Making (A Tiny Bit Of) History
When we were in Egypt, Chengzhan kept on singing shrill high pitched and horrible Chinese songs in the most random places such as the Valley of the Kings and Hatshepsut's Temple (not Hatshepboot's Temple, as Andrew kept insisting, while I mainained that it was Hatshepbut), and I thought that we were probably making history because never before had those Chinese songs been sung in that Egyptian place.
A month later when I watched Garden State I was surprised to see that someone else had had that thought already. Sam in the film said that when she felt entirely unoriginal, she would do something totally random that no one else had ever done before; and she went to a corner of the room, flung her arms about and went "Ooo Blah Blah Blah Blah".
Today Katie brought lychees to the library and as a study break we sat in an isolated corner of the steps of the 13th-plus floor and had lychees and apples for a carefully timed (and broken) 15 minute break. Dripping lychee juice on the steps of the Edward Boyle library I felt a naughty glee that we were probably doing something no one else had ever done before.
People like Einstein made history in big ways, but I guess I may have to be content with making history in my own little way.
A month later when I watched Garden State I was surprised to see that someone else had had that thought already. Sam in the film said that when she felt entirely unoriginal, she would do something totally random that no one else had ever done before; and she went to a corner of the room, flung her arms about and went "Ooo Blah Blah Blah Blah".
Today Katie brought lychees to the library and as a study break we sat in an isolated corner of the steps of the 13th-plus floor and had lychees and apples for a carefully timed (and broken) 15 minute break. Dripping lychee juice on the steps of the Edward Boyle library I felt a naughty glee that we were probably doing something no one else had ever done before.
People like Einstein made history in big ways, but I guess I may have to be content with making history in my own little way.
2 Comments:
There is something truly wonderful about doing something original. Performing some action, no matter hor trivial that you know has never been done before.
The pioneer spirit is truly strong in us.
Chinese songs in the Valley of the Kings, hmm, well perhaps unique though the silk road is old and long. The Chinese travelled far, and continue to do so, to my continuing pleasure. :)
Loved Garden State, did you like it?
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Orbling, at 5:52 pm
liked it : )
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ruthie, at 6:11 pm
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