The saga of Sean Knox's life is a long and winding one. Let's begin when I was 2.........Just kidding.I am 27. I had never been in any college course, of any kind, until last Monday. It's kind of wierd, being as I love learning and knowledge so much. I guess I always told myself that I didn't need college for that; that I was getting the real education, the one that life gives you. But I came to a point where I realized that the piece of paper you get at the end of this college extravaganza is a pretty important one. So here I am, a 27 year old freshmen.
My first love is music. I play guitar, mostly. I can play banjo and keys passably well. I also sing. I'm in a folk-rock band here, in Pullman. We're called Buffalo Death Beam. I also love to write. Songs, yes. But also short stories. I'd love to be a writer someday. More than just for myself, I mean. I love to read. I'm a little worried that beginning college is going to kill my reading for pleasure time, but when I do get to do it I like to read the non-traditionalists, the non-comformists, people who mess around with language and ideas. The Beats. Jack Kerouac is amazing. Kurt Vonnegut. Charles Bukowski. The poetry of E. E. Cummings. My favorite book, though, is a newer one. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer.
So that's me. I read. I play music. I'm a really old freshmen.
Haha that post was awesome, you seem like a pretty funny guy. Kinda my counter part cuz i hate reading and writing, but if the book or writing im doing creates a passion within me then its pretty fun.I dont play any instruments buttt i play rock band :D i can basically do expert on guitar, bass, and drums. :) I can do some sining, i usually do it on my own time. And i enjoy all type of music.
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I kinda know how you feel. I'm going to be 23 in April and still a freshman. I'm finding it hard to get into the swing of things in school. That's awesome you can play guitar. I only learned smoke on the water. Well I look forward to having you in my group. Take care.
ReplyDeleteeverything is illuminated really was a beautiful piece of "fiction" and foer wrote with such a steady hand, away from the typical emotion that saturates holocaust writing, to make something that should have been old hat read brand new.
ReplyDeleteand perhaps the class should come out and support your band, if you play locally.