57: Classic college student stuff

Luke Oliver

28 Aug 2025 • 3 min read

This is a photo of my good friend Gabby, taken at the farmer's market in SLO at the beginning of last year. I really need to get out and take some photos, because I am approaching being completely out of remotely relevant photos.

Well, I'm writing this one at close to 1 AM local time, because my new RA friends and I have done the age-old new-friends thing, which is stay up way too late simply talking amongst ourselves about almost nothing. I've done this a number of times, always with friends in a new place I'm staying, freshman year with my neighbors, at summer camps, and it's always a really great experience, where I know I should go to bed, but the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) is palpable enough to keep me from doing anything until it is truly way past my bedtime. I do think, though, that it's worth it. I can take a 6.5 or 7 hour night a couple times in exchange for the social interaction and closeness with my peers (and teammates, in this case).