Rekindle

Coming to college made me regret not enjoying high school as much as I could have. But I think I've been making up for it lately by talking to old friends.

It's amazing how Facebook can keep friendships alive.

While some seem to be disappointed in how reliant society has become on social networking sites, I happen to see it as a very good thing in many aspects. Whether its Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Instant Messaging or any sort of blogging site, we each have a chance to keep tabs on those we cherish, those we wish cherished us, or random people who you kinda sorta know from that one party or from that one week of school where you were really close. It can reach a certain creepy, stalking level, but most of the time its pretty tame.

So through the Facebook and instant messaging system, I'm able to know what's going on in my friends' lives without really directly speaking with them. And if something grabs my attention or makes me want to reach out to a person, I do my best to follow through.

Take my friend Teresa. Senior year in high school she was one of my closest friends, but only at school. We'd eat lunch together and sit in class together, but outside of school we only hung out a few times. I considered her one of my best friends, but not on an extremely deep level. Now that we're both off at college though (she's at Stanford), we've connected on a much deeper level.

And this is all despite being 400 miles apart.

Our experiences going from Santa Ana to private, elite institutions have brought us together. She's one of the few, few people who really understands where I'm coming from when I say that most of the students here are unknowingly greedy and superficial. It's a frustrating situation to be in, but at least I can IM her from time to time and have someone understand my college experience.