Thursday, August 9, 2012

Return of the Queen

(Started August 8 9 pm)

My sister is returning tonight and soon we are going to rock the town! I'm really excited and even if she is a pain in the butt, we have a lot of fun and we get along pretty well. Right now I am 60% addicted to Fringe and 40% addicted to a mixture of Sims (plus expansion packs!) and Game of Thrones books.

Fringe is an amazing sci-fi series that started in 2009. I started watching it when the series premiered but stopped a little way into season 2 because I got really busy with college paranoia and my junior year. I'll collect all the reasons that I like the show later and write something really brief when I get the chance.

Recently I have been thinking about my trip back to Middlebury with a mixture of anxiety and happiness. I hate the idle feelings of summertime but I am also not overly excited to get back to the constant pressure of academia and socializing and the other multiple stresses I have during my daily life. Maybe I can make myself feel better about the next month by accomplishing something of substance this summer. Or perhaps I can delude myself into feelings of eager anticipation. Which is worse?

Should I engage my mind in a depressing realism or delude myself with joyful ideas of what could be once I arrive at school. Realism is painful now, but it may pay off later. Anticipation is the opposite. I think I should stick to healthy realism for now. I'm at the point in my life where I cannot afford to hold onto false hope of any kind that my emotional situation will spontaneously change. I need to take control rather than acting upon the assumption that I lack control completely.

Growing up is near impossible for me right now I fear. I am trapped in a strange limbo between youth and adulthood. It wreaks havoc on my mind. I do not have enough answers to the questions I frequently ponder. I want to be in control but I am accepting that I cannot be in control all the time. It is difficult.

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