I know I've been completely ignoring this blog, but that's mainly because I've been trying to write some publishable pieces. After spending a month in Paris at a creative writing workshop, I started to believe that I can really make a writing career happen and have been striving to do so ever since. This is the first thing I wrote that is actually on a site that I didn't create or moderate. Hope to have many more in the future, in more famous places as well.
http://realcityny.com/bookstores-on-the-brink/
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Lost
I spent this weekend on my couch trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. All I ended up doing was watching a lot of TV. I feel completely lost and confused and have no idea what I want. I want security without being tied down and creativity without a pay-cut. Help. Anyone. John Lennon, sir, now would be a good time to appear in a dream...
Monday, May 2, 2011
One Man Died, Hate Still Lives...
Nearly ten years ago "freedom itself has been attacked by a masked coward." (This is the first time I have quoted George Bush) At the time, I was 14, just days before my 15th birthday, the same day I had my first kiss. I was on the other side of the world and watched on TV as two buildings collapsed and the world changed, reshaping a generation and the NYC skyline.
As I was driving home tonight, I heard an announcement saying the man behind those attacks was dead. While watching the crowds outside the White House and Ground Zero, it occurred to me that the death of one man is bringing together people of different backgrounds to celebrate, but the death of thousands of friends, neighbors and family members simply turned people against each other. The days and years following 9/11 saw a lot of racism against Muslims and South Asians, even though, as the president pointed out today, bin Laden was not an Islamic leader, he was a mass murderer. I can only hope that this unity among people in times of celebration will also bleed into turbulent times. Dumbledore said, "We are only as strong as we are united," and only through mutual respect, compassion and love can we build a world in which we are all safe. Hate gets us nowhere, and thought one man, a symbol of hate, is gone, hatred is not. Ignorance and fear and those who take advantage of it are not gone. I sincerely hope that if and when we see hard times again, we will stand united and not blame innocent people, who are equally hurt, out of fear.
Lately, we have been seeing several gatherings: people gathering to protest unfair governments, people gathering to celebrate the marriage of their future sovereign, and tonight, to celebrate the death of someone who's hands were covered in innocent blood. I hope this unity lasts and grows into a much deeper respect for each other, despite our differences. I also hope we tomorrow will be a national holiday, but that might be a little TOO hopeful.
As I was driving home tonight, I heard an announcement saying the man behind those attacks was dead. While watching the crowds outside the White House and Ground Zero, it occurred to me that the death of one man is bringing together people of different backgrounds to celebrate, but the death of thousands of friends, neighbors and family members simply turned people against each other. The days and years following 9/11 saw a lot of racism against Muslims and South Asians, even though, as the president pointed out today, bin Laden was not an Islamic leader, he was a mass murderer. I can only hope that this unity among people in times of celebration will also bleed into turbulent times. Dumbledore said, "We are only as strong as we are united," and only through mutual respect, compassion and love can we build a world in which we are all safe. Hate gets us nowhere, and thought one man, a symbol of hate, is gone, hatred is not. Ignorance and fear and those who take advantage of it are not gone. I sincerely hope that if and when we see hard times again, we will stand united and not blame innocent people, who are equally hurt, out of fear.
Lately, we have been seeing several gatherings: people gathering to protest unfair governments, people gathering to celebrate the marriage of their future sovereign, and tonight, to celebrate the death of someone who's hands were covered in innocent blood. I hope this unity lasts and grows into a much deeper respect for each other, despite our differences. I also hope we tomorrow will be a national holiday, but that might be a little TOO hopeful.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Princes, Ballgowns, and Reality
Like all little girls, I grew up watching Disney movies where the pretty girl meets a handsome prince and they live happily ever after, and like any other innocent little girl, I believed these things really happened. Yesterday, a prince married a pretty girl in the hopes of living happily ever after and over two billion people watched them do this. (Yes, I too watched the highlights, and cried.)Why? Why is a love story so much more interesting when a prince is involved? Is it all Disney's fault?
I always thought that people fell in love and spent the rest of their lives together and nothing ever came between them; life has taught me otherwise. Different things like bodies of water and fear of commitment seem to plague relationships. How come Disney never mentioned these? They just stopped at the pretty dresses and handsome princes. I demand that I get what I was promised: happily ever after. A handsome prince wouldn't hurt either, only because unlimited funds I don't need to earn sounds really wonderful given my current life involves endless hours spent either at work or doing homework and the mountain of student loan debt.
This post is just a rant. My thoughts are way too scattered right now for me to be coherent, but I felt like writing just to express them.
I always thought that people fell in love and spent the rest of their lives together and nothing ever came between them; life has taught me otherwise. Different things like bodies of water and fear of commitment seem to plague relationships. How come Disney never mentioned these? They just stopped at the pretty dresses and handsome princes. I demand that I get what I was promised: happily ever after. A handsome prince wouldn't hurt either, only because unlimited funds I don't need to earn sounds really wonderful given my current life involves endless hours spent either at work or doing homework and the mountain of student loan debt.
This post is just a rant. My thoughts are way too scattered right now for me to be coherent, but I felt like writing just to express them.
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