The Cons of being an 18+ M. followed by Catsup.

by Chet

I am not neglecting you on purpose. I have not forgotten about my duties here at the blog. I have just been busy. A lot has been going on between last week and this week. Moreover this week is equally busy. This blog will probably seem a bit scatter brained but that is because there is a topic I want to cover quickly, and then I will moving on to what I have been up to.

Finally, I am 18 years-old; I’m an adult. I can do whatever I want! Stay up late, go home, stay out, eat whatever whenever I want, I can vote, I can buy long rifles, buy cigarettes and porn and an array of other things. (I’m actually 19, by the way.) What did I do when I turned 18? I did not buy cigarettes. I did not buy porn. I did not buy rolling papers and pipe tobacco so that I could roll my own cigarettes. I did however finish high school and then moved on to university.

I am now a second-year university student. This past summer I was having some dental issues; I needed a root canal and I possibly needed to have my wisdom teeth removed. I had been on state funded health care because of my parents and such, but now that I am an 18+ male the government no longer will take care of my medical needs. No matter what. I learned that if you’re a person over 18 the only way you can get state funded health care is if you are pregnant or if you are already a mother. I don’t fit either of those categories. This revelation of state policy was quite upsetting. I realized that in the eyes of some people, graduating high school and going of to college, which I am paying for by myself mostly, is not the right choice. It seems instead I should have gone right into the work force and scored a job with mediocre health and dental benefits. When did that become okay? When did we start looking at college students and saying, “Who Cares?”

Luckily for me I did have a pretty good summer job. Unfortunately though the money I was making from that was going into savings every week to pay for my tuition in future semesters. Instead of receiving the help that someone in my position deserves, I had to pay $400.00 for my root canal. Only a wee bit annoying I suppose. It was only $400.00.

Now I am being faced with a new problem in my adulthood. I want to move off campus, but the only reasons to have your housing contract canceled is if you’re going into an internship, if you have a medical reason, financial need, or marriage. It’s difficult to find a way to fit myself into one of these categories, the I may end up just buying my room on campus again. I know this isn’t exactly a gripping tale, but I’m not going to bad mouth my university. I have school spirit, I like the people on campus, I disagree with some of their policies, but still respect them, some of the programs give me scholarships, and the greatest reason of all they employ me. I think that bad mouthing my employer to the public is some form of insubordination, and I really like the job I will be doing.

All in all I love being an adult, no matter how many curves and potholes come along. I suppose I should be thankful that these are the only two things that have come up so far.

I have been more busy that usual the past two weeks. This last weekend was Parent’s Weekend here at SHSU. I spent all of that with girlfriend’s parents, we had fun. SHSU football was this weekend. It was a pretty intense game, a lot of fun. We won by the way.This week I have a photography project due, a Philosophy test on Thursday, a small writing project due, on Thursday night I’m going to see Chiodos perform, and on Friday I am going to see Hellogoodbye. Plus I am working on my big Knot Theory project.Those are the things I am up to, and that is why I am not around as much as I should be.

Oh! I almost forgot. On Saturday I had the pleasure of listening to a talk given by Dr. Colin C. Adams. He is one of the most well known Knot Theorist out there. We use his text book in my class, and mine now has his John Hancock on the title page! I know that is something really strange to be excited about, but I loved it.

That’s all for now. Hope you all have a great day.