Re: hmm....birthdays...
Marta Bashovski (zooey3@hotmail.com)
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:17:41 -0800 (PST)
Brendan wrote:
PLEASE, folks, don't go on thinking that life ends at 18. If you're a
writer--or just think you are, like I do--then 16 is a creative
wasteland filled with broken down love poems. The real characters come
out of the shadows of the late night, when you don't have to get up for
school in the morning.
Hello,
I didn't mean that life ends at eighteen at all. I think what I was
trying to say was that in high school there are so many different kinds
of people to observe and interact with. I often find myself watching
people in the cafeteria or in class because I see that I'm fascinated by
how different from myself or my friends other people (people who are my
*peers*) can be. I like to create characters from people I've met or
have been fascinated by. This doesn't end with high school, of course,
but I'm somehow under the impression that as soon as one enters the
workforce all kinds of variety just vanish. I know that sounds
absolutely ridiculous. I think, though, that maybe after high school the
angst factor also diminishes and my view on many of these things will be
altered.
- Marta
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