Allison "Lilo" Brown

Over this past Thanksgiving break, I spent a lot of time rewatching old Disney movies and connecting with the toddler version of myself. One of the movies I watched for the first time in what was probably 10 years was Lilo and Stitch. As I watched it, I realized I truly connected with the sixyearold Hawaiian girl Lilo.

Many days, I find myself like Lilo. College is fun and all, but it's also very stressful. Because of all the stress and hard decisions, I tend to find myself laying around like Lilo (to the right). When I came to college, I was quite confident in my choice of a major, but I've been second guessing myself a lot recently because I worry that my skills do not match those of everyone else.

When I'm not stressing out, and sometimes even when I am, I like to be around my friends. It doesn't even matter what I do when I'm with them because, whatever it is, I'll be happy. My friends are like an escape from school and unlike highschool, they are drama free.

Unfortunately, I sometimes have problems or misunderstandings with my "friends". I included the quotations around friends because even in college there are plenty of fake people. I try to surround myself with only people I like and only people who will build me up rather than tear me down, but mingling with others is inevitable. Recently, someone really hurt me and in times like those I find myself more like this version of Lilo (above).

Despite the things I've talked about in this post sounding almost sad, I'm a very happy person. In fact, I've been told two times in the past 3 days that I'm the most giggly and silly person people know. I typically love life and try not to let anything get me down.