I am writing a letter to my author-self. Upon reading A Fable for the Living, I realized that if we stop connecting with people and things that are gone they die a second time. Their first death is the actual loss of them from the earth, but a person's second death is them being forgotten about forever. If we don’t keep in contact with things that we care about we begin to lose them, so I am writing to my author-self in hopes that it is not too late and that I can still keep in contact with him and create a strong bond between the two of us. Dear Kyle,
I feel that the two of us are very similar, we are creative in our own ways, and we love to express ourselves. Despite these similarities we seem to be trapped, separated like the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet, ever destined to be so close to each other yet so far. Maybe they will see us as too powerful if we were to work well together. Despite these limitations I still get by. I do give you control of what I say sometimes. When I want to express strong emotions or opinions that's all you, I am bad at expressing myself in words. It is almost ironic, as if I have given you control over what to write in a letter to you. I would like to apologize to you for all of the bad interactions we have had in the past. It was mostly my fault for being too stuck up to admit that I needed your help. In recent years I have realized that I cannot do this without you and I am very lucky to have you, So thank you for being the little voice in my head that my friends say make my texts sound too formal. During the course of this semester i plan to try and communicate with my writer-self by keeping a notebook by my bed so that if I come up with something I want to write about or even vent about I can keep a record of it so that I don’t forget about what I wanted to write about. I also plan to talk with my writer-self more, not in the crazy person way, but in the way that it allows me to improve my everyday speech and break free of a lot of the slang that I use in everyday conversations. Sincerely, Conor
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Hey everyone! Welcome to my blog, which will follow my journey through the English Composition class. This post of a bit of an introduction to let you all know a little bit more about me, you can read how I answered my Proust Questionnaire, and even fill your own out!
__1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? Happiness for me would be laying in bed on a rainy Saturday afternoon and watching Star Wars or listening to music. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My Greatest fear would be being alone. While it is something I also enjoy, it is only good in moderation, too much of being alone becomes depressing. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in others? One trait that I deplore in others is lying. Anyone who takes the time to go around my back and deceive me does not deserve any of my time __4.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance would be music products and accessories, as I enjoy most music and I am currently looking into getting a record player. __5.__What is your current state of mind? I am currently at a balance of moods. I feel happy, yet sad, as well as excited and nervous. As I fill out this questionnaire I am texting with my Girlfriend who is the one person in this world who makes me very happy, every time I think about her I smile and my day gets a whole lot better. I am also excited because I am having a movie night with my closest friend, he is the one who has been there for me. I cannot place where these sad and nervous thoughts are stemming from, today has been good, it's a Friday and we have a long weekend. __6.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? There are two virtues that I see as overrated, these being prudence, and fidelity. Prudence is very similar to that of common sense and wisdom. I see that as more of a character trait because not everyone has common sense or wisdom. Fidelity is just a blend of the other virtues, so you may just as well take out the other virtues and have fidelity be the only one or take fidelity out. __7.__On what occasion do you lie? I don't lie often, but when I do it's usually because I have done something that I was not supposed to do. __8.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I dislike the size of my body, I am slightly overweight and it is hard to keep the pounds off. I Have a sweet tooth and love to eat. __9.__Which living person do you most despise? I do not despise many people because everyone is allowed to have their own opinion and it is wrong to judge people based upon their opinions. __10.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I mostly overuse slang words that replace greetings such as dog - referring to my friends, and bruh - as a reaction towards something __11.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? The Greatest love of my life is Music followed at close second by my girlfriend who makes me very happy, and that I am very lucky to have. __12.__When and where were you happiest? I am happiest in many places, but the types of happy are different depending on who I am with and where I am. But the two places that I am the happiest over all is when I’m hanging out with my closest friends or spending time with my Girlfriend. __13.__Which talent would you most like to have? I would love to be able to read music and play guitar. I can sing, and I play Percussion but I would much rather play guitar. __14.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? I consider my friends as my greatest achievement, not them as people but the bonds that we have with each other and how we all trust one another. __15.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? If I were to die and come back as a living thing I would come back as a wolf, I do not see myself as someone who can go it alone, I need a ‘pack’ to help me through it, but I am also very faithful and loyal __16.__Where would you most like to live? I would most like to live in the Irish Country-side as I have been there many times and it is beautiful. __17.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured position currently is my cassette player and cassettes as they are a different style of listening to music compared to streaming through spotify. __18.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? The lowest depth of misery is being lied to and deceived by someone who you trusted. __19.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation although i have never worked officially in the field is aircraft engineering. The thought of being able to fix airplanes and design new ones is a really cool thought in my head. __20.__What is your most marked characteristic? Honesty is one of my most marked characteristics. I can be brutally honest at times, giving feedback that isn't always wanted. Around some people I will sweeten it up a bit and make it less of a harsh impact. __21.__What do you most value in your friends? I most value truth and honesty in my friends. Especially when it is about my appearance or opinions. __22.__What is it that you most dislike? I do not dislike many things but my biggest pet peeve is people who expect me to do their work for them. __23.__What is your greatest regret? My greatest regret is taking a year to realize how bad for me my first friend group was. __24.__How would you like to die? I personally would like to die not due to natural causes, but instead I would like to go skydiving without a parachute. In my last few minutes I would like to listen to Father and Son by Cat Stevens, and think about all of the good times that I have had. __25.__What is your motto? Shit happens and there ain't nothing you can do about it. |
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