Looking ahead

by | Mar 31, 2004 | 8 comments

My new assistant, Zeeshan, is always looking ahead. On Wednesdays, he says, “It’s already Friday!” and I say, “No it’s not! It’s only Wednesday! And there’s lots of stuff left to do before Friday, so get to it!” Yeah. I’m a slave driver. The other day he said, “It’s already April!” and I said, “No it’s not!” etc. I must admit that this bothers me profoundly. How can you enjoy the present when you’re living in the future?

8 Comments

  1. name
    name on March 31, 2004 at 1:13 am

    everyone lives in the future, it’s about how far out you are.

    Because present becomes past instantly 🙂

  2. hesi
    hesi on March 31, 2004 at 1:14 am

    forgot to fill in the the silly form *cute blushing emoticon*

  3. superkev
    superkev on March 31, 2004 at 1:21 am

    whoa. far out man! i think the term “present” is like the term “happy.” it’s a variable slice of the continuum between past and future, like “happy” is a slice of emotion between despair and elation. 🙂

  4. Manyk
    Manyk on March 31, 2004 at 3:13 am

    I find it very difficult to think of the future myself. It’s much easier for me to think of right NOW. I dunno, somehow I get things done a little easier when I know I have to do them now.

  5. maggie
    maggie on March 31, 2004 at 8:38 am

    i’m trying to live in the past. I’d like it to be monday today, so that the lab report i haven’t started yet isn’t due for 3 days, instead of the 1 day I’d have if today were actaully wednesday….

  6. pompom
    pompom on March 31, 2004 at 1:02 pm

    this is not legal.
    april is april.
    march is march.
    it’s illegal to be march and pretending you are april.

  7. superkev
    superkev on March 31, 2004 at 9:17 pm

    i smell a lawsuit!! 😀

  8. maha
    maha on April 1, 2004 at 9:09 pm

    i can understand being all excited about the near future if u are lookin forward to something…but when u do it every day…u only get to live ones..and rush like that through ur life? makes no sense…*shrugs*