10 years:
maybe more than 20 countries
4 universities
3 very different and important romantic relationships
5 houses
1 apartment
1 dorm
5 dogs
6 cats
1 passport about to expire
3 drivers licences
5,000+ beers
250+ bottles of wine
30 scars (rough count)
0 broken bones
0 stiches
3 car wrecks
47 states
200+ airplane rides
50+ train rides
0 major illnesses
360+ days of world of warcraft
3 jobs in coffee shops
2 cars
2 bikes
3 computers
3 pairs of cowboy boots
1 night in jail
0 dui's
these are some of my ornaments, and if it could possibly be true that we aren't only or are more than what we've done... im compelled to hope who exactly i am hasn't been given a voice at all yet. otherwise i think at least i could claim that my personal waste of a decade was accomplished with a notable degree of artistic merit. i feel tidally. i hope always. i want rest not only for myself but for everyone i know. i can't honestly think of someone i hate. i'm unsure what to actually do with any of this. hi, my name is bobby.
Wow! I wish I had your gift for creative writing. I am reminded of the lyrics from RENT's "Seasons of Love." How do we measure a life, and how would I measure my life? The form that you have chosen for this first blog post is memorable, and more importantly, the content concisely paints a picture of your evolving identity. Was the night in jail connected to the cats or the cowboy boots?
ReplyDeleteJessica...who is resigned to a perpetual state of restlessness until I find my tattered heart that I left somewhere out in the world in a previous life.
P.S. Don't wait too long to apply for a new passport, but we all must expire at some point.
P.P.S. Man, it's not the coffee though I worry about me, too. I really LOVE working with students because they teach me so much. Besides, life is too short to spend one day doing anything that I hate or resist (or that is not practical/beneficial in some way to me or to someone else).
responding to your post post script- there is a breakfast place on summer called bryant's. filled every morning with a nice memphis sampler of blue collars and beat up carhart everything else. they had a shirt on the wall there that read "life is too short to eat healthy". as easy and cathartic as being cynical is... i like your platitude better.
ReplyDeletealso it may not be considered restless to wake up at 2 if one is going to bed at 6. although if we keep am/pm out of it i also generally go to sleep at 6 and wake up at 2:)
as far as hearts, tattered is lovely insofar as it involves a pulse. at least thats what i tell myself all the time. then again if yours is actually missing... this morning becomes even more surreal.