Inauguration is often dull.
You wouldn't believe the temptation to write for pages and pages about why I've finally decided to start a blog.
I'm struggling, so bear with me if I lapse.
Right now I'm 28, and my life is good, but I've never achieved anything that I'm aware of. I have a girlfriend, and I make her happy most of the time, which is I think the best thing I've ever done, but I don't think I even get that right all the time.
But I'm kind of a cool guy, everybody likes me, and I get by just fine. So there's the question. How far can you progress, how much can you get out of your life while still completely avoiding any major undertaking, or any achievement?
I like to take photographs, and I've started an online gallery at http://www.freakyjesus.com but they're not that good, and I haven't taken enough. I like to write short stories, but I haven't written one in over a year.
I'm going to see if I can make any sense of it, and by reading this, you can watch me fail, but I'm hoping to fail with panache and wit.
Once somebody quoted something clever Hemingway had said while they were talking to F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, who had been friends with Hemingway, replied something like. "Yes...Hemingway speaks with the authority of success. I, on the other hand, speak with the authority of failure."
Great quote, but I haven't written any great novels like The Great Gatsby yet, so I probably shouldn't be closing this entry on it.
I'm struggling, so bear with me if I lapse.
Right now I'm 28, and my life is good, but I've never achieved anything that I'm aware of. I have a girlfriend, and I make her happy most of the time, which is I think the best thing I've ever done, but I don't think I even get that right all the time.
But I'm kind of a cool guy, everybody likes me, and I get by just fine. So there's the question. How far can you progress, how much can you get out of your life while still completely avoiding any major undertaking, or any achievement?
I like to take photographs, and I've started an online gallery at http://www.freakyjesus.com but they're not that good, and I haven't taken enough. I like to write short stories, but I haven't written one in over a year.
I'm going to see if I can make any sense of it, and by reading this, you can watch me fail, but I'm hoping to fail with panache and wit.
Once somebody quoted something clever Hemingway had said while they were talking to F Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald, who had been friends with Hemingway, replied something like. "Yes...Hemingway speaks with the authority of success. I, on the other hand, speak with the authority of failure."
Great quote, but I haven't written any great novels like The Great Gatsby yet, so I probably shouldn't be closing this entry on it.
posted by Conor at 8:47 PM
2 Comments:
I'm hearing alot of negitivity here. But the stuff on freakyjesus blew me away! Shit I'm 47 and started using computers for the first time last year, something I never thought I could do.
-Ed
Hi ananymous. I know our blogger here and believe me it's all good. I work on FreakyJesus with him. I was just wondering how you found it...?
Andy
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