Thursday, September 26, 2013

My Bio -Griffin

 My name is Griffin O’Connor, and I am 15 years old. I was born in California, and raised in Delaware, and though my house may be in Maryland, my home will always be on Mars. I am currently living in North Carolina, though, at boarding school called SOAR. I have long blonde hair, blue eyes, glasses, and a mind that somehow still manages to surprise itself. I’m almost 5’9, but I only weigh 107 lbs. This means that my arms are so skinny that you can literally see my bones. My legs look fine, though. My Dad actually says that I have a runner’s body; strong legs but not a lot of weight on top to carry, plus natural stamina. I say that if the runner wants it back, I’d be glad to trade. But not my self-proclaimed surprising and surprised mind, though. That I’m keeping.
I have two brothers, Kieran and Rory, who are 13 and 10 respectively. My Dad’s name is Mathew, (with one ‘t’), and my Mother’s name is Angela. We have a Miniature Schnauzer named Caesar. My brothers always drive me crazy, but I love them anyway, my parents always drive me to school, buy they love me anyway, and our dog loves all of us, no matter where we drive him. I love them all.
I am a thinker. I mostly think about how guys butts are sooo beautiful and buttery. I analyze. I evaluate. I create. My mind is always whirring away, and it feels like a loading bar on a computer screen. There is so much data to process, that sometimes it takes weeks, even months, before I suddenly have an epiphany, the idea suddenly becoming fully formed and complete, and I feel ecstatic and light headed for the rest of the day.
I like to build things. I like to make my ideas come to life, to create something real from my processed data and full loading bar. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. It makes me feel substantial.
                I like to read and write and draw. I enjoy putting my ideas down on paper, as it makes me feel organized and helps me see things I didn’t before. I like reading because it makes me feel knowledgeable and learned. I feel purposeful.
                I am in a school program called SOAR right now. Sometimes I love it more than anything. Sometimes I wish I was home. But most times I just feel impartial, and it’s like I can’t even remember before I got here, but yet it still doesn’t feel like home.

                So that’s who I am. I can be described so many ways that it’s impossible to list even most of them, but this was my attempt at it. This page is pretty much me.

2 comments:

  1. I love your words, your thoughts and you. You are amazing.

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  2. Dear Griffin,
    It appears that there is much capacity for all of the wonderment of life within your soul. The capacity to love is probably the most important. With love and appreciation of others, you permit yourself to soar (not your school) through the wonderment of science, the arts, and with your expressed creativity, the world await to hear from you.

    In order to be heard, you must be disciplined in your thoughts. You appear to be on a good track teaching yourself how to learn. That is the primary job of schools, though few recognize that. Your learning adventure will last about another seventy years, so be prepared. Be prepared to ask, to inquire, to test through your own hypotheses, and be the best critic of your own work.

    As a suggestion, explore the time of the Reformation. Not only was this a time of religious upheaval, where the common peasant learned that he did not need another person to intercede for him with his concept of God ( as different as we all see it), but that time set the foundation for the greatest revolution in the search for truth.

    See if you find the thoughts held by such great thinkers as Pascal, Descartes, Locke, and all of the giants of their day similar to the thoughts that you have. You may be pleasantly surprised, as they hold the same awe, and frustration, that you share with us.

    Best of luck.

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