Sunday, October 21, 2012

Why Connor Will Die in his Twenties

Fear- Spiders
Annoyance- People who always take everything seriously
Accomplishment- Summitted an 11,736-ft peak
Confusion- How do you know if you're colorblind? Who determines what name goes with what color?
Sorrow- That people actually care about Honeybooboo
Dream- Being a professional pilot
Idiosyncrasies- I tap doorframes as I walk under, my food CANNOT touch on my plate, and whenever I see a collection of numbers I automatically do math stuff with them for no reason
Risks- disregard for safety, addiction to heights
Beloved Possessions- stuffed wolf collection (then), me (now)
Problems- I can't sense people's emotions for my life, and I tend to drive people away with my *cough* overenthusiastic personality


Oh, risk-taking.  You will probably legitimately be the death of me.  When people warn you of potential dangers, most people think "I will remember not to get myself into that situation."  I, meanwhile, am thinking "That... kinda sounds fun."  This goes for everything.  I sort of want to get lost in the wilderness, just to see how well I could survive and how long it would take to get out.  Whenever I look over a ledge, I wonder whether or not the fall would be survivable, and how bad it would mess me up.  I think drifting my car around a corner would be insanely fun.  I live for the experience, and the bragging rights of surviving stupid stuff.  And darn, do I do stupid stuff.  Some were especially bad, like hanging off the edge of a small cliff and canoeing during a lightning storm.  Some things I'm not as proud of in retrospect, so we shall not speak of them.  MOST things I've done aren't life-threatening, and I've suffered my share of  minor consequences.  One shameful experience broke my toe, and another left some unfortunate rashes.  Along with heights, I seem to be addicted to near-freezing water, and have caught many colds as a result.  I was so pleased when people started saying YOLO.  I thought "Wow, the perfect catchphrase!"  Then people started bashing it for being stupid.  They're right.  It is.  But maybe that's why I love it.  The constant stupid risk of injury makes me feel alive.  It's just this indescribable rush, and everything else seems dull and boring.  Like school. UGH.  Needs more fights.  Also, obstacle courses between classes.  With spikes.  And flamethrowers.  Just... no spiders.  Please.

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