And so it begins.....

After enjoying several days worth of humorous blogging by my marvelous friend Bex (www.musingsofaboredteenager.blogspot.com), I've succumbed and decided to join in the fun and start my own blog. So, here goes nothing....

Quote of the day: "That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom." [Quote from imdb.com]

Lately, I've been thinking about true adventure. Just once in my life, I'd like to have an adventure. An honest to God, heart pounding, definitely against the rules, I'm going to get in trouble for this adventure. Something that'll make me smile and feel excited about life and living. Because somewhere between my childhood, which was filled with dreams of princes, dragons, and flying unicorns, and now, I've lost that spark. My joie de vivre. My kefie. My aficion. I don't know where it went or how to get it back, but I just know that an adventure would be the first step to gaining back the passion in life. Now, I just have to find one. But, then again, I'm only 17. Without overstepping the law or general guidelines of propriety, there's not a whole lot of options. But what defines a true adventure? If we're going by the definition of the great pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), adventure is freedom, not knowing what's going to happen next, being at the mercy of fate. Which makes me want to consider my desire for said adventure, because, frankly, that sounds like the kind of thing that would make me wish I was back in math class, yawning and watching the seconds tick by. If the essence of true adventure is a situation in which you're not sure what the ending is, that's going to take a huge leap of faith that'll probably be rife with consequences that may or may not ruin other aspects of my less than thrilling life. But what the heck. Bring it on. Because, in the words of the fictional Cornelius Hackl from "Hello, Dolly!", "I've lost everything: my job, my future, everything people think is important, but I don't care - because even if I have to dig ditches for the rest of my life, I shall be a ditch-digger who once had a wonderful day." [Quote from imdb.com]