Sunday, January 27, 2008

Wanting

If I examine myself, I know that I'll find a list of things I desperately (or just moderately) am longing for. Let's see what those are...


I want to get my fingerprints on "Franny & Zooey" (J.D. Salinger)

I want more sleep

I want more motivation to read my books for school

...so that I'm not up late so that I can get more sleep

I don't want to feel hate and tension towards other people, because we've all got our own faults and problems

I want to feel God in my life more

I want to be more confident so that I feel like a whole person and not one thrown around by feelings and what other people say

I want to stop itching from that long, hot shower I took

I want thrill in my life but also diligence so I won't get all caught up in looking for thrill but not finding it because I'm anxious about an agenda I didn't finish

Sigh . . . .

Lots of things. My back is slouched, I have something like a subtle headache from getting too much sleep at the wrong time, and my eyebrows are in a worried, stern position. My last wish is:



I wish I could leap out of my body as a terrifying skeleton and beat my self-centered, -pitying, -seeking, -righteous bit of flesh and muscle into pulp with a baseball bat.

That is all right now.

3 comments:

keri said...

hmm...good post.


i've had my fingerprints all over franny and zooey.....literally.
the ink the publishers used is SO smudgy...my prints are slowly blackening its previously white cover. it's a wonderful book; puts me in an interesting mood every time i read a bit of it. i'm almost done...maybe i can mail it to you? if you'd like.


that "terrifying skeleton" bit is genius! sometimes i get so disgusted with myself...it'd be so great if we could do that.

natalie said...

i like posting things like this...lists, almost.
it seems to bring things into perspective.

jeremy said...

You mean you like posting things like this, or you like it when I do, or you like it when anyone does in general, including yourself?