Stupid English class. We read "The Chambered Nautilus" today, by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Yes, I understand the meaning (shed your shell and release the past! let go of the old! build your new shell for the future!). But that definitely doesn't mean I have to like it.
Honestly. It's about a sea mullosk. Who has the time to write about a sea mullosk?
So, so irritating. If you're going to spend time writing, write about something interesting. Not a stupid chambered nautilus.
I even feel stupid for writing about writing about a sea mullosk. ARGH.
How am I supposed to "shed my shell" like a sea mullosk? Shedding their shell is just what they do. They don't have to worry about school or grades or teachers or parents or college or stupid extra-curriculars. All they have to do is survive and grow a new shell every once in awhile.
If you want me to be like a sea mullosk, let me shed. If I tried to put the past behind me now, I'd be forever trapped right here. It can't happen unless I want to totally destroy my future.
WHY CAN'T I BE AS SIMPLE AS A CHAMBERED NAUTILUS?
15 years ago
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