Blog Response Numero Two

I have always considered myself a horrible story teller, and often find myself on the end of 'cool story bro' comments but that is besides the point.  I love telling, listening to, and writing stories, whether they are recounting something that happened just a few minutes ago or something original and made up entirely.  I would also like to say that usually when I tell a true story it does not solve or fix any situation that may have arisen.  The one exception to this case is when there is nothing at all to fix and nothing needs to be broken where the only thing anyone needs is a bit of distraction such as a legend or a fairy tale because they are, in fact, that bored.  All you need is a bit of creative spark and anything can (potentially) create itself.
Creativity and thinking outside the box has always come relatively easy for me, although vocalizing, enunciating, and explicitly saying what is on my mind has not been as easy.  This is where I bring up my example of story telling.  One night while hanging out with my friend Victoria we were so drastically bored I was on the verge of leaving for no other reason than I could have more fun on my own.   However, being the patient and generous soul that I am, I offer to instead take turns sharing stories, real or made up, to pass time and just have some fun.  I even offered to go first (wow, I am generous, aren't I?).  Instead of being boring and sharing something true I decided to make up a story about a rabbit lost in a desert that couldn't get any traction on the sand or hide from the desert foxes without any trees or bushes.  Eventually the rabbit realizes that the only way he will be able to survive is if he plants grass and then burrows underground to hide from the hawks circling overhead.  He does both of these things (if the rabbit is in the desert why cant he plant seeds and do other things too?) and becomes a meerkat.  The only thing better than knowing the real myths and stories is making them up yourself.  We kept this up for a few hours until I was too hungry to think about anything other than food and we ordered pizza.  You just have to keep talking.