A Convenient Lie

I am not going to write a blog related to thanksgiving, for several reasons.

1. Though it’s a great holiday and I love seeing my family, I’ve had to write what I’m thankful for since like first grade, and frankly, I’m tired of it. It’s always the same thing: “friends, family, LIFE, food, etc.” And perhaps this is true, but what’s the point of writing a thousand journals about the same thing? Aren’t we taught that we are all unique? And if we’re all unique, then why do we stress over finding common interests? Is it because we just want one thing, one tiny aspect of ourselves, to tether us to one another? Do we really feel that lost?
2. As the first point says, I’m tired of writing stuff because I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE. I can’t be original in a Thanksgiving blog. I really don’t have that many humorous anecdotes. And that’s another thing. Where do comedians get all these anecdotes? Where does anyone get their anecdotes? I like to think I live a fairly standard life, I hang out with friends, I do interesting things, and yet when it comes my time at retreat to tell my “Funniest memory liiike everrr” I’m simply lost for words.
3. I would rather focus on more important things, like my music. I wrote a few new songs today and yesterday, actually, so if you want, check one of them out here: http://sean.vox.com/library/post/would-you-rather-live-forever-or-never-die.html
4. I kind of forget what this list is for and I am too lazy to scroll up, so…yeah.

Anyway, nothing too new has happened. I still have a myriad of essays to write for school, I still have a pessimistic view on society and education which is still not getting me anywhere, I still lack motivation, I still don’t know what my future holds at all, and I still don’t care.

This may be cliche, but my family and (some of) my friends are more important to me than getting really rich and still being unhappy. Cause it’s true that money doesn’t change our state of mind.

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