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I never should have switched from Scotch to Martinis - Humphrey Bogart's last words
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Dear avid readers,
Hi all (first and foremost). Just so you all know, as it turns out: today is my Birthday. I was born on the 4th of July, which is deeply sardonic because I am Australian.

As to my actual age…. Well… I am officially twenty-three, which is both deeply depressing and nostalgic for myself. For whatever the reason, around this time of year I get very reflective as to where I am in life and how little I have progressed (in the greater scheme of things).
My slumber of self-loathing reached the boiling the other day after reading a book by Mark Gayle called ‘Turning 30’. Essentially, the moral of the story was that ‘sometimes its ok, not to be ok’. Perhaps it was beyond my realm of understanding (as I am not yet 30), but for an entire week I couldn’t put my head around it. I got so desperate; I ended up emailing the author (I kid you not) and questioned him about the book. That day I learned something. There are certain things in life that are generally unwise to do:
1.Walk onto oncoming traffic
2.Talk with your mouth full
3.Argue the logistics of a book to the author whom actually wrote it
Mind you, the author was very nice about it, but as you can imagine…

So here I am, a little worse for wear, and hopefully a little wiser. My favourite quote is by Kurt Vonnegut: ‘Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way’. That’s me to the bone I think.

So anyway, thought I should share and wish everyone a happy non-birthday (we have 364 of them, you know?). And out of curiosity, if anyone could part with any inspirational words of wisdom about life in general would gladly be appreciated.
Thank you all.

Superfluous

Definition:
1. [adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
2. [adj] serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being; "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"

P.S. I got ‘another’ Browncoat as a gift >>> its shiny.

COMMENTS

Thursday, July 5, 2007 4:27 AM

MSG


Hey always good to reflect:) ...as I have passed 30 I can say it's only a big deal if you make it one:)

Wednesday, July 4, 2007 5:52 AM

FIZZIX


Are you trying to say you're superfluous? Feh... it's not true. Confuzzled, are you?


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