The Dwyer Wire

Folks, this is it. This is the last week you’ll be able to thumb to the Opinion page of the Black & Magenta and find “The Dwyer Wire” waiting patiently for eager eyes to land upon it.

Hopefully, it will take on other forms someday, reincarnate itself and return to its roots on the pages of some famous entertainment magazine.

Alternative Press, if you’re reading this, I’m still looking for a job.

Anyway, this is the part where I’m supposed to tell you how excited I am to be moving on and leaving the Black and Magenta behind, right?

Truth be told, I’ve never felt more apprehensive about graduating until now. I picked up my cap and gown today and it just didn’t feel right.

Muskingum has been a glorious distraction from the real world for four years, and now, my time here has come to an abrupt end.

There are many reasons for my aching feeling of uneasiness. The feat of finding a job is my main concern. It’s just one that I feel like I’m not ready to tackle just yet. It’s not that Muskingum hasn’t prepared me for the real world, because I strongly believe that it has. I am very confident about the skills I’ve acquired during my time here. I’m just not confident about finding a job this day and age. Period.

I sit here asking myself, “Why did I have to do everything right and graduate in four years?” I don’t like change and my life is going to change drastically after I leave this place. I’m not ready for it mentally, emotionally or financially.

I’ve even thought about failing a class to buy more time here, but I know that’s just silly in the end.

Nevertheless, time is yet again not on my side and  come three weeks from now I’m out of here, ready or not.

To everyone who has touched my life here, you know who you are. I love you and I will never forget you.

I’m sorry if I let any readers down who were expecting me to go out with a bang but I’ve always wrote what I’m feeling. I’m just not ready for my grand finale yet.