My Own Personal Writing Territories....

Writing Territories:

Heights

Sagging pants

State JCL Officer

Politics

AP Classes

Medical school

Left-handedness

Driving

Pocketwatch (given to me by my grandfather)

Completing all hmwk assignments (only sometimes!)

#9 (beloved possessions):

On the Christmas of 2004, when I was nine years old, I got something that I hold near and dear to my heart even now. Some would say it's silly, but one of my prized possessions is a golden pocket watch that I got from my grandfather as a late Christmas present when I was nine years old.

Think about it: you're not even in the double-digit age group yet. You go to your grandparents' house for Christmas and you expect the generic "clothes and money" routine. But when you open one of the packages, handed to you specially by your grandfather, you find a beautiful, golden pocket watch inside. Quite unusual but meaningful all the same.

He had gotten this unique present for me as a result of him showing me his own. He had gotten his pocket watch (a much more "loved" silver one) from his father, who had received it as a reward from his father for taking his medicine. Seems silly, huh? Not to me.

This pocket watch, in fact, means so much to me that this week, from the 20th to the 23rd of October, I will be using it in the Henry Clay Theater Department's Production of "Six Characters in Search of an Author". How's that for unique?