Saturday, May 20, 2006
The Pleasures of being Ordinary
I have no wish to be famous, to have an exciting life. I do not care to have tons and tons of money, to have beautiful and sexy, desirable women hanging on to me. I do not want an expensive car, not a BMW, a Honda or Toyota or Nissan or a Bentley or a Porsche. I would much prefer to take a bus or to walk if the distance is not too great. I do not want to be a powerful CEO like Donald Trump or be a savvy politician like a Governor or a Senator. I want to have a quiet life where I can breathe fresh air and take long walks by myself without haste. I do not like working in an office. I would much rather work at home preferrably at my computer giving free rein to my thoughts and perhaps going online for some inter-personal communication with someone I do not see face to face; if I could make my living from the Internet that would be the perfect way to earn money.
I do not want my name in lights, to have flashbulbs popping in my face and to be chased by the paparazzi and hide my face behind sunglasses or to wear a hat or a disguise. I do not want my face in Time Magazine or on a Billboard or to be interviewed live by Larry King. I do not want to argue or to trade barbs with Bill O'Reilly. He is too smart for me and has truckloads of things to say about anything and everything. I just want to be able to read a book or a magazine or to surf the Web or to hum a tune as I walk: to live my life as simply as I can.
I do not care for fancy food in fancy restaurants. I do not care for new-age health foods. I just want simple food the way it is prepared at home, hot and with lots of spice. A sandwich is fine with me or even just a banana or any fruit or maybe just oat meal.
I do not want my name in lights, to have flashbulbs popping in my face and to be chased by the paparazzi and hide my face behind sunglasses or to wear a hat or a disguise. I do not want my face in Time Magazine or on a Billboard or to be interviewed live by Larry King. I do not want to argue or to trade barbs with Bill O'Reilly. He is too smart for me and has truckloads of things to say about anything and everything. I just want to be able to read a book or a magazine or to surf the Web or to hum a tune as I walk: to live my life as simply as I can.
I do not care for fancy food in fancy restaurants. I do not care for new-age health foods. I just want simple food the way it is prepared at home, hot and with lots of spice. A sandwich is fine with me or even just a banana or any fruit or maybe just oat meal.
