To be what I want to be. . .

There is so much between me, right here right now, and me, two and a half years from now on my graduation as a Journalist that anything can happen. I am currently procrastinating on two papers I have to write to write here, but I need this little break. With Jack Johnson on my earphones, I am writing really mellow papers anyway.

I love writing. In High School, I used to like writing essays--even though I said I didn't because no one else did. Now I look back and I know that I was lying. John Steinbeck puts it best in East of Eden when he notes that all writers are liars. We like to lie and hope we get something out of it. When I told this to my friend Brianna, she replied that (paraphrased) it wasn't true because things that we write have symbolism, which represent true things. I replied that we are master liars then, because the best type of lies are half-truths.

Apart from my ability to lie on paper, there is some truth to the lie that I disliked writing essays. Halfway through any essay and the play and two books I'm writing I get the feeling that I don't want to write anymore, that it's too much. Somehow I picture myself in fifty years or so filing for retirement with Huck Finn's closing words about writing books (applied to being a journalist): ". . . if I'd a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't a tackled it and ain't agoing to no more."

When it is Sunday and I Cannot Wait for the Weekend...

This week is going to prove rather busy. A couple projects are due, and the date for my brainchild's premiere quickly gets larger. I know I have it rather easy, so I am not going to worry about this too much, instead, I am going to enjoy myself as much as I can.

*Project One: Think of a story for Outlook.
Normally, that would mean me procrastinating and Bad Sentencing the 350 words. However, I want to take this on by the horns. I really want to finally try out the You Need the Melon approach to Outreach. I think I might even have some fun with that.

*Project Two: Persuasive Speech
I'm doing it on why people should join the drama in the spring. This might be a little tricky...but I get to interview actors and all, so could prove a funny experience.

*Project Three: 30 Architecture Pictures
Talk about time consuming! OR....Talk about a mind clearer! Could help take my mind off of things.

*Project Four: Top Christian
This is what makes me most scared. I really just want to know how Union receives this...hopefully good! I really want to send a message to Unionites. The mission for the show is to present a way to be a christian through service, example, and lifestyle. Hopefully there's an audience...

*Project Five: Screenplay
The play I've been writing for next semester suddenly got turned into a 90 minute TV performance. Exciting!!

Everything should be fun, but still. It will be one of those "fun while it lasted, but I need a break" moments.