good-bye virginia!

I'm off to New York today! Basically, for the first stop of the summer, I'm staying for 4 days with one of my amazing roommates from last year, Liz, and I could not be more excited. I figured it would make sense to post something before I embark on this little adventure, considering I've written NOTHING in the last month; let's just say 'I've been really busy' and disregard the 'I've also been really lazy' factor.

Anywho, I'm pretty terrible with good-byes, so if I didn't get a chance to see you before I left, I'm so sorry. I tried, but, clearly, there was no way seeing everyone was going to happen.

However, I from the people I did get to see recently, I received some pearls of "wisdom," ranging from the standard, obligatory parting remarks to the semi-frightening, 'why would you bring that up right before I go' type comments. For example:

1. "Be safe." Well, obviously.

2. "Don't do anything stupid." But then they followed that up with 'don't do anything I wouldn't do,' which, turns out, are two very different requests, because the person in question, I would argue, does plenty of stupid things on a regular basis...

3. "Don't die." Wasn't planning on it?

4. "Don't get kicked off the ship for cheating."

5. "Don't get drunk and then fall off the boat; I hear this happens way more often than they let you believe." Um... I'll try not to?

6. "Don't be the girl from Taken; she was a dumbass." No worries there, she was a dumbass; I have no desire to emulate her actions.

7. "Keep a running tally of how many times people say 'I'm on a boat!' this summer." This is my personal favorite.

The interesting thing about this list is that these were just the reoccurring pieces of advice; more than one person said most of these things in one form or another, which leads me to question: why does everyone think I'm going to fall off of a fucking boat?