I recently tried my hand at writing short stories. OR maybe I should be honest and say that I sent a well known author colleague of mine a short story I once wrote and hoped for the best *wringing fingers*. She gave me a couple of thumbs up *looking pleased* then proceeded to tell me how to make my piece better. Now as much as I appreciated her advice, I’m still a lazy procrastinator. I feel like it’d make me think I’m back in Brookie with Mrs Madahana telling me how to make my coursework better. *barf*
Her advice helped, I got my A (insert braggart’s swelling head here) but I could never shake off the feeling I had more to learn. I then tried to take English as a course in my undergrad and that’s where things got messy. Apparently I knew NOTHING. What the effin heck?! I think criticism when constructive is welcome but the whole thought of not KNOWING anything when all through school you’ve been given accolades? The HORROR. It’s like you’ve been living a lie your entire life. I don’t mean to be mean (pun?) but maybe I was being measured against idiots and I thought I was a modern day English idiot savant. CLEARLY NOT. I put things where they weren’t supposed to be, my work was ripped to shreds and I saw my life flashing before my eyes. I was VERY glad when that class ended.
Which brings me to my main topic: Learning. For what its worth I love to learn. My school habits tell a simple enough story. Maybe I should quit school for a while though. There’s a saying that going to school kills your creativity. Can it really stump out your creativity though? Besides being told how to make something better? I always envied those people who did multidisciplinary degrees and had their choice of courses to take across a broad spectrum of faculties. Where was I going with this? Oh yes,
Yesterday I was taught “how to play pool” or “Pool 101” for lack of a better catch phrase. There are apparently all these points on a white ball that dictate where the ball will end up after u take your shot. I learnt how to do a stop shot (there’s a really helpful old man to teach u how if you click on the link) and a drawback shot and a whole bunch of other things that I can’t remember due to the vodka haze I was under. Did it enrich my game? Yes it did. Will I leave my day time job just yet? Not quite. I need money to pay for my latest addiction right?
In other grateful news, it’s FEBRUARY!! I’ve been losing weight so I’ll treat myself to a cheese burger and fries for lunch. Yay!
