my first attempt at combining a drawn something with a typed something, '07
oh, it really wasn't my intention
to disregard convention
it was just an impulse
that had to be obeyed.
i’ve been listening to ella fitzgerald all night and reading way into things. her music makes me contemplative, happy, and a little sad all at once.
well, only the slightest bit sad. as you guys can probably read from my blog posts, stories, poetry, etc... i’m a big ol’ sap. it just reminds me that all i want is someone to snuggle up to and croon her songs to, someone who won’t run away at the prospect of watching a spanish film (followed by a jason segel film or two, or three..) and maybe drink some bourn vita (i can settle for hot chocolate) in the process.
it never lasts long though. just long enough for me to blog about it and then realize it’ll happen soon enough but still be embarrassed about hitting the button “publish” after choosing the perfect picture to go along with the post.
i keep thinking about how much i’m going to miss all my friends next year.
i’m a junior this year. most of my friends are seniors. three years ago i started college classes. i came in with 32 relevant credit hours. i could’ve been graduating with them too. i’m thankful i’ve decided to stick it out for the full four, though i can’t help but wonder what it’d been like if i didn’t try and change my mind last year.
little known fact: my dream job would be to become a wine label maker, a teen short story writer, a pastry chef, and an art history professor all in one. since that isn’t exactly a specific job or anything, i’ll have to settle with helping people. which, as it turns out, is something i kinda like doing.
i want to take a year off anyway, though. just to see everything i’ve been studying. that’d be amazing. even things i haven’t studied. foreign things. like the rest of asia, for instance. or maybe finally just visit europe. the continent i know so much about yet have never, ever visited for longer than a 5 hour stay at an airport.
all that aside though, i’d give anything to just be in india for an extended period of time with ten empty notebooks, a copy of the gita, and my iPod. we’ll see if that can happen soon enough. for now, i’m settling for a glorious combination of:
ella (as stated previously), ray lamontagne, d’angelo, bilal, nat king cole, matt costa, select coldplay b-sides and a blank TextEdit page.
whatever made us do it
say, aren't you kind of glad we did?
say, aren't you kind of glad we did?
I like your drawing. Let's both take a year off together and go all over Asia. Man, I'll tell you what. I keep thinking I really want to work in Japan. Japanese architecture and design is awesome.
ReplyDeletei just read this, and it is exactly what i want to do to. unlike you, i can't really look at stuff in real life that i have been studying, but i feel like looking at pretty things will bring my brain back to normal. all these nasty equations are making my brain like fruit in a blender that turns into a smoothie. not kidding.
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