Assignment 8- Ian Schaeffer

Fears- sudden death, the wrath of my father

Annoyances- when i fail at something repeatedly, losing

Accomplishments- being a good student, multi-sport athlete

Confusions- physics, the superiority of my sister

Sorrows- I wish I could ski; I wish I was better at fly-fishing

Dreams- studying in Rome

Idiosyncrasies- I love to be sarcastically pretentious (my dad practically started Connecticut)

Risks- rappelling in Antelope Canyon, coming out of my mother's womb feet first

Beloved Possessions, Now and Then-

Problems- I have to live up to my parent's expectations

One of my biggest fears is sudden death. Obviously I don't lay around panicking that I am about to drop to the ground and never wake up, but who doesn't get nervous walking home alone in the dark or swimming around in cold, cloudy water. Maybe my life will come to a violent and gruesome end at the hands of a ruthless ax murderer who had finally reached his own personal tipping point. Maybe a hungry fish will decide I look like dinner. Who knows what could happen? All I can say for sure is I enjoy the state of being alive.

 One of my other large and likely more rational fears is incurring the wrath of my father via some wrongdoing or misdeed. For a man who only ever wears scrubs and white New Balances (dad kicks), he sure does know how to create feelings of genuine terror. You rock, dad. In all seriousness, sometimes I do struggle to meet some of his expectations, so while I don't actually fear my dad's "wrath', it is something that I try to steer clear of. I would like to add that I do love my father because there was a lot of negative in this paragraph.