I Want to Be Dr. Frankenstein
I want a life full of many happy moments. Mostly I have that, but there’s always more to discover and play out. Like meeting and kissing Zachary Quinto, just once, because it would fulfill a fleeting fantasy and make me happy for a moment. At least it makes me happy in my mind and that counts for something.
But in reality, I really want a happy life. I want to make good money, just enough to live comfortably and buy what I want and not worry about what is or isn’t in the bank. I think that if I make enough money to live that kind of lifestyle, I will be happy.
I want school to be free, because not only would it relieve my parent’s stress, it would promote the education of those who would otherwise not consider school due to financial constraints. It would make me happy if people could learn without restriction. I think that would make the rest of the world happy too. Not only would it promote the desire to learn, it would increase critical thinking skills and help us help ourselves.
I want a degree to make my parents happy because I think having them stop hassle me about it will make me happy. But what I really want is to go to school and only take classes that I’m interested in. I think that will make me happier. And if school was free, I could take those classes under no pressure or obligation, and at times that suit my schedule. I would be more interested in what I was learning and do better because of it. I’d want to do well. In fact, I’d be a lifetime student. Right now, I just want to do enough. Right now, I’m more interested in being a creative an enriching the world through my art. I want to bring people joy through laughter and entertainment.
I want to live with my family because they’re important to me, and most of the time they make me happy. The rest of the time, I want to live in a detached structure (like a garage or back house) because if I ever start to get annoyed by them, I can always take my space. While there are unsavory disagreements and disputes between the different forces of the household, I can happily remove myself. That would be a happy situation, though eventually I’ll move out and make my own family, and that would also make me happy also.
I want a complete separation of church and state, and I don’t want to hear anymore about religion controlling what others can and cannot do. It would make me happy if the government was able to grant rights to people equally, without jumping through hoops to make it happen. It would also make me happy if large corporations and institutions, like banks or energy companies, are responsible with their power and don’t disregard the welfare of the public or integrity of business ethics.
I want a life of diversity, because it would make me happy if not everyone was the same. Otherwise, life would be very, very dull, inspiration wouldn’t exist, and projects like Artemis Eternal wouldn’t either. I’m happy to note that this will never be different, and I’m glad for the yin and the yang. Good move universe.
I want to maintain the freedom my current job allows me, and it makes me happy. I want to continue to wake whenever I want, and work on my computer in pajamas. I want time to focus on my favorite hobby, fantasy-fiction story writing, and turn it into a more full-time endeavor. In fact, I’d like to finish a novel I’ve begun, which currently lives as a half-baked idea in the form of a notebook filled with endless scribbles, names, plots and a rough story structure. Actually, I have many of those. I want to be Dr. Frankenstein and with great fervor, shock them to life, word by word. I want to hire an editor, but be my own web and book cover designer. Of everything, I know this will make me happiest and that hasn’t changed for years, because when what I do everyday brings me joy and stimulates my fire, it’s what makes life worth living.
And I want nothing less than what makes me happy, not just what I think will.
