So I'm back to say that I want to stay with this place and to keep it going. I know I already said that in a similar post again back in September, but I honestly am serious now. Here's the thing: I wrote a lot when I was in school and writing grew to become something that was just a natural part of everyday life for me. And now that I'm out of school I miss having the opportunity to write everyday because it feels like a part of my personal expression is gone. This is stuff that, when I was around eighteen or nineteen, I never in a million years thought I would ever think. I hated papers in school because they were on topics that were often arbitrary and frankly they just felt like a chore. Now I'm not saying I miss writing papers, don't get me wrong, but I will say that I do miss the intellectual stimulation of college (which sounds fucking pretentious, but it's honestly true).
I remember I discussed this topic with my friend El Lobo a month ago in Chicago when I visited him and he agreed with me. It was a cool moment, not just because I felt validated, but also because it felt oddly "adult" to be discussing the topic of college as if it was a thing of the past (which it is).
In some ways I feel sorry for those child prodigy oddballs who miss the stages of life that the rest of us go through (high school, college, the soul-crushing corporate world, etc). But to be fair this is probably an extremely naive view of what it's like to be a super-talented prepubescent. After all, their exceptional talent probably opens doors for them to opportunities and experiences that I can only dream of. So at this point I'm going to shut up because I feel that I'm talking in circles, but you get what I'm getting at.
