“Dear God, let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me beI've been letting a lot of little pieces of living slip between forever and a jelly bean. I used to be so passionate about life and filled with the craziest ideas and experiments: like living in my van for a week or meeting a new person every day for a year. Recently, however, I've been couching. Couching is a lot like hanging out. It consists of a handful of people gathering, claiming a seat, and enjoying each other's company for a while. I don't realize it while I am couching, but as sure as I am sitting there, my ambitions slip between the couch cusions.
gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too
much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere -- be
deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me
sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me
dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
But don't you fret. Graduation is just around the corner and I am excited for life post-school. I'm going to fill my time with:
- sewing my t-shirt blanket
- watching documentaries
- hacking away at my reading list I've compiled over the years
- car shopping/buying
- blogging
- biking
- museum hopping
- supporting my family members in politics, school, and housework
- garden
- painting
- trips to Borders and the library
- practicing violin, guitar, and trumpet
- recording more for my C.D. (check out some of the songs here. It's called "I got this guitar for free, you got this CD for $3)
- making music videos
- working at the juvenile delinquent center (I love it there)
- planning for camp
- learning how to deliver a baby (just in case my camp director delivers while we're at camp)
- getting CPR and first aid certified
Me working it at the Wash Hut.
2 comments:
My favorite picture: you on the bike. Can we do some of these adventures together? I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn in high school and really like that quote to.
Marcie!
I want to make a t-shirt blanket this summer, too! Except, every time I've tried sewing I just stop out of boredom... but this will not happen this time. Have you started? Do you have a design?
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