June 3rd, 2008 at 09:11:04 AM

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in the tree.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.
His response was a question: "Where do you want to go?"
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."

--Lewis Carroll

As we all prepare to leave this learning institution which has held us captive for the past few long years, some of us are under the impression that we know what we’ll be doing for the rest of our lives, while others still aren’t even sure what we’ll be doing next year. Personally, I’ve spent most of my high school years trying to put off thinking about what happens next for as long as possible. Contrary to popular belief, though, it has never been out of apathy. True, I'm lazy, and true, I'm terrified of growing up, but the primary reason for my lack of interest in future plans is that it’s just never mattered to me as much as a large majority of others seem to think it should. My life doesn't revolve around my future, and I wouldn’t want it to. A general theme of this anthology, as I’m sure you’ll notice, seems to be that of a so-called lack of direction, if that’s what you’d choose to call it, but those with greater insight can see that it’s simply a lack of conventional direction. A lot of people think you need to know exactly what you want to accomplish in the long-run, and spend your whole life working towards it to be successful, and that’s admirable enough, for some. But for me, the best way to find happiness is by succumbing to the whims and wants of the moment, rather than worrying where it’s going to lead me in the future. The lesson behind the inclusion of this particular quotation is that maybe, for some of us,    lack of direction can be a good thing. There will always be an abundance of paths to choose from in life, and without a concrete plan, there exists more room for spontaneity at every crossroad. As Katharine Hepburn once said, “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” Or, to put it in the words of a more recent movie, 2006 Oscar winner Little Miss Sunshine, “Do what you love, and fuck the rest.”

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But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you.

April 26th, 2008 at 02:41:03 PM

I generally find that when I wake up in the morning and my feet are absolutely killing me, it means the day/night just before was an amazing one. The majority of days this week, on which was quite a struggle to get out of bed around 1:00 in the afternoon, were no exceptions. I absolutely adore spring break. Warm weather, short skirts, city trips, sushi, thai food, alcohol, disney movies, train rides, smoothie king, giant cookies, more alcohol, epic pictures, and big group sing-a-longs make for a perfect week off from school that I wish wasn't nearly over. Not to mention the assortment of crazy people I spend my time with, from the girls who go out for dinner and drinks in classy heels to the boys who know all the words to Aladdin and Hercules, and everyone in between. I'm going to miss every single one of them so much next year. I've said it before, but I really wish I could live in this upcoming summer forever (forever? forever ever? forever ever?).

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Could you be loved?

April 20th, 2008 at 01:08:01 AM

I'll always adore the random collaboration of misfits that somehow came to be my group of best friends through high school, but I'm glad to see us each finding our own places. So many things in life right now seem to be sad yet happy at the same time. I've decided that Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie is the theme song for senior year. I think it's a happy song, in the end, sque ne ne's and all. This is our last dance, this is ourselves.

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