I lied about the triangles. That was never part of the argument. Maybe it should have been though, because I got an unsatisfactory in kindergarten for my inability to cut. I still struggle a bit, but I would probably pass the kindergarten test by now. And my roommates were always cutting out something.
Truth is, you just lose chances to practice writing. Which is why I have been having such a hard time with it lately.
I was getting Christmas music + Josh Groban off of my external hard drive so that I can enjoy life again and I stumbled upon two essays. One was a college acceptance essay, and the other was the only essay I ever had to write in college. Yea, this engineer got a 5 on two AP Literature exams and didn't have to take any lit in college. I took Children's Literature (Kiddie Lit) with Becca and Jillian for fun one semester. I must admit, the fun I hoped to have was to prove to them that their classes were easy. I was a bitter 19 year old, I'll be the first to admit. I think my A+ grade in the class proved nothing except that I will do anything to prove a point, and that I am a really arrogant meanie head. Sorry, my dear friends.
But the essay I wanted to talk about was my William and Mary application essay. They wanted one page about how how I would bring diversity to campus. I remember laughing at that. WASP? Yea, super diverse.
So I basically wrote them a blog. I'll post it later. It's actually horrifying to me that they wanted me walking around their campus after what I wrote...
All this to say - you don't have to be a good writer to get people to read what you write. (Just like you don't have to sing well to be a pop star, you don't have to be able to add to be an engineer, etc. It's all about the charm...) I'm going to test this theory extensively in subsequent blogs.
Random thoughts:
- WORST MOMENT EVER - The stupid drummer boy made his way onto my ipod. He snuck in by way of Josh Groban. I am such a sucker. I nearly exploded on my way to work today. The drummer boy is on my top 5 list of seemingly trivial things I absolutely cannot tolerate in life.
- The Israeli national anthem is gorgeous. Especially like THIS.
- 4 washes ago, I used a 3 wash red hair dye that made no noticeable difference in my hair color. I also bought a straightener and finally had pretty hair for the first time in 4 months. Two people from work asked me today if I have always had red hair. I laugh. Also, I'm going to dye my hair red. Think this. I'm not going to be young forever, so I may as well have fun now, hey?