I was on my dinner break at the Starbucks in Barnes and Nobles tonight when I overheard the following:
"I wanted to travel the world and write. It's all I wanted to do after graduation. I thought it'd be great. I'm young and I'd really be living, you know? And what did I pick for myself? Pain. Lots and lots of pain and suffering. I wanted to be inspired and liberated, not screamed at and covered in greasy shit all day."
Hearing this made me want to jump up and point while exclaiming :
"Haha! You see I'm not the only one!!"
The above was said by a twenty-something year old guy who couldn't stop twitching his left leg. (I think we'll name him Jason, he looked like a Jason, no wait- Max)
Max was talking to a girl, who was probably the same age as him. He was nervous and kept on talking really fast for minutes at a time. And every time the girl laughed Max would nervously turn a page in the open book in front of him, but never actually look down at the words. He works in a restaurant as an owner's assistant or something. After they left I noticed that Max left the book which turned out to be "Bones" by Jennifer McLagan. (Hmm...)
I'm not the creepy girl who stares at people in public and scribbles on napkins while eavesdropping-- trying to get each word down. Well, tonight I was- for only like three minutes, only because come on, that was a great line and it had to be quoted.
I, of course, was inspired afterwards and when I got back from my break I spent the last ninety minutes of my day on Monster, YahooJobs and Craigslist. Just give it time, folks. And positive thinking.
All I need is a lot of positive thinking and a little bit of time.
P.S. Someone in my writing class gave me a copy of the DVD The Secret, so that's been spinning in my head lately. That stuff really does work though!
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People should read this.
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