Shelf Life Unlimited boredom
by Bamboo Dong, Mar 9th 2004
Sometimes I think that life is a continual struggle between being down on luck, and mustering up enough courage and dedication to pull everything back on track again. It's an endless loop that never stops spiraling unless you have the even-keeled sense to watch its every move. If you get a streak of good luck and joy, arrogance sets in, leaving you vulnerable to vicious attacks from every angle. If you stay in your slump, you'll be frightened at every new challenge that comes your way.
This happens to everyone, everywhere. Whether you're an athlete, a college student preparing for exams, a musician, or just some guy chipping away at the American dream, there will always be a slump of some sort that will bind you with fright and test your will. Let's take something that everyone can relate to. How about the local sports team; any sport, any team. At some point in that club's career, they will have had a stretch of losses that seem almost unrecoverable. They panic, get angry, fret over tiny things, and before you know it, they've dug themselves into a hole big enough to fit Rhode Island. Pretty soon, every new adversary they meet will be approached the same way: “Aw man, I don't wanna do this... I don't wanna lose anymore... we've been losing a lot lately... we're gonna get stomped.” Tempers flare, confidences drop, and for whatever reason, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As I look out across this network of 0s and 1s to my readers, I can sense the inevitable quake of a large entity that cannot be avoided by many unlucky few. That's right. Midterms. Round one. If you're anything like me, you've been burned on exams before, and unless you've already made it past that slump into the land of confidence and self-assurance, you're viewing the oncoming battles with a bit of trepidation. It's times like this when I've always pulled on the wisdom of that timeless 80s film “Better Off Dead” and a line spoken by Monique, “All you need is a taste of victory and you'll find that it suits you.” So to all mah peeps out there down in the slumps, buck up, happy campers. All it takes to ride out the nastiest wave is a spark of confidence.
Welcome to Shelf Life.
Short release list, but that's all we've got! Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next week.
This happens to everyone, everywhere. Whether you're an athlete, a college student preparing for exams, a musician, or just some guy chipping away at the American dream, there will always be a slump of some sort that will bind you with fright and test your will. Let's take something that everyone can relate to. How about the local sports team; any sport, any team. At some point in that club's career, they will have had a stretch of losses that seem almost unrecoverable. They panic, get angry, fret over tiny things, and before you know it, they've dug themselves into a hole big enough to fit Rhode Island. Pretty soon, every new adversary they meet will be approached the same way: “Aw man, I don't wanna do this... I don't wanna lose anymore... we've been losing a lot lately... we're gonna get stomped.” Tempers flare, confidences drop, and for whatever reason, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
As I look out across this network of 0s and 1s to my readers, I can sense the inevitable quake of a large entity that cannot be avoided by many unlucky few. That's right. Midterms. Round one. If you're anything like me, you've been burned on exams before, and unless you've already made it past that slump into the land of confidence and self-assurance, you're viewing the oncoming battles with a bit of trepidation. It's times like this when I've always pulled on the wisdom of that timeless 80s film “Better Off Dead” and a line spoken by Monique, “All you need is a taste of victory and you'll find that it suits you.” So to all mah peeps out there down in the slumps, buck up, happy campers. All it takes to ride out the nastiest wave is a spark of confidence.
Welcome to Shelf Life.
Short release list, but that's all we've got! Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next week.