I think most of you know by now that I take the angry black woman stereotype as a personal challenge. If I can argue about it, I will.
I’ve made a reputation of not only having the unpopular opinion, but making you laugh at the things people normally shame you for. As my roommate and fellow columnist Leah Driscoll told me, “I’m glad you’ve willingly made yourself the b—— for the entire campus.”
Maybe that’s my shtick. I’ll say the things you don’t know if you should say.
In case you didn’t know, I’m graduating in December.
Looking back, I wish I could have taken four years for the full college experience instead of only two and a half. Maybe I would have found my T&C family a lot sooner.
When I first thought about writing for the T&C, I wasn’t scared of news writing. I’m one of the rare, the few, the unicorns of public relations majors who like news writing. I didn’t know that I was going to be sucked in to the black hole that is T&C, and by black hole I mean there are no windows in that computer lab and for the most part you can’t hear us.
Writing in the opinion section was an unexpected and life-changing surprise. I met a few of my best friends that way.
So, I have to say my goodbyes.
Goodbye to my noobs. You’ve got four years ahead of you so you’d better enjoy them.
Goodbye to the bureaucratic red tape. You’ve tried to either keep me here or keep me out. You can never make up your mind which office you work in.
Goodbye to the teachers who blew me away with your compassion. Goodbye to the teachers who have appalled me.
Goodbye to the friends I shouldn’t have been friends with and the poor life decisions I have made regarding dating.
Goodbye to the Ottertools and Renaissancetools, who have taught me to never underestimate a guy’s determination to get in your pants.
Goodbye to Alison Kennedy, who taught me that a pitcher of sweet tea, Butch Walker and Fuse can cement relationships forever. We’ve always been straight with each other and that’s why we’re good friends. The people who know us will know why that sentence is ironic.
And most importantly, goodbye to the lifelong friends I have made. Hannah, Mike, Josh, Steven, Anna, Kaity, Lindsey, Kristen, Jordan and of course my favorite roommate and bestest friend Leah. Our “Zoolander” references and laughing at the “Hey Dude” theme song cannot be forgotten.
Swags and Dr. Warren, my advisers and voices of reason away from home, you both have kept me going through constant ego stroking. I unashamedly appreciate that.
I don’t know what I’m going to do when I’m in Cleveland and so far away from you all. I hope that I helped create a new generation of noobs who will keep our dynamic going. We picked some amazing ones.
Otterbein, I regret nothing. Real world, come at me bro.
