Re: Dirty Trick
blah b b blah (jrovira@juno.com)
Tue, 09 Feb 1999 17:15:38 -0500 (EST)
No, that wasn't it Matt. She was shooting for "passionate and sincere,"
with a dash of "real."
Eh, let's see. Since we're talking about Real Life, let me tell you
mine. I got married when I was 18, am now 35 with four kids, having run
the gamut from Working My Way Through College while Freelance Writing
while Doing Side Jobs for Extra Money while Raising Kids while Keeping up
a Semblance of a Marriage while Editing and Writing for two newsletters
while Serving as a Deacon while Teaching while Running a Writer's Group
while Being Promoted to Management (have had to supervise up to 17 men,
most of whom fell into one of three categories--ex con, biker, ex army)
while Publishing my Own Work while Reading Voraciously while Developing a
Personal Philosophy while. . .
and I could go on. I've left out the more embarassing, personal stuff
that's much more interesting to read. Looking back, at 16 I didn't have
a clue. At 25 I barely had a clue. At 35 I've learned that I don't have
a clue but I think I know what it is I don't have a clue about.
Yeah, I was miserable at 16. But I think the misery then was largely the
product of Not Having a Clue. You have your options open. Ask yourself,
"Why am I miserable?" "What do I want?" "How can I get there?"
Course, you won't have a clue how to answer these questions. But even
something stupid and banal that provides direction is better than nothing
at all.
Just don't get married young.
Jim
On Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:52:11 -0500 Matt Kozusko
<mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu> writes:
>Scottie writes:
>
>> I do wish Camille, you wouldn't use all those obscene
>> words...
>
>I have simply assumed that Camille left her desk for a cup of coffee,
>and that while she was out, somebody sneaked into her cubicle and sent
>off that nasty message in her name.
>
>--
>Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
>
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