I feel like all these questions I get on this site are supposed to be thought-provoking and stir some latent emotions, but they really haven't. I feel like the more fun prompts are the random ones, and I haven't gotten to any of those yet, since we're only on 16/80 and whoever came up with them wasn't stretching yet.
The true hand-to-god answer is "none and nothing." I've made mistakes and bad decisions, but there aren't any I agonise over. There are some things I feel stupid about- saying something mean or undeserved; hurting people's feelings; being insensitive; getting on the southbound train when I need to go north- but I honestly feel like I've done pretty well with my life. Sure, maybe I should've studied harder in undergrad so I'd be able to get into a better PhD programme, but honestly I get to stay in Chicago and I'm still going to get a perfectly valuable education and pursue the career I want. I guess that's the thing I "regret" the most, but I had a blast in college, and I feel like it's always been more valuable to me to have good friends and a good time than to squander my time studying things I don't love. I'm going to be in a field I love now, so I'm less worried about academics panning out. But hopefully I'll still manage to make friends and have some good experiences along the way.
St. Patty's day always has good choices:
I have come to this conclusion many times before- I have a lot of flaws, don't get me wrong, but I'm sort of okay with who I am. I want to be more, I want to be better, but I'm also kind of lazy and I like playing videos games (aside: totes beat Skyward Sword two mornings ago!). No one gets out alive, so might as well have fun dying without speeding up the process too much. I say "too much" because I also enjoy cookies, and cookies are bad for you.
Updates in my life: had an interview at Barnes and Noble DePaul Centre today. I think it went okay, barring them deciding I'm a hideous monster hopefully I'll be able to pick up a part time stint. It was a group interview, though there were only three of us- one kid an undergrad at Columbia and another had his MFA from maybe also Columbia, but he had worked at the State St. Borders before it closed and I'm like 99% sure I recognised him. I had a Mary Kay power event after, so I was dressed extra snappy. Probably a little overkill but I felt cool.
I've been reading a lot. I had a big creative writing kick last month but it seems to have waned. That's why I could never be a real writer- I get wrapped up for a few days hardcore and then I quit, never wanting to come back to it. Thank god I didn't decide to go the writing route ever. But but but, I'm finally done with my Alcatraz reviews! And now I get to start doing the Game of Thrones ones! I think I'm sharing them with another kid, which is fine, because the episodes are pretty dense and I actually enjoy (read: love) the show, so this will keep me from getting annoyed with it. Of course, there are only 10 episodes in a season, so that's not too big of a problem. I cannot wait for Sunday.
That's about it as far as exciting tales in my life are concerned. Clearly my life is not, in fact, exciting. I'm sorry that we never really bare open my soul in this blog, partially because it's the internet and partially because I have no soul to bare.
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