Nearly everybody believes they lead the atypical life and, for the most part, they're not wrong. However, nearly everybody believes nearly everybody else leads the typical life, and for the most part, I have a thousand more questions. But that's not really what I want to talk about. I do believe my life is atypical, which, I'll admit up front, must be a typical assumption.
Two things really stand out in my priorities, aims, and aspirations for my life in this world. You've seen them in the title and they mean a lot to me. One of them captures what others think and will think of me, the others what I fancy myself to operate by. The romance of the adventures of the twists and turns of life, the marching to the beat of one's own drum, and living a life that reads like a storybook is something I've found particular draw to in recent years. I want distinction and I want a legacy worthy of remembrance. I don't want to be forgotten and I want to be special.
Whether this means on the small-scale level of friends, family, and acquaintances or of national and global occurrence, I don't presently care or select. I do think of how the "Personal Life" section of my future past-tense Wikipedia page will look, though, quite often. This is a bit of a joke between me and myself, and maybe Andrew Collins now, but it's something to look forward to. I'm writing my autobiography right now, baby! Filling it up with some decent content, making my life an adventure to be followed. Journaling might help, and, although it stings me to say it, being done with online Philosophy might really help me out there. I simply haven't had a ton of time to keep this updated, and I've been leaning towards the rustic romance of handwritten entries, but I still feel a sense of publicity is a necessary evil.. those silly historians one day might need some permanent availability of research into my early life.. from my eyes!
I started The Great Gatsby today.. just so y'all know.
Let me tell you a bit about the distinctions I'd like (or have liked) to make for myself.
- I've wanted to graduate early for a long time.. graduating at the end of junior year is no longer an option, (quite unfortunately, I'm a little pissed at Mr Robertson right now but since he's an adult he probably made the right choice.. and okay, I don't actually believe that right now because I'm not supposed to.. this is one of those things that you look back on when you're like, thirty, and say 'I was such a stupid kid back then! That was one of the greatest things anyone ever did for me!' but as for right now.. I have to be mildly pissed and disappointed.) but that says nothing about the end of first semester, senior year!
- I want to be somewhat nomadic like my Uncle Will.. but for likely different reasons. I want to touch lives, I want to make an impact small-scale and/or large-scale, I want to see the world almost as much as I want it to see me!
- If we get into fun stuff.. I wouldn't mind being a mid-senior-year high school drop out.. take a look at these no-namers who dropped out of formal education: William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Kiefer Sutherland (Jack Bauer!!), Sean Connery and Jim Carrey, Robert DeNiro! ... almost every musician you can name! Albert Einstein! The Wright Brothers! Evita Peron! Yogi Berra!
http://www.school-survival.net/successful_dropouts.php
- I want to be one of those cool poly-glot types.. English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, German, Farsi. -- all on my list of ideas.
- How about an informal gap-year "I-spent-a-year-in-Costa-Rica-
- A SUMMA grad gone high school drop out.. has such a thing ever occurred in the history of mankind?
- I never want to own much.. maybe have a lot of money to use, but never own stuff. I love that idea of the Spartan lifestyle where you could pack everything you own into a backpack, head out the door, and give your renter a call.. of your tiny shower-in-the-kitchen Chinatown apartment. Also, charity organizations would be a great place to store all that money.. you never get much back from them!
- Don't think I don't want to work. Job possibilities for me could be
I) military -> government agency (CIA, FBI, Homeland, etc.) -> diplomacy
II) joint firefighter/youth pastor -> firefighter/police officer -> FBI -> ...
III) full-term traveling missionary.. living life in the field all over the world
IV) foreign service/ministry organization founder
V) full-time writer like John Steinbeck
In other words, expect something crazy over here. I'm not settling for less. Night-night time!
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