Wut U Iz On Campus?

I'm starting to like this blog thing now. It's kinda nice to end the day thinking about my day and looking forward to my next set of adventures that will start at approximately 9 minutes after 7 am aka after I hit the snooze button once.

I remember coming on campus last semester and all the students were trying to figure out who/what/how they were going to live their lives for the next semester/year. Everyone was making last minute class changes, figuring out social allegiances, and the freshman were trying to not look lost while the upperclassmen were rolling their eyes at the freshmen's overly inflated ego. My friends and I were walking to Winslow--the local eatery of such mass-produced bliss--and were bombarded with several young "boys' (not men) who were definitely persuaded to follow the BET-social construct aka "plain ghetto". Being quite loud for no reason, one of the boys yells at one of my friends, "Ey! Wut you iz on campus?" My friend was taken aback by the question--exactly what does he mean by that question.

Now at this present moment, she could have answered this question in one of several ways: I am a:

Girl,

Short,

Black,

Relatively smart,

A sister,

Not your wife,

Cute,

Funny,

Broke...

He actually wanted to know what year she was in school, but that only came from more probing on her part to see the actual intent of the question.

Stephen Covey talks about Identifying Roles in his book "7 Habits" on page 162 (just in case you're interested) and tells us that the first thing we must do in order to be effective in our daily lives is to notate who we actually are--to answer the question "Wut u iz on campus?" Now of course, we probably won't be using that lingo, and some of us are probably not "on campus"... But who are you? Who am I?

I may not have all the answers or all of "who I am". On Facebook as my Intro to Me Section, I have the following: I am SINGLE, SAVED, SANCTIFIED, SEXY, SASSY, AND SMART.

What else am I? Well, here's a list of a few ideas off the top of my head:

Follower of Truth in Jesus,

TA in Org Comm Dept.

Grad Student

President of Voices of Praise

Alto

Natural Black Hair Wearer

Exerciser

Music Lover

Sister

Daughter

Friend/Compatriot

Future Wife/Bride

Roommate

Listener

Facebooker--sometimes stalker when convenient

Nosey

Future-driven

Real sleepy right about now...

Like driving in a Jaguar on the Autobahn going 45 mph is the same as living a life with knowing the potential/purpose. The Jaguar will get in the way of those who know who they are, and what they need to be doing. It will also reach the destination...eventually. And the Jaguar can't enjoy the journey because it's not being challenged or stretched to its maximum capacity/potential.

I want to be a speeder on the Autobahn, reaching my destination right on time, and not getting in the way of others Moving Forward--a theme song of mine from Israel Houghton. But amazingly enough, this all begins by asking myself-- "Wut u iz on campus?"