gspia people make me feel weird in many ways.

i think this whole new thing about the master's degree being the new bachelor's degree has created a split in the ages of students. so we have kids who are my age - right out of their undergrad. and then we have guys (and gals) who have their bachelor's and who tried working for awhile, and decided to return (26-27 year olds). except that people my age are the majority. and so this range of immaturity and weird drama persists although we are supposed to be getting on with our lives as individuals. it wasn't even this strange as an undergrad.

i think living in pittsburgh and not exploiting pittsburgh as some sort of tourist also separates me from these grad. students coming from other cities. while i know where to go outside of school and i have friends outside of class, these guys see pittsburgh as a temporary, fleeting moment in their lives and say generalizing comments about the inhabitants of the city.

i know i'm sounding harsh. i shouldn't complain, as it has been my own choice to attend parties and gspia events.

i guess the truth is that no one ever grows up and that us being "professionals" during presentations and conferences does not mean that we do not like to still go bar hopping when we're 27 or dance in the kitchen to radio pop or diss on fellow classmates.
and i guess the truth is that i never liked that stuff in the first place, so i'm just weirded out that people like that exist at all.
ha.