BLOG FOR 101.44

THIS PROMPT IS ONLY FOR SECTION 44, WHICH MEETS T/TH 9:10-10:25

"Do you think you could brave the Alaskan wild? What would you need to bring in order to be successful? What would be your biggest fear while out there? If you don't think you can brave the wild, why not? What if you were with a group of trained specialists? Don't relate too much to the book and Chris McCandless - use your own opinions on this. Make it about how you feel."


REMEMBER, THIS IS ONLY FOR SECTION 44! NO OTHER SECTION SHOULD ANSWER THIS PROMPT.

Here is my response:

I don't think I could brave the backyard, let alone the Alaskan wild. I'm not a girly-girl. But I am a twenty-first century girl. That is, I don't necessarily need those feminine products, like make-up or hair products, but I do need wireless and my phone and my computer. I don't think the computer is going to save me from a bear attack. I wish I could, though. I wish I could be that person - not McCandless, obviously - but the people who can trek into the wild and come out and be a better, wiser person - a person changed by the wild. I am just not that kind of person. I'll appreciate a good sunset here or there. In fact, I'm obsessed with taking pictures of "landscape" with my phone (nothing fancy), but I still don't think I could sustain myself without the necessities to which I've become accustomed.
Here's why I'm a liar, though. I say that I wish I could be that person, but do I actually wish that? Part of the post asks - what if we were with trained specialists? Would we then? I don't know. I don't think so. I would want to, but I wouldn't actually want to do anything. I'm happy with my life without tons of time in Alaska. Plus I hate the cold. Plus I hate working w/o plumbing. Plus I am getting really super into The Vampire Diaries right now.
Ugh. I love and hate how connected I am. See? Now I relate it back to the class discussion! Yay!