Back to the Bronx: Paradox Life

This week was my first one back at Manhattan, and it has shed some light on things that I had not noticed before. Thinking back on when I am doing one thing for awhile, or living at one place for some time, I always envision changing to be a process. However, once I begin something different (like living at school again) I'm back into my old mode of school, and I can't imagine going home; I live the Paradox Life.

-Before I waste my time talking about how my life is backwards, let's think about college friends. Saying hey to everyone you see in a day is definitely a process. I used to have tunnel vision and just focus straight ahead to avoid awkward situations. Lately, I have decided to be more open and say hi to basically everyone. The thing is I don't know where I want to establish the cut-off line, so I may ignore someone who says hi, and I could say hi to someone currently in tunnel vision. There's nothing like getting shut down to a nod-hello.

-Entourage brought it up best I think around the third season when turtle did the nod-hello to Drama's "guaranteed" girl; you can't really look like more of a loser than saying hi two ways, and getting shut down twice in one shot.

-I can't decide which I hate more: a hot shower with no pressure (home), or a freezing shower with enough pressure to kill a mule (college).

-The freedom that comes with going away to college is something I definitely took for granted when I went home. At night in school, a lot of the time, plans don't formulate until like 10. At home, my parents were sleeping an hour ago. It's not really called sneaking out if you leave them a text to read in the morning right? Not according to them; I get yelled at for so many things at home that don't even phase college Ryan.

-As I was saying, I'm a very paradoxical person in that I very much enjoy silence at times, but awkward silences annoy the shit out of me. I wish there was some sort of device that could that automatically sparked up a conversation between two people, ending the silence's awkwardness. I think that's why God created the iPod, because with music, there exists no awkward silences.

-After having been in the shower for a few minutes, do you ever forget which body parts you washed? I inevitably end up having to wash nearly everything again. The weird thing is, I’m like part OCD and part really lazy, so I’m like, I probably washed that, don't have to worry about that, but I definitely gotta wash this. Yeah, I didn't think so...I'm weird.

-I leave my weird little life to bring to you something I thought of - what if an extreme insomniac also had an intense case of narcolepsy. Usually narcolepsy has some sort of trigger, so if you're the asshole friend of this person, you could have a little fun either making him always go to sleep or staying up days on end. I guess in that case, you could only wish for a less paradoxical life with better friends...