People often wonder why I throw myself into the middle of things, why I feel compelled to get involved with one seemingly crazy thing after another. I consider myself a historian and a journalist, but one of an unusual variety. I live the story. I interact with history as it happens. This I believe is the only way to truly understand events, to live and breathe them. To get involved and touch history as it happens. Some times to even make it happen yourself.
Frankly I find the average person entirely too boring and complacent , they want to be entertained and they want to see something interesting, but most of them dont actually want to do anything interesting. They are content to live their lives along the path of least resistance. I suppose most people find some measure of happiness doing this. I am not content to sit on the sidelines and watch. I have to touch history as it happens.
When it happens, it feels like a surge of life within me. Everything becomes more focused and time seems to stand still. Colors sharpen and smells become more noticed, sounds we take for granted come sharply to my mind. Everything becomes more real. Some people have told me I am crazy for this, and they might just be correct. However if that is the case I dont quite want to be sane, seems quite boring to me.
With what happening in the world and particularly the US I can tell that changes are coming, I dont quite know what yet, but my observation of trends and patterns tell me this year is going to be quite interesting, last year we had the arab spring , antisec and occupy wallstreet. All historical events I have personally touched. Things I have put myself in the way of to learn from, to see the history of it unfold in front of me. This year will be even more interesting I think.
Okay, redindo, since you're so bright, who penned the above and why is it relevant to this thread, especially the clause in bold?
Feel free to PM me when you give up, of which I'm sure you will because you're the student and I'm the ... ummm ... not quite sure what the fuck I am, but it sure as hell ain't a student.
