And now, the truth - as I see it, anyway (yikes!)
Friday, 1. August 2008, 19:58:45
It's August.
"No kidding," you say, "Tell me something I don't know - for once."
Hey, I realize I'm pointing out the obvious, but I'm just trying to draw your attention to a subject I would like to discuss. No need to hurt anybody's feelings. You can deny it all you want - Heaven knows I've tried - but the sunlight has already begun to slip away with increasing rapidity. Okay, so we're actually only losing, like, a minute a day...but still.
Not that I'm complaining, because autumn is definitely something to look forward to. Believe me, though, if I could find a way to slow the passage of time, I'd consider it (and I'd also be filthy rich). On the other hand, as far as the calendar is concerned, we still have a couple of months' worth of summertime left...right? I should simply enjoy the "dog days" as best I can.
To be fair, I started writing this entry about a week ago and was very close to finishing it before coming to the sudden realization that it was utter crap. Still is, in fact, and you should've seen the stuff I cut out! Disenchanting as this can be, I prefer to look at it as an opportunity for improvement.
After all, "less is more," as they say. Minimalism won't work for every situation, but I've learned that it can be helpful when applied to a person's writing style. For example, an otherwise well-intentioned person who nonetheless has a tendency to grow a bit, shall we say, long-winded at times.
Oh, and Minimalism also helps to make housekeeping much less complicated. It does get kind of boring, though...
Bill Watterson, creator of the classic "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, once wrote, "I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us." Speaking only for myself, I'd have to agree. What can I say - reality is No Fun City at times.
By the way, if you're unfortunate enough to have never read "Calvin and Hobbes," you owe it to yourself to at least check it out sometime. Watterson is a man of creative genius and integrity, sort of like my dad, but much more reclusive.
"To write is the cure."
Some people view seasonal weather patterns as having parallels to the various stages of life. I suppose this would depend on where you live...but you know what I'm getting at. In one variation of this theme, you could say that I'm in - or entering - the "summertime" phase, though I am aware that it's presumptuous to assume I have any given amount of time on the planet. Many people never make it as far as I have, never even make it out of "spring." I cannot allow myself to forget this. Help me remember it, would you?
So, does it all boil down to outlook, the way one approaches life? Of course it goes a little deeper than that; I'm still trying to figure the whole thing out for myself, before "autumn" and "winter" come along. In the meantime, let's get out there and enjoy the sunlight! Except for me, because, well, I have some laundry to do, and then I was going to watch "The Simpsons," but after that...yeah...
Thanks for your time.
- John
"No kidding," you say, "Tell me something I don't know - for once."
Hey, I realize I'm pointing out the obvious, but I'm just trying to draw your attention to a subject I would like to discuss. No need to hurt anybody's feelings. You can deny it all you want - Heaven knows I've tried - but the sunlight has already begun to slip away with increasing rapidity. Okay, so we're actually only losing, like, a minute a day...but still.
Not that I'm complaining, because autumn is definitely something to look forward to. Believe me, though, if I could find a way to slow the passage of time, I'd consider it (and I'd also be filthy rich). On the other hand, as far as the calendar is concerned, we still have a couple of months' worth of summertime left...right? I should simply enjoy the "dog days" as best I can.
To be fair, I started writing this entry about a week ago and was very close to finishing it before coming to the sudden realization that it was utter crap. Still is, in fact, and you should've seen the stuff I cut out! Disenchanting as this can be, I prefer to look at it as an opportunity for improvement.
After all, "less is more," as they say. Minimalism won't work for every situation, but I've learned that it can be helpful when applied to a person's writing style. For example, an otherwise well-intentioned person who nonetheless has a tendency to grow a bit, shall we say, long-winded at times.
Oh, and Minimalism also helps to make housekeeping much less complicated. It does get kind of boring, though...
Bill Watterson, creator of the classic "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip, once wrote, "I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us." Speaking only for myself, I'd have to agree. What can I say - reality is No Fun City at times.
By the way, if you're unfortunate enough to have never read "Calvin and Hobbes," you owe it to yourself to at least check it out sometime. Watterson is a man of creative genius and integrity, sort of like my dad, but much more reclusive.
"To write is the cure."
Some people view seasonal weather patterns as having parallels to the various stages of life. I suppose this would depend on where you live...but you know what I'm getting at. In one variation of this theme, you could say that I'm in - or entering - the "summertime" phase, though I am aware that it's presumptuous to assume I have any given amount of time on the planet. Many people never make it as far as I have, never even make it out of "spring." I cannot allow myself to forget this. Help me remember it, would you?
So, does it all boil down to outlook, the way one approaches life? Of course it goes a little deeper than that; I'm still trying to figure the whole thing out for myself, before "autumn" and "winter" come along. In the meantime, let's get out there and enjoy the sunlight! Except for me, because, well, I have some laundry to do, and then I was going to watch "The Simpsons," but after that...yeah...
Thanks for your time.
- John
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