life_0f_riley (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} life_0f_riley) wrote,@ 2009-01-11 23:40:00 |
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The only appropriate response to Jane Austin is to sing scat or trumpet playing when possible.
Now I say that the homeless man I mentioned last week earned his money because he did something. He entertained me. I believe in giving homeless people money only when they earn it by entertaining me. Not like bum fights or anything like that. If a homeless man or woman can think of a good story, a good line, something more than just “can I get some money for the bus,” then I don’t feel that I am doing any sort of charity by giving them a couple of bucks.
But that is what I like about New York. You can just walk around and meet people and to be shown signs. And that is what the most important thing about this trip to New York. I am now thinking about my future for one of the first times that I can remember. I know that I can’t just fall into something. I know that I don’t have any experience and at this point I know that I am basically useless as an adult. But I know what I want. Well, I have a vague direction, now. I have to be a writer or a comedian. And that is what I have figured out.
I have been watching 30 Rock. I want that life. I want to be a television writer or a novelist. I might not be happy doing anything else. So I have decided that I have to start figuring out how to do it. I need to write. Weekly posting on this journal at least. I am going to write for the alternative paper at my school. I might do improv at school. I will keep doing open mic nights. I am going to try and get an internship with The Onion, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, or some other such place. I know I am a long shot but I think that I should be doing something.
The point of this is that I will be updating this journal once a week on various things. The posts will be longer but not necessarily that much better quality.
-Riley
Now I say that the homeless man I mentioned last week earned his money because he did something. He entertained me. I believe in giving homeless people money only when they earn it by entertaining me. Not like bum fights or anything like that. If a homeless man or woman can think of a good story, a good line, something more than just “can I get some money for the bus,” then I don’t feel that I am doing any sort of charity by giving them a couple of bucks.
But that is what I like about New York. You can just walk around and meet people and to be shown signs. And that is what the most important thing about this trip to New York. I am now thinking about my future for one of the first times that I can remember. I know that I can’t just fall into something. I know that I don’t have any experience and at this point I know that I am basically useless as an adult. But I know what I want. Well, I have a vague direction, now. I have to be a writer or a comedian. And that is what I have figured out.
I have been watching 30 Rock. I want that life. I want to be a television writer or a novelist. I might not be happy doing anything else. So I have decided that I have to start figuring out how to do it. I need to write. Weekly posting on this journal at least. I am going to write for the alternative paper at my school. I might do improv at school. I will keep doing open mic nights. I am going to try and get an internship with The Onion, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, or some other such place. I know I am a long shot but I think that I should be doing something.
The point of this is that I will be updating this journal once a week on various things. The posts will be longer but not necessarily that much better quality.
-Riley
