Budding Roses; CSPA Buddies

Two peas in a pod is the motto we live by at CalPoly with our             buddy system (as well as no girls in the boys dorms). Sounds cute right? It’s a rule that requires you to walk around with your new “BFF” you have only known for two seconds. The buddy system alone could more than compensate for the icebreaker games every student participated in on the first day.

You learn lots of things when you are walking with your buddy. By crossing the street, you learn who is most likely to get hit by a car by the time they are thirty. You learn the person to save them may grow up to be Spiderman or perhaps an actor to play Spiderman in a movie. Following this event, you learn who will most likely end up working at TMZ when the picture of the incident winds up on someone’s blog. The storyteller of the pack and most likely make it to Hollywood to write a screenplay on the incident.

At the cafeteria, there is the person who is always complaining about the food. He will probably end up as a quirky food critic in a magazine or on an off the wall show called Bizarre Foods.

There’s always the jokester who cracks down on the funny events at camp; The Soup on E Network.

And of course there’s the person who states the obvious or is perhaps a bit critical; Style Fashion Guide.

We all share the talent of writing; obviously, each person has a different voice. Whatever we grow up to be in our futures, there has to be something crazy out there waiting for us. The anticipation of seeing the future president of the United States, or food critic on the Food Network is too exciting wait for.

So while the buddy system may seem completely child like and pointless (trust me, not being able to take a trip to the restroom alone makes me self conscious) it is worth it in the end. Follow the buddy system and keep the friends you make here. You and you favorite buddy may end up being “bestie” billionaires like Oprah and Gale. Or you may end up hating and running against each other for governor and using every lawyer tactic Stan taught you to rip your ex-CSPA peer to shreds. It’s also possible that you will land a full vacation in Maui one day with the future Diane Sawyer.