mandalay

i have never pulled a fire alarm

aren't there some things that you just really want to do but are too practical to do these things, the things that only crazy people do, or that only reckless teenagers do? here's the thing - i was never a reckless teenager. i was always the practical one. i never did the drugs, i never jumped fences, i never shoplifted (not since i was six and stole some rhinestones from a craft store and my mom found them in my room and took me back to the store and made me apologize to the shop owner with tears streaming down my face), i never jumped out of the swing at the summit of its path. there is only one thing that i usually do without fear of consequence and that's love (don't worry - we're not getting into that).

but here's the thing, do you think that at some point in your life, you'll get to the point where you just can't stand it anymore? where you're just so tired of following the rules that you crack? i think there should be some place where you can go and do all those things. a big warehouse somewhere, where you can be surrounded by willing participants in the madness. where you can pull that fire alarm, where you can jump off that balcony, scream in the middle of the sidewalk or steal from your favorite store. real things. not just going to the park when you should be at school or printing out applications on your employer's printer, but things that would make you feel like you'd finally done that thing that you weren't supposed to do. and you feel good about it.

posted by amanda @ 4:48 PM