This blog is not for personal posts; it's for my work (which more often than not comes out as fiction). However, I feel like some things need explaining, so here is a miniature autobiography so that, when reading my stuff, you feel like maybe you understand it, a little.
I'm not a hardcore crazy Weezer fan. But, when needing a metaphor, I often refer to myself as an Island in the Sun. This started maybe during my junior year of high school, when I had a French teacher (who, in my opinion, was a complete psycho) who often referred to me as an island, floating away from the rest of the group (this he did because I worked alone on things that we should have been learning but weren't. This helped out greatly when, during senior year of high school, I was the only one in my class who sort of knew what we were supposed to know. I digress.). Since then, it has become less of a bad thing to me to be the Island. Here is where the double entendre is born: it may have begun with Monsieur T-C, but the metaphor was perpetuated for a growing taste in funky, alternative rock-pop bands. I started to realize that I am an Island -- and Island in the Sun, a happy, solitary figure. I started to associate being an an Island as marching to the beat of my own djembe. Being the Island in the Sun makes me unique, and I use it.
The metaphor I use for myself and the Weezer song have very little in common. The Weezer song is about carefree vacations with a lover, and my metaphor is about being satisfied with my differences, even if they set me apart from the landmass that, to my French teacher, was the rest of the class.
So, from the Island comes the sand, and I hope you enjoy every bit of it.
