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27 January 2010

Write Now=Pun

How famous does someone have to be to write an autobiography? I realize that you don’t have to be famous at all to write one but if you want it to be published you are going to need have obtained a certain level of notoriety. I think that is why so many random people blog, like me, I’ll probably never be famous enough to write an autobiography so I put random thoughts on here hoping a few people will read it and pay me compliments, cause that’s what all of are ultimately after right? Compliments.
I like to fancy myself a writer, even though I’ve never written anything longer than anything on here and I am currently failing English. But I feel like I really could write a novel or something if I just set my mind to it but my attention span is the same as a goldfish and every time I write something I come back to it and realize that it really sucked.
My whole plan is to become a teacher in the public education system, because let’s be honest, it’s a pretty easy job and it provides me the opportunity to give those unfortunate enough to be stuck in high school an at least competent teacher that enjoys his job. The earnings from my best selling novel will more than make up for my scant teacher salary and I will be able to support my family of four in a lakeside home in Connecticut. (our summer home is in the English Country side). By that time I will be famous enough to write an autobiography or maybe even a memoir. (I think you have to be slightly more famous to write a memoir but I’m not really sure what the difference is, I’d look it up online but I’m in the library and you need a password from the front desk to access the wi-fi and I still owe them $87, so we’ll go without for now.) I’m even thinking about writing the autobiography first because I’m not sure I can trust my future self to do it, especially if he is anything like my current self. That way, all I would have to do is fill in what has happened since now and I would be set. That’s the plan anyway.
But don’t worry, if that doesn’t work out I have an even better back up plan. Today I read in National Geographic that NASA is planning to send a manned mission to the moon in 2018. That puts me at 26 years old, and I have no idea how you do it, but I am going to be an astronaut. I want to walk on the moon really bad. Plus, if I become an astronaut and go to space then I can still write an autobiography.
If I ever do become a famous writer then there will be a question on Jeopardy that is like: “This best-selling author failed an English class in High School” Buzz “Who is Jackal Smith?” “That is correct, you now have the lead.”
Jackal Smith is my pen name, or at least one of them. The other is Rex Condor and a third is Jenkem Walters, but that is for more controversial works. Having a pen name is so much better than using your real one. That gives me an idea, time to go open up a library card under Maverick Stallworth.
Until next time,
-Jackal

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