Tuesday, May 30, 2006

I had a random thought which is completely off topic of what you guys are talking about (as usual) So I decided to post it. I was at the hair dressers today when I was looking around and I realized that every person I was looking at was distinctly unique. There was a chinese guy about in his mid-20's sitting and getting his hair done and I watched him and thought about how he went to school had freinds and has a whole lifes story behind him that none of us will ever know. He couldve done great things for people and he couldve done bad things for people but to us he is just another anonymous dude getting his hair done. I realized that celebrities are the ones who seem to write long autobiographies, and then there are the average people like Jonathan who just get some urge (or have some extreme narcissism...just kidding Jon lolol) to tell their life story. I find it interesting because we depend on history for everything we know about the past. We depend on word of mouth. But everything that hasnt been told to us and everything that has been "taken to the grave" will never ever be known save to the person who died with it. Your parent or your grandparent couldve achieved something you would have found incredible but if they dont tell you this then they have no way of knowing and in your mind they're nothing out of the ordinary. When I was a baby I used to cry like a beeeyatch, all the time. My mom said that she walked around with me to calm me down, she said she walked until her arms nearly fell off. Now I could never have known this and appreciated this until she told me about it because I had no idea. People cant share their struggles unless they let others know about them. And to remind others of what you've done is sometimes taken as selfish "I sacrificed so much for you" Its as though theyre supposed to recognize this and then repay you in kind. Think of all the sacrifices that our parents have all made when they had us and the fact that we will never know some of the things they had to give up and the pain that may have caused them. I also found it interesting how one of the people cutting hair was in his 50's. I found it interesting because this person had been alive longer than I had and he had seen things that I hadnt. I wasnt born when he was a young man, and he had to find his way in this world himself. I just find it fascinating that he was witness to things that I wasnt witness to because I wasnt even alive. Its almost surreal. anyways thats my drivel for now.

5 Comments:

Blogger MsKarenAu said...

indeed, David.. everyone's got a story to tell. even watching ppl being absorbed in their own little worlds on the public transit produces this same bafflement. it really is incredible!

9:33 AM  
Blogger JW said...

There's a reason why I'm writing an autobiography (besides extreme narcissism). It proves that everyone has a story to tell. I don't know why people don't do it more often. I think that's going to be one of fun things about teaching. You get a chance to tell people stories.

9:02 PM  
Blogger david said...

I agee, I recently just wrote a single page in the first journal I've ever had, It was pretty fullfilling to be honest. You can express your views to no one but that little book. Sorry again about the birthday thing, nothing ever did end up happening and I dont think anything will happen, we should do something sometime.

9:11 PM  
Blogger JW said...

Weren't we supposed to play baseball?

10:20 PM  
Blogger david said...

yes baseball, unfortunatley, there isnt any tonight like there usually is, I dont know why, I guess no one can come.

7:38 PM  

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