My feelings on life...
Sometimes I wish life were easy. But when you really think about it, all the best things in life are the hardest to obtain. That’s why we put up with 13 years of state-funded schooling and then knowingly and obligingly put ourselves through 4 more years of this education stuff they call college. For the majority of us, college is not something we WANT to do. Oh no, it’s simply the only place for we who have no other skills than being “academics”, or, in short, nerds. We can’t fix a broken carburetor, we can’t sing or dance or play the violin. And even if we can muster up the courage to try out for a play or manage a back flip, there are so many others out there who were born to do it, and will continue to beat us out of the position. So we’re stuck going to school and pretending that we like it. Of course we know that someday down the line some CEO is going to be impressed with our interview skills. He’ll tell us, “I’m so very impressed with your credentials: your amazing educational background, impressive GPA, and extended experience in your field are all astounding. Therefore, I’m sure you’ll agree that Morgan Stanley would be lucky to have you….” As your lips begin to lift upwards into that half-smile that says thank you without seeming overly arrogant, and all that schooling and heartache and the overtime at every one of those half-ass retail jobs begins to seem like a worthwhile investment, that one lone man shatters every bit of your confidence by making you an “Executive Clerk”. Of the mailroom, that is. And although this man has just told you everything you didn’t want to hear, you smile, shake his hand, and move on with your life. So what the fuck was Charles Darwin thinking anyway? “Survival of the fittest?” In life, you’re either born with a gift, or you’re not. You’re either a talented artist who makes millions by the way you throw colors onto a blank canvas, or a brilliant scientist who will invent the cure for cancer, or a politician who gains the fear or respect of every American in the United States, or even some literary genius who makes a living off of one publication. And forget that bullshit about how Albert Einstein flunked out of high school, and if it’s hard for you too, that doesn’t mean you can’t become some scientific genius. It’s been said that a child’s potential is evident before the first grade. Therefore I believe that a small percentage of humans are decided to be something great in their youngest of years. And the rest of us? The middle class, the average, the median? We are led to believe that attending a college, working our asses off at mediocre jobs, living mediocre lives, and experiencing mediocre happiness is what we’re supposed to do in life. What the fuck is the point of spending $30,000 a year to be just like everyone else? Of course you may get your big break and hit the lottery, but we all know it’s always rigged for some schmuck in Wyoming, or someone who doesn’t really need the money anyway. And if we somehow land our “dream job”? No such thing. Everyone’s dream job is doing nothing and having all the money, love, and respect that can be obtained by one person. But for those of us not born that way, I believe we are doomed to live in mediocrity for the rest of our boring lives.