Blog 11

Drafty writing/ideas for short essay 2.

I think I'd want this essay to be a bit on the lighter side of things. I feel as though my writing so far has been very personal, which is great, but also focusing on some of the darker sides of my life. I want to write about an important experience that I've gone through but also try and keep it more amusing than anything else.

That's why I think I'm going to write about my time working at Spencer Gifts. It was my first real job ever and the first step of me becoming independent from my parents so it was very important to me. It also taught me so much more about working with people and helped me grow into someone less shy in dealing with strangers. I used to be very shy and found it awkward dealing with strangers but after working in such a crazy store, and dealing with the equally crazy clientele, I have a plethora of stories from which to choose from. I think I might talk about a typical friday night at the mall while working in the store and choose one of the more memorable characters i've come into contact with.

For instance, The man who had speakers hiding in his pants, blasting the "Requiem for a Dream" soundtrack who believed he could control time with an Apple computer mouse. Or the young boy whose parents let him run out of the store with posters and throw them over the railing on the second floor where the store was located.

So many stories to choose from and either one of them, I think, is worthy of being written down.