UM HI. Talk about being M.I.A. for quite a while. Today's Special Shout Out goes to Leslie S. because it's her birthday. YAY!
Life has quieted down significantly since my last buhlog. At this moment I have been accepted into a graduate program and my anxiety level has dropped significantly, along with my motivation level. At this point I am anticipating and dreading graduation. Can someone tell me how I am supposed to walk away from a four year slumber party? A slumber party with homework and libraries and questionable decisions! Remember everyone, in the real world, drinking heavily on a Monday night will more than likely result in some negative consequences other than not being able to attend your 1 p.m. class. So what's the next step in the game of life? According to the actual Game of Life by Hasbro, I am supposed to spin the wheel, move a few spaces, and find a husband? Is that before or after I get to choose a salary from a series of 3 cards? I love this game by the way. What if life actually worked like that? What if our world was a Game of Life by Hasbro. God is up there spinning a big wheel and next thing we know we're in a plastic van (I like the red one), with a little blue husband and 2-6 children. Then you choose your salary and house and if you don't like it you steal it away from someone else ( I get the tudor and the $100,000 ALWAYS). Then you get some happiness along the way because you get to win the lottery or go on vacation. There should be a card in Life that says "Your husband is a schmuk, get a divorce," or "Your child has to go to drug rehab, lose $10,000." Maybe it's better that our world doesn't work like the game. Regardless, it's exciting to be moving on, but scary at the same time. It might as well be controlled by a large spinning wheel, like a game of Roulette (woah that's deep). I'll be interested to see where my history takes me.
Speaking of history, I have been reading a book called Sweet and Low, by Rich Cohen. The book is really good and I'll explain why. It's about the development of the sugar substitute Sweet and Low, which happended to be created by the author's grandfather, Ben Eisenstadt. The creation of Sweet and Low is not simply the saccharine in a packet, it's the history of the Jewish people in Brooklyn and the development of Germ Theory. The author ties it all together. Nothing is an independent occurence and those little pink packets sit on all the tables because a Jewish lawyer needed something to do after WWII ended and his cafe was no longer doing well. If it hadn't been for him, we would all still be reaching into a communal sugar bowl to sweeten our coffee. According to the author, the sugar packet is a representation of the American attitude. That packet reperesents and individual, once we open it and use it, it is our own. This is why I enjoy history so much because it lets us know where we come from and where we're going. People don't know they are changing history with one idea and that's the beauty of it. The book, Sweet and Low, is funny and informative and interesting. You don't have to be a scholar of Jewish history to enjoy and understand it. This is for everyone. Here's the link to Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N2XEO2/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1F2C7CC2B1N3HWETS2KX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846
As for the Game of Life, I'll play it and I'll try not to cheat like I usually do (I always get to be the doctor). Lets see where our history takes us no matter what we're doing after graduation.
Love,
Diana
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