Memoirs of an English Major

“Here’s what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms”-  Douglas Adams.

      As a English Major, I over analyze everything. I will dwell on the simplest of topics or moments, extending what should have been a two second comment into hour long topic complete with pros, cons, citations, and how it relates to the works of Shakespeare, Milton, and Mark Twain. Ok, maybe not Twain. Milton for sure though.

    It’s in my nature to pick apart things. I think it’s been in my nature even before I was an English major, being fascinated with Legos as a child, trying to construct something, but never truly getting it just right and tearing it apart in frustration. In the end, I wasn’t trying to learn the why just to know it, but more so to make a connection to something more than myself. It’s something that I live for, more so than any physical thing on this planet. Genuine connections rarely come out, even less so when you’ve only really known a person for a couple of months, spending a composite time of about five months tops. But when one of these connections appears, it sticks out. Allow me to elaborate.

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