The Final Straw

I have had enough. Enough of the clowning, the pretending, the falsities, pretentiousness, you name it, and I am sick of it. I am not one for in-fighting, or commentary that can be viewed as derisive, but I do not hold my tongue when there are pressing issue at hand. This is an open letter. Take it however you wish. But getting offended only runs the risk of perpetuating the issues. You know my room #, we can chop it up if necessary.

1.) There is no figurehead in the 5ive. Forget what you heard, or what you think you saw, or that time Gbola and I argued in the hallway. It wasn't about anything. Seriously. We are all the best at what we each individually do, that is precisely why it is the 5ive, and not 1ne plus 4our.

2.) Ego. Egos, egos, egos. Let it go. We all want to be the freshest, flyest, best dressed, and what have you. But there comes a time, when we must look ourselves in the mirror, and then smash it with a brick. It has ceased to be about us. The minute we made our Common App passwords and began selling our souls to the monopoly that is College Board, a process was put into motion, which is quickly coming to fruition. Look around. There are entirely too many underformers on academic review, on bounds, bagging classes, for us to be concerned with the latest fashions. It is imperative we do everything in our power to influence these younger students, because we didn't have that when we came in.

3.) Time Management. Please believe I did not forget. We are all 18 here ( I see you Lubeen, its all love) yet we are complaining about how much time we see each other. It was all good just a week ago (c) Jay-Z. Or so it seems. No one was having these problems in the Fall Term, or even Winter. And if you were, you did not make it as explicit as you have now. We are all busy but if we were really concerned about not seeing each other..it really only takes a walk across campus. So..just be easy...if we were friends throughout the majority of our four years here..that will continue for long after this...so be easy..For the sake of everyone.

Please be aware that I am never above my own reproach. I believe the mark of a good writer is one who can take his own fallacies and shortcomings and make them presentable to a wider audience. Grow with me.

- Mr. Jackson as the Bad Guy