Back From the Dead with an Agenda

"London Skyline" by kyarithe (artist)

Have you ever had one of those weeks were all you do is reevaluate your life's decisions? Those teensy bits and bobs that have so far faded into the woodwork and been long forgotten (no matter how integral to your person they are)? 

It's been one of those in suburban Philadelphia, persisting to the near 2 month mark. June, July, and I'm fairly certain August will amount to much of the same. All inter-cranial analysis aside, I feel like I've grown up some. Especially in terms of how I was going to approach specifically this blog when I decided to return to it (if I ever did). Out of unfocused wanderings occasionally emerges a worth while existence. Don't get me wrong, I'm not there, but I think I'm close. 

Now exists solid proof that no part of high school is particularly fantastic (I'm talking pure academia folks, brick-and-mortar white tower and all). I think people grow up when they know what they want to do, what makes them happy or fulfills their life in some way. Thus ends my waxing-philosophical, I swear. I've decided to write about what I find interesting, whatever that may be, in the hopes that one day some teenager like myself may find such a trove of useless knowledge. We can hear about Kim Kardashian and whoever the heck else during the primetime television hours. Where else are you going to read about James Joyce's daughter or pre-war Canadian postcards or an animal that is not a cat?? 

Case in point: I don't see myself being a teacher in the conventional classroom sense, but I do love telling people things. I talk a lot, like anybody would if raised by my family. I figure I should put my vast depths of random interests to good use. So, expect no true theme. Expect digression and a little niggling feeling of "what the hell". 

I hope it works out.

CLE

Recommendation of the Week: Stuff You Missed in History Class by HowStuffWorks.com (podcast for total history nerds)