Day 2 of turning over a new leaf and giving up bad habits and if I start to snap at you or anyone - give me until day 7 or so to get over it. Not a good idea to give up so many vices at one time; you should only get rid of one vice at a time; but nonetheless let's toss them all overboard and see what happens.
What happens is that my nerves get frayed; my back gets tight; my patience wanes; my throat constricts; my span of attention contracts. Oh, what a way to go. Death by denial. I know you have your vices and resolutions against them, and I know that by day two or three of the new year you are slipping back into them.
"Turning over a new leaf," is a phrase that should be updated anyway. Not too many farmers in this land anymore who know what turning over a new leaf is. Today I would say, "putting in a new motherboard."
That's not good.
Oh, I have it. This year I'm going to get rid of my bad habits and completely defragment my drives.
That ain't no good. My mind wants to find a contemporary metaphor for turning over a new leaf but I can't come up with it. You'd think for it to be contemporary it would have something to do with technology - maybe not. This year we're going to stop unlawful wiretaps. No, not all at once, but we'll try and turn over a new leaflet.
Well, whatever you have resolved to do, or not to do - thinking that it would make your or someone else's life better - good night and good luck.
3 comments:
I have at least 45 vices that I've been able to list; and one of them is a tendency to enumerate things for no reason.
dave- blackbird asked me last night about my new years resolutions and i was happy to discover the answer and share,
new years resolutions hadn't occurred to me! none whatsoever. i am alive and forgetful
I'm going to try and eat better food, shed a few pounds or kilos and try not to smoke so many damn cigars. Even Fidel was able to quit them and he had the best selection in the world...
Also, try and make each day count...sounds like a cliche' I know, but there's no telling how many I've got left, and I ain't some rich guy who can just sit there watching the waves crash into the beach...
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