Similarities

I don't know what I was expecting, really, except an entirely different demographic.

But what I've found at IU, in comparison to my Taylor years, is that there are way too many similarities, when it comes down to it.

Taylor is known for its beautiful people. Its intimidatingly gorgeous, rich student body is well known throughout the small liberal arts Christian college realm and perhaps beyond.

What I wasn't prepared for here in Bloomington is an equal, if not greater, ratio of incredibly beautiful people, who are equally as wealthy.

The car models are new and newer. The clothes and shoes and aviator sunglasses are just as posh. The hair is dyed and streaked just as many times. And the bling is equally as obvious.

Sometimes I just feel like this is Taylor expanded 100 fold.

Then I hear the stories kids tell on the bus about their weekends, or I choke through the back doors of the library where everyone and their mother takes their cigarette break, or I feel intimidated ever so slightly to mention that I go to church, don't drink very often, or happen to love God very much.

That's when I remember that I was blessed with Taylor, that I'm blessed to be far from it, and that I'm blessed to be here among this chaos which is truer to life than anything I've previously experienced.

Taylor and IU - similiar - who knew?