Thursday, February 14, 2013

I am...


My name is James Cone. Sometimes I wonder if my name were something else, like Bob, if my life would be different. Would I have different friends, hobbies, and beliefs? What if my best friend Mikey had a bad childhood experience with someone named Bob, and the experience left him sub-consciously hating Bobs throughout his life, so we never became friends. Or if I applied for a job, and there was another Bob working there, and two Bobs just seemed to be one too many, and the other Bob refused to go by Bobby. I think about things like this.
            I am 23 years old and I’m a nursing major. I work full time as a clinical technician at a drug and alcohol treatment center. I enjoy my work because I feel like I’m doing my small part in helping society. I enjoy surfing, spending time with friends, and watching movies I have seen entirely too many times. I often think of myself as a unique individual, but then I realize that so is everyone else. I really think we are all just having the typical life experience that has been re-lived time and time again throughout the history of man. 
            I have an optimistic outlook on life; I prefer to see the good in all people, things, and situations. I genuinely believe that if you look hard enough, that you can find good in the grimmest of grim. I enjoy being around people. Talking to people for me is like asking for directions, I don’t want to do it, but when I do I am glad I did.
             This is an overview of my life. I could really spend an extensive amount of time telling you about my life as Bob, but its challenging to write about my real life. These are the surface things, the things that I would put on a dating site if I was part of one. The fact still remains, that I am James Cone.


1 comment:

  1. This post made me laugh out loud, so thank you!! I especially like that you left the "dating site" details for another day/place/time:) We will appreciate your gift of optimism in our community of writers. This gift will play a special role in our study of Iran and Persepolis. Thank you!

    By the way, go back to templates and don't select the Live Feed template (this one) because I won't be able to 'grade' your blog accurately. Select "Simple" or one of the other design templates in "design" mode. Thank you!

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