My Blogging101 Neighbors have changed me into a soliloquizing modern-day Hamlet.
In the past 10 days I’ve made some new friends and these friends have made me ask the following to-be-or-not-to-be questions:
- To Cook or not to torture the collective tastebuds of my family?
- To run or just snuggle under the sheets for a couple-of-more-hours?
- To buy new yoga-pants or wait until my tummy begins to jiggle?
- To be an Earl’s cat or a plain old boring human?
- To run along with ZuZu and checkout Berkshire or be a couch potato and watch Despicable Me?
- To fill the lives of those around me with positivity or just not bother?
- And finally, To be a fanatic and fly at the throats of anyone who dares disagree even slightly with me, or respect other people’s opinions?
I know that I have missed a lot of other fantastic blogs that’ve moved me in the past few days, and consequently deprived this post of other deep and relevant questions. I’m known to be more forgetful than that allegorical scientist who drank the glass full of bacteria-infested water. I hope those sweet bloggers will forgive my lapse and leave me a reminder. I can and should soliloquize some more – and your reminders will make me answer more of these important, philosophical questions.
Coming back to my list of questions, here’s what I think, and regardless of what it makes you think about me, I stand (nope, lounge) by it.
1. To cook or not to torture the collective tastebuds of my family?
I cook, but each time I cook, the same dish ends up tasting different! Why? Because I can’t follow recipes. I admit that the kitchen reminds me of a Chemistry Lab, and the recipes remind me of those chemistry experiments that I disliked and even feared. Measure, pour, heat, add something else; let it simmer; when the color changes or when there’s a distinctive smell, do something else! It’s erringly similar to a Chemistry Lab experiment. So to make myself feel positive about the kitchen and cooking, I think of myself as a kitchen-witch who brews magic potions – but that’s a different story and needs a different post.
2. To Run or just snuggle under the sheets?
Is that even a logical question to ask? If your whole family is into running, then I understand that you must – or how will you be together? Imagine breakfast time in a family of runners. Dad has already run 500 yards, son is at 250 yards mark, mom tosses the sandwich and the OJ to Dad at 50 yds/second to get it to him in 10 seconds. Can’t imagine all that action! It makes me run (no, amble) for cover! The thought of all that action makes me exhausted – but kudos to our runner mom – I can only doff my hat to her.
3. To buy new yoga-pants or wait until my tummy begins to jiggle?
It jiggles a bit, alright. But getting into those yoga pants is something that I haven’t yet made up my mind on. Sorry Yoga Guru. First my boss who is now in Canada started organizing Yoga classes in our office and asked if I wanted to join. I checked my then hourglass figure in the mirror, and snickered at the idea. Later mom and dad watched me getting chubbier and slower; they tried to train me in yoga but failed. Now, I’ve begun to wonder whether I should’ve heeded their advice. BTW, Yoga is for people of all shapes and sizes. But what about those yoga-pants? I don’t want to look like a stuffed pillow, and doing yoga without yoga-pants isn’t my cup of green tea.
4. To be an Earl’s cat or a plain old boring human?
Is this even a question?
Of course I want to be an Earl’s cat. Why? Because then I’d speak Elizabethan English, purr a lot, and while purring, I’d casually remark upon who the Countess may or may not hoist her tail for. As a human, if I did that, I am sure the Earl would have me captured and flogged to correct the error of my ways. Earl’s cat – for sure.
5. To run along with ZuZu and checkout Berkshire or be a couch potato and watch Despicable Me?
Is this, too, even a question?
ZuZu… wait for me! Just allow me a few minutes to brew myself a cup of Felinosca potion and turn into a cat. A chubby woman scampering behind you on all fours will attract the eyes of entire Berkshire, and then you may have to drop your adventuring like a hot pot of boiling milk.
6. To fill the lives of those around me with positivity, or shutter myself in?
As I grow older, I cement my views and opinions, and I become unwilling to change. What I often forget is that even the unwillingness to embrace change is a choice. Do I want to shutter myself in, is a question that I ask myself, especially when meet someone as cool as these two bloggers.
I know I’ll try to remember this all, but then I can’t really trust the absent-minded kitchen-witch whose idea of a perfect day is a quiet afternoon with a Wilbur Smith novel. She travels at the speed of thought and sees the world through the words of her favorite authors…and now…bloggers!
And finally,
7. To be a fanatic and fly at the throat of anyone who dares disagree even slightly with me, or respect other people’s opinions?
As I said before, if possible, I’d like to live in a world sans fanatics. I don’t like fanaticism. And so I’ll set aside the only unpleasant experience in the blogosphere, and continue to Draw to Smile!
Feeling frazzled but blessed!
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