Aging embarassment, or lack thereof

Another day is another number added to the pile of days before it, and I realize this one thing to be true: its really hard to embarass me anymore. When did embarassment die? It might have died in the numerous falls from horses(in front of people, so there was no way to overlook the spills, chills and thrills, much less forego even mentioning those events). Or maybe I don't get embarassed because I just don't care anymore. About the only time I feel embarassment is for other people, because they are doing things...but feel no remorse for their actions. For example:

I have seen too many giggling coeds down at the local watering holes, pushing on each other as they hunt for an available male. All I can think when I see those predatory girls is: How embarassing! To totally subsume my personality into the social expectations, that would be a slow death of self. Yet these girls at ecstatic at the opportunity to prove that physical attraction is more important than actually knowing and respecting your future partner. Perhaps they are right, since the liason they are after is exceedingly temporary. When the duration of the encounter is one night only, to be followed by at least a week of recriminations and gossiping friends...perhaps the physical is the only quality to persue...at least then you may have some bragging rights.

To those girls, I wish good hunting. To the males in this town, I wish good luck...hiding!

Procrastinator's Creed

I would like to preface this list with the admission that I did not write it. If, in fact, I had been given an assignment to write this list, it would still be on my desk, waiting for me to notice it. To whomever wrote this beautiful list: THANK YOU!!

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done
already.

2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.

3. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.

4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount
of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new
technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.

6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the
amount of time given.

7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though
infinitesimally small, is not exactly zero.

8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.

9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to
change my mind.

10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or
write the first word, when I get around to it.

11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the
task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior
to beginning the greater task.

12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is
wait/plan/plan.

13. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.

Getting Lost

I realized today that I have wasted my education. That comment doesn't mean I don't use my education. But somewhere between the memos and reports the creativity that formerly drove my writing has been squeezed out. So now, I am lemonade. This blog will be an attempt to journal, and practice my art. Bear with me, and enjoy getting Lost in the Muse