I would like to talk briefly about success. Success is a strange concept. How do we measure it? How do we define it?
Last night, i attempted to make chocolate chip cookies. Good old C-3s. Some of you may remember the last time i tried to make them. I remember scooping them up with a fork to eat the chocolate chip hash. This time, my friends, this time i achieved chocolate chip cookie shape! They looked like cookies. They really did. The funny thing is, they werent nearly as tasty as the ones that barely resembled the traditional idea of a cookie. Was i actually successfull then?
Resolutions. My friends wrote me some resolutions for 2006. I like when they do this. I like when they are challenging but do-able (without compromising any of my serious morals/beliefs). So far, i have completed 1 of 9! And i would say it was a success. My challenge was to make Pink Apple Pie. And i did. I served it to my curling team tonight at our pre-game dinner and they were all very impressed. Who wouldnt be impressed by pink pie? And i even made a fancy criss-cross crust! It was showy and tastey too!
Curling. Another resolution is to win a curling game (and actually be there when my team wins). We felt good tonight. We felt confident to win. We lost. But the whole time, i honestly felt like we were winning (ask them! I told them that during the game!). Does that count?
I write now for clarification on a third resolution - save someone's life. Please specify what i have to do. Does the person have to be "coding" and then be revived? Jump start their heart? Or would say, catching that a person is having a silent heart attack count? Is this literal or figurative? Metaphorical? Metaphysical? Quantitative? Qualitative? Empirical?
Today i decided that i REALLY want to play hockey. I even went so far as to call the Ladies' Hockey Line for information. Is it too late to join the season? Do i have to be able to skate? All during curling i kept having these moments where i was just bursting to announce I WANT TO PLAY HOCKEY. I managed to keep it in. But i was very disappointed to return home and find that my phone call had been left unanswered.
Maybe tomorrow i will get what i am looking for. Maybe tomorrow i will discover what it is i am looking for. Maybe tomorrow i will not end my sentences with prepositions. Maybe tomorrow i will end my sentences with propositions.
edit: today i bought an apron. it told me to buy it. it seemed a good idea after my recent baking success, the realization that i'm a baking junkie, and the fact that it was PINK, FRILLY, and only 25 cents! Who could resist such an offer?!
2 comments:
I really think that the life saving has to be at least quantitive, you have to save one life. I think that it would count if without your interference they would have died then it counts. "Coding" would count, the heart attack might be ify.
I think you have to be able to skate to play hockey, unless they call it floor hockey or field hockey.
What's wrong with ending sentences with prepositions, prepositions are something you can rely on.
If I could remember who made that resolution (about saving someone's life), I would refer you to them. After all, it seems only fair that the maker of the resolution should be able to specify the terms by which it is accomplished. It was (I think) either Letha or Caitlin... but I'm pulling those guesses out of my ass. It wasn't me, though, so that narrows it down to six people. : )
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