The Longest Shadows Ever Cast
5 Comments Published by Devin on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 at 2:54 PM.
Music: Death Cab For Cutie - Different Names For the Same Thing - Plans
Mood: Sore Throat
Today, I was reminiscing about all the bizzare people that I've met in my life at various academic programs and summer school sessions, so I thought it would be fun to look some of them up and see where they are now in their lives. I started with the fools I knew from Cambridge, where I found a bunch of random information about various people thanks to the stalkers that built thefacebook. First, I found Adi Shankar, that very interesting character who was pretty much the only person I socialzed with during my time there. He's at Northwestern now, I presume majoring in Journalism or something of the sort. Then I looked up Gavin Pherson, who's at Sarah Lawrence and working at some eco-friend vegetable farm in Malibu during the summer. I couldn't remember the names of everyone else, but I can vividly recall faces to the forefront of my mind...
So, I moved on to Harvard, where I quickly located the likes of my three roomates, one of which is studying in England, one in New Hampshire, and one of them is at MIT. No real suprises, everything was moving smoothly along, until I decided to see what my dear friends from Brown were up to. Let's just say, I was quickly awakened to the reality that is my life. One of them is currently in China working and studying at a University, one at Cornell writing a book, one at Yale working in the English department as a TA, one at USC on the verge of graduating with a 4.0 GPA. But then the clincher came. One of them, as in the one person I was closest to while I was there, is married, with a newborn child, in med school, and owns a company. How the hell does that much shit happen in the span of four years? I really am having a hard time putting my brain around it, but I guess that's just how the world is.
But it did get me thinking, what the hell am I doing with my life? I'm 20 now, but in four years, will I have done any of the things they have? Law school takes three years, that puts me at 23 when I'm done. What will that leave me with for options? Will I have started a business, or recorded an album, or written that book? What about that movie I so desperatley want to start/finish. All these things I want to do while I'm young, and yet I find excuses everyday to neglect them. Apathy really is a crime.
Mood: Sore Throat
Today, I was reminiscing about all the bizzare people that I've met in my life at various academic programs and summer school sessions, so I thought it would be fun to look some of them up and see where they are now in their lives. I started with the fools I knew from Cambridge, where I found a bunch of random information about various people thanks to the stalkers that built thefacebook. First, I found Adi Shankar, that very interesting character who was pretty much the only person I socialzed with during my time there. He's at Northwestern now, I presume majoring in Journalism or something of the sort. Then I looked up Gavin Pherson, who's at Sarah Lawrence and working at some eco-friend vegetable farm in Malibu during the summer. I couldn't remember the names of everyone else, but I can vividly recall faces to the forefront of my mind...
So, I moved on to Harvard, where I quickly located the likes of my three roomates, one of which is studying in England, one in New Hampshire, and one of them is at MIT. No real suprises, everything was moving smoothly along, until I decided to see what my dear friends from Brown were up to. Let's just say, I was quickly awakened to the reality that is my life. One of them is currently in China working and studying at a University, one at Cornell writing a book, one at Yale working in the English department as a TA, one at USC on the verge of graduating with a 4.0 GPA. But then the clincher came. One of them, as in the one person I was closest to while I was there, is married, with a newborn child, in med school, and owns a company. How the hell does that much shit happen in the span of four years? I really am having a hard time putting my brain around it, but I guess that's just how the world is.
But it did get me thinking, what the hell am I doing with my life? I'm 20 now, but in four years, will I have done any of the things they have? Law school takes three years, that puts me at 23 when I'm done. What will that leave me with for options? Will I have started a business, or recorded an album, or written that book? What about that movie I so desperatley want to start/finish. All these things I want to do while I'm young, and yet I find excuses everyday to neglect them. Apathy really is a crime.
apathy is a crime that you're not guilty of, bro.
find comfort in knowing that most people your age are still getting their feet wet in college, while you're heading to law school in less than a year.
throw this one onto your list: HANG OUT WITH GEORGE.
lets try to squeeze that into your 4 years, yes? muhahaha im such a dick
oh yeah apparently my parents want me to go to law school too. weird.
law school? george? why?
that is quite random. perhaps we can coordinate this effort into something grand.
ps- you need a blog hombre. and a new pair of red converse, as i need a new pair of black ones.
nugZ they aint my converse... i stole them from my friend to wear for the night.
i cant stray too far from that wretched swoosh...
yes let us discuss these grand plans next week. im goin up to berkeley for the cal/usc game in a bit, but ill be back on sunday
word.