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I don't consider myself to be the "typical" college student.

To me, there are three main types of students:

1. The crazy, obnoxious, drunk kind.
2. The nontraditonal, hippy, let's-all-be-friends messy kind.
[subgroup a: hipster, alternative, "I'm-different-than-everyone-else kind]
[subgroup b: don't really care about the future, "don't tie me down" kind]
3. The really smart, future-oriented, I'm-gonna-get-a-kick-ass-high-paying-job kind.

I don't really feel like I fit any one of these groups. The weird part is, that I know and am friends with all of these types of people. I was just at my friend's place for dinner. And her friends are mostly 2. I think. And, I just felt really old and mom-like. I don't think that I have a problem with having fun or anything. Admittedly, I can be a little uptight about certain things. But, I think I'm fairly good at just having a good time. But, with the type 2 people, I just feel really boring, conventional and apprehensive. Take for example, I had to really turn a blind eye to the nasty sponge that I was using to clean the dishes and all the scum that was living in the water that had collected at the base of the dish rack. It was tough, let me tell ya. I wanted nothing more than to just empty out the whole damn kitchen and clean it. And, this is not to say that I am Ms. Martha Stewart. My room is definitely a mess, there are dust balls floating around my apartment and "gasp" even on my ceiling fan. But, still, certain things really bother me and it is a mental wonder that I get over them.

Back to the groups. I don't think I'd be able to categorize myself into one of them even if someone was threatening me with no more frozen peanut m&ms for my entire lifetime (though I'd try really, really hard). I don't think I'm 1. And, I'm probably not 2, subgroup b. But, as for the rest, I'd say I'm a bit of each.

So, this is a little too clean (I'm now using clean to mean something other than lack of dirt). Categorizing people is like trying to put a round edge on something that just has to be square. But, still. I think it's more or less true. I mean, even if everyone is indeed different, I think there are still certain ways that we group ourselves. And, I just don't know where that leaves me. Maybe I'm group 4. Whatever that may be.