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November 2009 
"It's two in the morning and I don't know nobody." -Johnny Hooker
Posted on Dec 2nd, 2008
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FourWinds
FourWinds
The cold night grows increasingly lifeless, and the dimming lights across the neighborhood flicker their disconcerting illumination light down on the sidewalks. It's just one of those days. It's one of those days where everything is still and hauntingly quiet. Crickets can be heard chirping away, but the winter season has just kicked in, so it's becoming less and less frequent. As the fog kisses the early morning with its bone-chilling blanket of mist, the day finally spawns melodies from sparrows and even the crackling call of the raven.
Just finished watching the movie, "The Sting". Great movie. It's filled with laughs and had a lot of unexpected turn of events from the witty protagonists. Though, there was something in the movie that I found peculiar. Johnny Hooker said to one of the characters, "It's two in morning and I don't know nobody." I don't know if other people feel the same way, but I could relate with that quote. The feeling of that you're alone, despite knowing a whole bunch of people. I remember hearing my english teacher in high school talk about it while we were learning about the transcendentalists and romantics. Reading the writings of Emerson and Thoreau sort of compelled students to zone in on their own personal attitude about their lives. Well, hearing the quote from Hooker struck a chord with me when I heard it because it's basically the same idea. I paralleled this to my experiences in college--and even in a broader sense, my own life. After school is over, it's homework. And at the end of the day, there's no one that I can talk to, other than my family members. For me, there are people in school I see everyday. A general "hey" or "good morning" to professors and fellow students are really the only exchange of conversation. Friends from high school soon begin to drift away as people begin to change or go towards different directions in their lives, while others do indeed last. And I find myself being the outlier of all these fast-moving events. It's late at night, and "I don't know nobody".
Thinh Nguyen
Just finished watching the movie, "The Sting". Great movie. It's filled with laughs and had a lot of unexpected turn of events from the witty protagonists. Though, there was something in the movie that I found peculiar. Johnny Hooker said to one of the characters, "It's two in morning and I don't know nobody." I don't know if other people feel the same way, but I could relate with that quote. The feeling of that you're alone, despite knowing a whole bunch of people. I remember hearing my english teacher in high school talk about it while we were learning about the transcendentalists and romantics. Reading the writings of Emerson and Thoreau sort of compelled students to zone in on their own personal attitude about their lives. Well, hearing the quote from Hooker struck a chord with me when I heard it because it's basically the same idea. I paralleled this to my experiences in college--and even in a broader sense, my own life. After school is over, it's homework. And at the end of the day, there's no one that I can talk to, other than my family members. For me, there are people in school I see everyday. A general "hey" or "good morning" to professors and fellow students are really the only exchange of conversation. Friends from high school soon begin to drift away as people begin to change or go towards different directions in their lives, while others do indeed last. And I find myself being the outlier of all these fast-moving events. It's late at night, and "I don't know nobody".
Thinh Nguyen
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