Friday, September 16, 2005

The 2 Worst Yearbook Quotes

Case #1: Always reach for the moon, and if you miss you might just catch a star.

If there ever was a combination of words to spring me off my arse right now and cause me to do all my work for the rest of the semester in the next week, this would be far from it. I wonder, how do you catch a star when you reach for the moon? It is possible that the person who constructed this poor excuse for a sentence didn't actually realize the moon was much, much closer to Earth than the stars. And why the heck would you pride yourself in catching a star, when in fact you were aiming for the moon. You were way off target to begin with. We must also address the fact that "star" is a horribly generic metaphor for an unexpected prize, a blessing in disguise, a great and more worthy goal, or achievement, etc.

Case #2: Live in the moment.

We can thank the Victorians for this one. Why say live in the moment? Isn't that what I am doing as I type this. You waste more of your "moment" saying this phrase than the original construction of the phrase would oblige you to do. Sure, this one does make a good point that someone shouldn't live in the moment pretending it is the past, nor should they focus too much on the future. However, so many people still prance around proclaiming this as their mantra for their life--this is somebody's sacred scripture...sad. So, today, live in the moment folks. Whatever the past has taught you, forget it. It doesn't apply to now, so why use it. And whatever is in your future, don't think about it. Now is the only time that can get you anywhere, not 5 days ago, and certainly not 5 minutes from now.

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