much ado about nothing

a blog about non-achievement

5.19.2006

What have you done with your life? Did you get a PhD? Did you become an artist? Did you floss? Did you feed the birds by the beach on an overcast morning? Did you have a one night stand? Did you ever buy someone a gift for no good reason at all? Did you collect stamps? Did you make a million dollars? Did you save anyone's life? Did you try bungee jumping? Did you cook? Did you get published? Did you get high? Did you steal? Did you spend hours and hours staring at ants? Did you ever rank first in anything? Did you ever truly meant it when you said those three words? Did you climb a mountain to the very top? Did you watch porn? Did you smile at strangers coming towards you in a crowded sidewalk? Did you cheat on the love of your life? Did you pray? Did you ever pull the trigger? Did you ever starve because you couldn't afford a sandwich? Did you donate blood? Did you have a threesome, a menage-a-trois? Did you teach anything? Did you plant a seed? Did you do yoga? Did you protest? Did you ride the waves? Did you read history? Did you pay your taxes? Did you ever drive forty minutes at three a.m. to go to a restaurant on your own just to prove to yourself that you're just fine being lonely? Did you make your parents proud? Did you play the violin? Did you escape? Did you find your soulmate? Did you buy a house? Did you brew the best cup of coffee ever? Did you play videogames? Did you ever pour your guts out while flirting with someone on the phone from dusk till dawn? Did you attempt suicide? Did you give birth? Did you travel? Did you keep a secret to yourself and yourself alone, for good? Did you solve a most complex non-linear equation of fifth degree? Did you read the economist? Did you masturbate in a public bathroom? Did you recycle? Did you make a huge mistake, twice? Did you speak four languages fluently? Did you ever feel truly alive, without ecstasy?

Not that it matters what you did, but did you enjoy it? If so, good for you. If not, you're just normal, so don't worry about it. This too shall pass.

2 Comments:

At 5:04 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

28 yes! 18 No!

 
At 10:36 AM, Blogger shadi said...

yes, i did all of them... partially!

 

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