Monday, November 21, 2005
Update: life
It's great to hear all the birthday wishes from everyone. Thanks, guys! (dturk, this sweet background is from Monterey, Cali-for-ni-a - where the seals sunbathe and the seagulls wistle. Highly recommend a visit).
Yes, as some of you may have implied, I am still a 'twenty-something' that bows at the feet of the aged and wise. (that excludes a certain Mr. Leonard, btw. I will never bow down at his feet!) I have scheduled my mid-life crisis to happen exactly 9 years and 2 months from now, and I know that's also when my eggs will go bad or dangerously increase the chance of genetic mutation in my children. My roommate used to have a detailed plan of her engagement, marriage, childbirth, and menopause as well. [on a side note, it fascinates me to think that little girls already carry 400,000 eggs at birth, a whole set for their lifespan - amazing.]
But one can never really plan 'life' anyway. I stand somewhere between a fatalist and someone who takes a spontaneous spin at the wheel of fortune. I tried explaining this to Randy, but I don't think the message conveyed. I need to think through how fatalism and quantum-physics can compromise with each other.
Yes, as some of you may have implied, I am still a 'twenty-something' that bows at the feet of the aged and wise. (that excludes a certain Mr. Leonard, btw. I will never bow down at his feet!) I have scheduled my mid-life crisis to happen exactly 9 years and 2 months from now, and I know that's also when my eggs will go bad or dangerously increase the chance of genetic mutation in my children. My roommate used to have a detailed plan of her engagement, marriage, childbirth, and menopause as well. [on a side note, it fascinates me to think that little girls already carry 400,000 eggs at birth, a whole set for their lifespan - amazing.]
But one can never really plan 'life' anyway. I stand somewhere between a fatalist and someone who takes a spontaneous spin at the wheel of fortune. I tried explaining this to Randy, but I don't think the message conveyed. I need to think through how fatalism and quantum-physics can compromise with each other.
// posted by sakit @ 6:00 AM 
