The Young and The Innocent

There were a lot of things I didn't know about until college. Until I reached my 20s, I was really naive. Looking back, it's a little embarrassing. I was probably one of the last truly innocent kids. I didn't have sex until I was 21 not because I was saving myself for marriage, but because until I started my freshman year at UGA, I had no idea that people my age really had sex. I know that it sounds hard to believe. I watched a ton of TV and movies and I knew what sex was. But I also saw TV as being all fake and that people in real life didn't do those sorts of things. My life and what I did was always so removed from what I saw or read in the media, or at least it was in my mind then.

I didn't know a Jewish person until freshman year. She was my roommate and the person who told me about Jews and Jesus. Once again, I know its hard to believe but it just never crossed my mind that someone could not believe in Jesus. Not because I thought that not believing in him is wrong but because I never knew I had the option. Jesus and his way were shoved down my throat from birth. Imagine my surprise when I learned that there are a LOT of people who don't believe in Jesus. And that it was okay and you wouldn't get sent straight to hell. My entire view of religion got turned upside down and its one of the best things that ever happened to me.

I look back on my youth and it's amazing just how sheltered I was without knowing it. I don't even think my parents realized--they were teaching my brother and I what they knew. And what they knew was Henry County, Georgia.

Dave Chappelle has a bit that I completely identify with.

I definitely only knew about grape drink.

I still am never into juice.