Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Love letters and Lab makers


Thoughts..
Umm let's see where to begin on these.
My friend Chey is having us write love letters to people we always wanted to say something to but never got to. At first I thought it would be fun, and it is fun in a way, but it makes me think a little more than I wanted to think. I think I may have taken this a little seriously, I've been writing it in parts because I'll get frustrated with myself and think did you really mean to say that, or am I really thinking that. I'm just about done, and now I'm going over it and saying why did you write to that person? Why not someone in your family you heartless bitch, why did you pick him? Maybe....maybe because it was the first time I truly felt valued? To be honest I don't know why I didn't choose to write to a family member who I never got to say I love you to. I probably should have and I've thought a lot about doing that in retrospect, and I've been guilty about it. However, I've become quite attached to this stupid little letter that I've written that will never really be received. It isn't even a "love" letter it is an affectionate letter, I guess. I don't really have a clue what it is for me. I'm excited for the exhibit I believe a bunch of Oxford people are coming up for it and I think we can dress up any excuse to wear dresses is always fun.

I have been bracing myself every time I open up gmail, which is quite a bit actually, because what if there is unwanted mail from a certain Oxford university. It's not like I've driven myself crazy trying to get there or making myself sick over it or anything. Also it's not like once I'm there I'll be expecting things to happen exactly like last time, only maybe a little bit, a lot bit, not just a bit lets bulk this bit up into a piece, a whole piece of me wants it to be the same. BUT guess what its not gonna be and I'm gonna be in for a shockeroo. (that is if I get in...)

In the pressing present I have a lab report to do. I'm and a sucky lab maker, and an even suckier lab grapher, I was not put on this earth to graph stdev..at least I don't think I was? Bringing me to another point of umm what do I want to be when I grow up (other than writer of course). I'm doing all these pre reqs for ot which is fine and good better than good it could be great, right? Umm why am I then planning on taking the LSAT, it's not like I've thought about being a human rights lawyer...not at all... or umm why have I been thinking about Fulbrights? This doesn't add up to OT? but then lawyer umm could be one of the driest things in the world, I just don't know, yet. I guess Grandma is asking about what I want to be, she would be very sad/disappointed/disgruntled if she knew I wanted to just write. She doesn't think that's a job, maybe she'll be proven right in the end, but for now its the only certain. I'm just have to pick a profession to earn a living while writing, so what will it be?

I'm not sure how to end this train of thought blog maybe I'll end with chocolet because everything is better if you end with chocolet, it could have been the worse entry yet and since I said chocolet at the end it suddenly goes up five points. So Chocolet, I would like some, that is all for now.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Green Sweater


I wore my little green sweater today. It's torn on one shoulder and worn looking, I had forgotten how much I loved that thing until today when it tumbled out on me in the darkness of a seven am shuffle. When I wear the sweater people always make a point of telling me that the right shoulder has a rip, they do it all secretive like they are trying to hide me some sort of modifying embarrassment, but I know it has a rip. I knew it very well when I put on, but you know what I love that damn rip. The first time I wore the sweater, I was a senior in high school and I wore it all brand new to ask this boy out to prom (call it progressive or what you will) anyways he said no. To be honest it was no big surprise, but I thought it was horrifying at the time and I rejected other opportunities because I was pig headed and said no one else would do. After this I thought the sweater was cursed or something, I use to be very superstitious in high school. I went to a Catholic school, how could I not be?
I finished up Catholic school and finished (some of) my superstition. I wore the sweater the first time I went to Dyrham park. It was still roughly new then, but I remember the chill of June against it. It was never a very thick, but it certainly was a sturdy thing. Then a year later wearing the sweater again and someone taking interest in me, making me no longer feel inferior, replacing the the first memory of the sweater. Maybe that time is gone now, but the sweater is here in all its glory, with all its little rips and worn pieces.

Monday, February 28, 2011

Language or literature?


Language or literature? The question sounds quite sophisticated, doesn't it? So sophisticated that no one could question the validity of a literature degree. Here in the States literature is becoming a little underestimated by our braggadocio science counterparts. Not to be primeval or anything, but the next person who tells me that being an English major I must have a great time to myself, or it must be fun, I'm going to rip out their jugulars and before you correct me on how exactly that may be impossible I will tell you that being an English major nothing is impossible, a man got eaten by a whale for gods sakes. And yes that was a run on sentence I am taking master creative license here I can do that with my literature degree (when acquired). With science there is a right and wrong answer, with English your essays can be ripped apart about fifty times and never put right. Does the latter sound easier? And for all those out there who have never taken an upper level English course it is not as easy to bullshit as you think passages really are required. This is not college writing so please for all of you that aced that, I'm very happy for you, but I also aced nutrition and I really have my doubts that is an upper level chem class, correct me if I'm wrong. English is an art and as an artist I want to be a perfectionist. So please everyone who calls English easy let's see your novels, whether they be good or bad I'd like at least 250 pages. Easy right? Not to bring Hemingway into every argument, but here goes... Hemingway never took the easy way out and although he may not have majored in anything he was certainly a man of words. Case closed thank you Mr. Hemingway.