As I type up this blog, I have just returned from a five hour study fest at the IC. Today has been the textbook definition of a “long day.” I have been awake since my first class at 8:05 am and haven’t been back into my dorm room until now (it happens to be 2:00 am).

In other words, I’ve been going for pretty much 18 hours straight. Being that I was on the verge of collapse when I got back from the library, I turned my TV on in the hopes of having some background noise to keep me awake while I put my things away and organized my backpack for tomorrow.

I expected there to be nothing but infomercials on at this late hour. However, to my pleasant surprise, “The Sandlot“ is currently on AMC!

Clearly I’m going to be awake for the next 101 minutes.

The Sandlot was always one of my favorite movies, but my attachment to it grew once I got here. I’m not the only one of my friends who has become nostalgic for classic movies and television shows from the 1990s, but I think I’m the only one who is currently fascinated with “The Sandlot.”

Perhaps it’s because I have always related to Scotty Smalls. I can’t count how many people have told me, “You think too much!” Or maybe it comes simply from going to college; I could really identify with Smalls at the beginning of the movie – starting at a new school with no friends, just wanting to simultaneously fit in and be himself.

And, just like Smalls, I did succeed in making plenty of friends and I even went on several of my own unexpected adventures. So, if you are nervous for college, just keep in mind that things do tend to work out.

And don’t forget, “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die!”