box of Cheez-Its, and a new bed comforter. What isn't to love? However, instead of explaining all the things you have enjoyed in college, you simply say "I love it."

That's all folks. Enjoy your weekend. I leave you with something we should never forget in our days of living...