Usually at the end of summer vacation, I muse about how fast time went by. But this summer went by as slow as any I can remember.
I took six credits this summer and had a full-time job, but I think being editor of The Avenue is what made it seem like time was going by so slowly. Putting out a section every week gave me a fair reference point to how much time was actually going by relative to what I was doing.
Still, I enjoyed being editor of this section this semester, and I would like to thank everyone who read this section, my column and any articles that The Avenue's writers wrote over the summer.
We had ups and downs this semester and I thank everyone who kept track of this section every week - if there is anyone like that.
I won't edit this section again in my last two years at UF, so I want to leave one last message before I do. I came around to being editor of this section because I was in Reporting last year and I wrote articles for the last editor. I was in Reporting because in my freshman year, I changed my major to journalism.
I only changed my major because I wanted to write about music and I got hired by a website called AbsolutePunk.net. The moral of the story is that the only reason I am doing anything that I do today is because of how much I love music.
What type of music I like is irrelevant. That's why I think it's fitting that in the last issue of The Avenue, we have two pages about Warped Tour, which certainly has a diverse lineup.
What I'm doing in my last column, though, is not pleading you to support music. You should support the artists you listen to - but that's not really what I'm saying. Changing my major a couple of years ago was a tough choice, but I decided to study something I loved rather than something that could make me money right away.
At the risk of sounding completely pretentious, I just think everyone should do what they really want to do. I want to go to work every day and have it feel like I'm not working at all.
One of my favorite bands, This Time Next Year, is releasing a record called "Drop Out Of Life" in September. "Drop out of life" is their way of telling you to quit your job, take a break from school, change your major - whatever.
Just do something you like doing.
