Thoughts

[woodface]

I've been watching those people standing on the streets the last few days, not just during the day but actually sleeping out there in the cold. Part of me is proud for those people fighting for democracy. Another part is amazed (not in a good way) that this is happening. This feels very much like the Cold War, only for now everything has gone very peacefully (which touches me even more). I really hope they'll be able to resolve this. I was gonna write more but I got distracted and I think it's getting too late to consider politics.

I watched Ed tonight and this episode made me think. It was about an ex from Carol in high school coming to Stuckeyville for an evening. Carol gets all worked up because the guy is married, has children, a house etc and she feels like she has not accomplished anything as she is a teacher and still alone, never moved out of town. When they do meet up, the guy is being all nostalgic and looking back at high school as if it was the best time of his life. At that point Carol realises she doesn't envy him because she's happier now than she was back then.

This made me think. People always kept telling me to enjoy my time at school, that high school and university are the best times of your lives and you need to grab it and live it fully. I never felt like that. I hated being a teenager. I never felt school and uni were the best time of my life. I never got it why people held so much importance to it. And maybe, it just isn't. I was happier at uni than I was at school. I'm about to enter the next stage of my life and it should be better than uni. I want it to be better. *I* can make it better.

Besides all that, the war on neopets is driving me crazy. *thwaps healings springs*

Comments

[woodface]

Heh, no way. You won't get me back to high school if you pay me. Well okay, if the prize is high enough ;oP

[erica-w.livejournal.com]

Heh, I can only imagine what *that* would have to be... ;o)