This past weekend, Habibi and I drove halfway across the
state to spend a long weekend in his hometown with his family. As we gazed in between bug corpses on my
windshield out upon the open prairie and breathed in the smell of cow shit, we
discussed some of the happenings of our lives.
I do love the heartland (no sarcasm intended…truly). On long car rides, I frequently get restless
and need what I like to call a good “Q&A” session. Basically, this means that I think of random
questions that we both have to answer: “If
you went back to school, what would you study?” or “What is your least favorite Thanksgiving food?” or “If
you could have either gills or night vision, which one would you choose and
why?” and so on.
If you were to ask me what led to the following revelation,
I would likely not be able to recall.
However, we began fantasizing about what life might be like if we were
perpetual students. Of course, our
finances would never allow this and between the two of us, we already have
three useless degrees, but there is a definite appeal to ceaseless
enlightenment and the acquisition of more useless knowledge.
In a past life, I was positive that I was destined for the
stage. A triple threat, I did it
all: singing, dancing and acting. Although in hindsight I truly question my youthful
perception of talent, I do find myself wondering what course my life would have
taken if I had decided to pursue my first love.
ASIDE: Well, the stage wasn’t exactly my first
love, but it was a true one. In reality,
my first goal was to work with animals but when I discovered that I was terrible
at science and would fail vet school, a teacher suggested I go work for the
circus. At that very moment, I gave up
on that ambition.
Suddenly it struck me as funny, the reason I decided to
major in French instead of theatre and music:
I just knew that jobs would be scarce (nigh non-existent) in show business.
Whatever possessed me to think that I would be highly marketable with a liberal
arts degree is beyond even my most irrational thought. This leads me to share the following with
you.
Have a pleasant evening!
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