{"id":3054,"date":"2010-08-06T23:59:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T06:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2010-08-07T00:02:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T07:02:42","slug":"why-do-you-subject-yourself-to-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3054","title":{"rendered":"Why do you subject yourself to this?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good question.<\/p>\n<p>The original impetus for the question?<\/p>\n<p>This video:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"278\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cd83W00DvrA&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>This picture:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/circia\/3816474245\/\" title=\"IMG_1880 by jdng, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2660\/3816474245_82187fa415.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"IMG_1880\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And because the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegogame.com\/streetfood\/home.asp\">Street Food Scavenger Hunt<\/a> is beginning again!<\/p>\n<p>Reasons why I must subject myself to this:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. As much as an introvert that I am, I love performing.<\/b><br \/>\nRemember that online personality test (the website that was before okcupid&#8230;thespark?), against all odds, I consistently tested as a performer.  Granted, it&#8217;s not my immediate personality.  But I have this deep-seated harbored desire to&#8230;perform.  When I took improv classes in 2007, I loved it.  Although there&#8217;s definitely a side of me that hates being the center of attention, there&#8217;s this side that craves it, lusts after it&#8230;and will do anything for it.  If it&#8217;s to entertain people or to make people think differently.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. I have this insatiable desire to <i>create<\/i><\/b><br \/>\nOnce I was old enough to figure out the video camera, I latched upon it.  I was the one in the family who came up with random ideas for film.  Writing scripts.  Doing a rendition of Alanis Morisette&#8217;s Ironic (I should find that VHS and digitize it&#8230;and get it on YouTube!)  Stories.  I have pent-up creativity that nowadays only manifests in short bursts like on this blog, cooking&#8230;and things like this.  For now at least, this can be my creative outlet.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. I want to make sure that I can look back on my life and say&#8230;I did something<\/b><br \/>\nSure&#8230;I want to be known for something.  That crazy San Franciscan who did multiple scavenger hunts in one year.  But it&#8217;s not that.  I often look back at my college years in stark amazement&#8230;that I did almost nothing beyond Rescomp, getting a bachelors and starting a blogging club.  Granted, I am sure tons of other people feel the same way.  My many regrets in life right now are the things that I did not do in college\u00e2\u20ac\u201dstudy abroad, join more clubs, explore my interests in organizations, seek out support, take extra classes.  Instead, many hours were wasted away&#8230;thinking about how I couldn&#8217;t do them.  No, my years in SF are to be something great.  Right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good question. The original impetus for the question? This video: This picture: And because the Street Food Scavenger Hunt is beginning again! Reasons why I must subject myself to this: 1. 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