Fuck empire. I want justice, but I'll settle for anarchy
"Instead of the world being divied up into Catholics and Protestants or Republicans and Democrates or white men and black or even men and women, I saw the world divided into people who had slept with somebody and people who hadn't, and this seemed the only really significant difference between one person and another."
So I'm nearing the end of my novel and I'm not sure why it's such a big deal. The metaphors and imagery is astounding, so, yes, it's well wrought. It's romantically depressing, you can relate. The symbolism is amazing, it isn't a hard read at all. It's a thoughtful book, and I guess that's something to gain. But I'm not sure what all the hype is about. I find it being compaired to the woman equivalent to "The Catcher in the Rye." Which sounds like it should be good- but, it's just not. Maybe it's the fact the the concepts are so much a like, and since I fell I can relate to Holden much more than I can Esther, "The Bell Jar" just isn't as good. =/
I've decieded I don't just want to experience life, but the world, too. I'd never be satisfied behind a desk, ever. I think I've proved this through seven hours of hell at school. So this summer is going to be spent working ridiculous shifts, saving as much as I can, sliming down/getting fit again, learning French and Spanish, and seeing as many shows as humanly possible. Then next school year, I want to join as many volunteer programs I can get my hands on. I'm still decieding if I want to graduate early or not, if so I'm gonna work full time, if not, then I'll just carry on like usual. After graduation, I'm going to take my generals at a community college and continue to work my ass off. During my vacation time at college, I'm going to tour the fuck out of the U.S. And take road trips when ever I can to build up my portfolio. Once my generals are completed, I'm pretty well off financially, and I'm satisfied with the U.S. I'm gonna bike through out South America. That might sound crazy, but I'm going to. I'm not sure what I'm trying to prove with that, but it will happen. When I feel that's complete, I want to join the Peace Corps. With my education, multilingual speech, and voluntary work I'm really hoping to get in and be able to go to Cambodia. That'll take up 27 months of my life. With my savings, the money I get from the Peace Corps, and college loans, I'm going to come back to America, and complete the rest of my schooling to become a Neuroethologist. Once I graduate that, I want to go back over seas (Europe this time) and spend my summer back packing the scenes, while job hunting- I'm thinking I want to live in Australia for a few years. Since the animals are so unique there, there are several jobs involving my field I'd probably be qualified and interested in. Neuroethology requires traveling, a lot. I'm really hoping to be able to be able to work with natives in different countries, seeing as I want to minor in Anthropology or Sociology, while on my job-digs. During all of this I'm hoping to work free-lance for whatever local papers I'm near in the world, and National Geographic (that's why I'd be building up a portfolio).
We'll see how all that plays out, but that is a rough sketch of what I'll do with my life. I think it's seems practical. Kids take road trips all the time, though far fetched, people bike through Mexico and backpack through Europe, there are several Peace Corp volunteers, and there are several sucessful neuroethologists. I can do this.
So I'm nearing the end of my novel and I'm not sure why it's such a big deal. The metaphors and imagery is astounding, so, yes, it's well wrought. It's romantically depressing, you can relate. The symbolism is amazing, it isn't a hard read at all. It's a thoughtful book, and I guess that's something to gain. But I'm not sure what all the hype is about. I find it being compaired to the woman equivalent to "The Catcher in the Rye." Which sounds like it should be good- but, it's just not. Maybe it's the fact the the concepts are so much a like, and since I fell I can relate to Holden much more than I can Esther, "The Bell Jar" just isn't as good. =/
I've decieded I don't just want to experience life, but the world, too. I'd never be satisfied behind a desk, ever. I think I've proved this through seven hours of hell at school. So this summer is going to be spent working ridiculous shifts, saving as much as I can, sliming down/getting fit again, learning French and Spanish, and seeing as many shows as humanly possible. Then next school year, I want to join as many volunteer programs I can get my hands on. I'm still decieding if I want to graduate early or not, if so I'm gonna work full time, if not, then I'll just carry on like usual. After graduation, I'm going to take my generals at a community college and continue to work my ass off. During my vacation time at college, I'm going to tour the fuck out of the U.S. And take road trips when ever I can to build up my portfolio. Once my generals are completed, I'm pretty well off financially, and I'm satisfied with the U.S. I'm gonna bike through out South America. That might sound crazy, but I'm going to. I'm not sure what I'm trying to prove with that, but it will happen. When I feel that's complete, I want to join the Peace Corps. With my education, multilingual speech, and voluntary work I'm really hoping to get in and be able to go to Cambodia. That'll take up 27 months of my life. With my savings, the money I get from the Peace Corps, and college loans, I'm going to come back to America, and complete the rest of my schooling to become a Neuroethologist. Once I graduate that, I want to go back over seas (Europe this time) and spend my summer back packing the scenes, while job hunting- I'm thinking I want to live in Australia for a few years. Since the animals are so unique there, there are several jobs involving my field I'd probably be qualified and interested in. Neuroethology requires traveling, a lot. I'm really hoping to be able to be able to work with natives in different countries, seeing as I want to minor in Anthropology or Sociology, while on my job-digs. During all of this I'm hoping to work free-lance for whatever local papers I'm near in the world, and National Geographic (that's why I'd be building up a portfolio).
We'll see how all that plays out, but that is a rough sketch of what I'll do with my life. I think it's seems practical. Kids take road trips all the time, though far fetched, people bike through Mexico and backpack through Europe, there are several Peace Corp volunteers, and there are several sucessful neuroethologists. I can do this.