This episode covers most of my first semester of college and is a total whirlwind. One minute, I'm quoting Buddha. The next minute, I'm making out with everyone's girlfriend at the bar. I'm blacking out every Monday and will flirt with anything that has a pulse.

I spend most of my time apologizing to my friends for how I treated them the night before. I can't keep my crushes straight. The only guys I am romantically interested in are the ones who are the meanest to me.

It gets dark. Like, really dark.

But there's some beauty in this one, too. I reminisce about my friend Mark and how close we came to a different outcome. My friendships with the girls in my dorm bloom into something real. I get over Bob and Rhonda and do well in my first semester, despite showing up to class drunk or hungover most of the time.

My memories from this time are not totally accurate and although it was hard to reflect on them, it's been good to go back to some of these moments too. <3

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