Yeah, so, I haven't written for like a month and a half. So what? If you're looking for an apology, you won't find it here. Tough love? Maybe. But I don't feel that my lack of posting prompts an apology. Why not? I feel that I have more important things to do with my life than update this silly narcissist-fest. More importantly: I feel that you you have more important things to do with your life than read this silly narcissist-fest. Miraculously, both of our lives go on, regardless of what happens in this tiny corner of the web! Nonetheless, I am happy to be back here posting.
In terms of social media, a month and a half is a very long time to recap. With endless different ways to go about writing a "come-back" post, I've selected one that I feel will be the least painful for you and I. This is to skip the nitty-gritty and stick with the general. To skip telling you about what designs of wrapping paper I used this Christmas. To skip telling you about the time I forced McKenna to listen to Lou Reed in the car. To skip telling you about the time that I got sick with tonsillitis for three weeks. No really, I'll skip it. I'll say no more. Instead, I'll recap the past month with some representation of sorts. (Is representation the best word to describe it? Would analogy be better? Allegory? Symbolism? This is a plea for all of my fellow AP-Lit buddies to read this post and then alert me as to which literary device most accurately describes the style of this post!!! Serious inquiry!!!) So, without further ado, I'll describe my car ride on the way to class today, as a representation of the entire past month.
I got in the car. Somehow my windshield had frozen over with ice. No, not the typical type of freeze where the ice covers the OUTSIDE of the windshield. No, this was something altogether different. My entire windshield was frosted, on the inside of my car. Trying to use a car scraper on a concave curve is significantly harder than using one on a convex curve, in case you were wondering. But then: joy of all joys! I found my previously-MIA, ginger-flavored lip balm! I'd been deeming it lost for weeks, and here it was, resting on the passenger seat. With newfound exuberance, I began driving. A simple task? Usually, yes. In this instance, no--due to the styrofoam cup of pasta I was attempting to eat from, while simultaneously controlling a vehicle. Why the cup of pasta? Because I'm in college, and would I really be a genuine college student if I wasn't eating dirt cheap pasta, in a makeshift container, on the go? Soon I realized that it would be wiser to put the cup in a cupholder, as opposed to my original method of manual balance. This was originally a great decision, because, duh, two hands on a wheel makes it easier to avoid hitting my neighbor's cat. However, due to the close proximity of my car's heating vents to the cupholders, my entire vehicle soon smelled like fettuccine alfredo. And so my car ride continued, switching dynamically between good and bad, and after a few more twists and turns, ultimately ending with "You Don't Know How it Feels" by Tom Petty coming on the radio. (So obviously the ride ended on a good note) And as alluded to earlier, just like my car ride with its dichotomy of positives and negatives: the last month and a half has been the same way. It's spanned the full spectrum of good and bad, offering endless learning opportunities along the way. (This is me trying to take the optimistic route, instead of cynically focusing on the negatives. New Years resolutions y'all...)
Well, there you have it. With my month and a half leave of absence taken, I return as your humble servant, providing you my daily ramblings. It's good to be back, goooooood to be back.
