Fiction Is Always Much More Charming Than Truth

Had an interesting conversation with a friend today - although, it pretty much followed suit with most of our conversations - the topic was what we would do in our life if we had no limitations or obligations to anything or anyone. Ideas were thrown out, but it was too chilly to put a lot of thought into, and naturally it's hard to think on your feet when you're concentrating on sensible positions to stay warm in. Nonetheless, when I got home I had a chance to mull it over in my head some more. What I came up with is as follows:

First off, I would NOT be a human bio major...I prefer anthropology or art or maybe even political science. The classes these majors have to take sound SO much more interesting and mind-expanding. I want to study the cultural patterns of thought, action, and expression and I would love to experience using autobiography, dream, confession, fantasy, or other means to invent myself in a new way. I mean yeah, cool, science...but that’s a whole different train of thought and I associate it with unsocial and awkward (and financially sound). Sure there are a lot of doctors and dentists I can think of who are super charming, but in the long run when it comes to one’s paradigm and manner of speaking, I’d rather have that of an Anthro/Art major.

I would spend LOTS of my time on the couches at Barnes & Noble with tea in hand and my own reserved seat, and a huge, inexhaustible stack of books in front of me. That is luxury in my eyes.

I would travel from country to country and spend my afternoons holding classes for the general public aimed at bettering the image of women and empowering womankind and informing them of their rights (and thus sprouting more of a sense of selfworth). I would have a separate, more personal, class with the young girls and try to help them find inspiration in things that are not boyscelebritiesmediaimageboysboyboys. I would sit them down and tell their tween and teen selves that a having a boyfriend does not equal self-worth and that a lot of time is wasted on this thing called “love” whereas it does not/should not exist or be of their concern at this age. My less busy afternoons would be spent running a few miles on each country’s soil, stopping to converse with anyone I run into and fancy a chat with. This way, my blood would be exceedingly rich and diverse--having breathed in the oxygen of the world, as would my intellect.

I would be a YouTube celebrity due to my ukulele skills (which would match those of Adrian Guerrero), my song writing skills (currently non-existent), and my stop-motion animation skills (also non-existent).

For a few weeks, I would move to Italy, take on a false persona (under the name Franchesca), curl my hair everyday and wear nothing but sundresses. Important to note: I would have been born with the ability to not getting too attached to any one thing (especially anything that has to do with the opposite sex - be it attention or sweet words). I would proceed to have countless Italian lovers with whom I would frolic--for lack of a better verb--around all of Europe with. Maybe blog about it.

I would be gifted with the spunk of Suheir Hammad, the creativity and eloquence of Sarah Kay, the conviction of Sofia Baig, and the wit of Jon Stewart. And with this I would spend two nights a week at open mics and play my uke or sing or perform spoken word poetry. I would constantly be writing lyrics or poetry in my mind. I would be part of the open mic community in my town and when any of us ran into one another outside of the venue, we would exchange head nods that said much more than words could, but only because we knew that if we opened up our mouths we’d lose our train of thought and never complete the last line to the piece we were working on in our respective heads. and that would be that.

two last ideas I'm not sure how to elaborate on:
As I grew older, I would never become jaded. My zeal for life and everything on this planet would remain intact and in full speed.

I would be able to speak Arabic perfectly as well as French and Spanish and I would have the ability to memorize things easily in these languages.