It was TK, Ayo and Chri’s graduation party the other night. It was a gathering of friends, people who went to college together. The “Lawrence family” as we are known. It was an emotional experience as Ayo was going home to Japan. That’s the experience of college life, people go different directions and it’s painful. It’s also beautiful as people did what they set out to do, got that degree majoringin Booze and minoring in bitchiness. This is twice as hard for international students as visiting is really restricted by distance.

The party was great, I haven’t had so much fun since I was in South Africa. I was high on mikes hard and shots of vodka and tequila. It was a fantastic night. Now I couldn’t help but compare this night with the night I spent with my boyfriend at the bar. I realised that with my friends I can be more myself and I not feel judged. I can drink and get drunk and people can start making out and touch their boyfriends without getting labels of being promiscuous. With my friends I can be as pink as I want to be and then quoted the next day as the high light of the party.

Granted we all social actors and we are always in this play called life. But there’s nothing like being in your own character zone. It’s so easy not to have to pretend and just be! And I love my character.