Thursday, March 6, 2008

What would you do if I sang out of tune? (daydreaming part 2)

Well, I already know. Those of you who have heard me sing know that I do sing out of tune, at least some of the time. And you listen anyways. I appreciate that. I suppose it's flaws that make us human. Or maybe it's accepting those flaws, in one's self and in others, that makes us more human. This particular flaw of mine bothers me. As I have mentioned before, I'm a daydreamer of immense proportions. One of my favorite recurring daydreams is that of singing, and I get frustrated that I'm not naturally better than I am. Oh, well. I'm not whining to Oprah. Yet.
Some of you would undoubtedly tell me to practice and overcome my painfully off-key tendancies. I agree with that and I do try. Unfortunately, one of my other (many) flaws is a marked lack of disciplined self-motivation.
Let me pose another query. What would you do if I sang in tune? Or, rather: What would I do if I sang in tune? It's something I wonder about in my travels through my mind (that's a short journey). Would I be as happy as I dream about if all my pipe dreams were suddenly fulfilled? And the rational, logical answer is no, I really don't think I would. That's one of the defining charactaristics of our flawed mortal existance. We are never truly happy and content. We spend our time dreaming and wishing of what might be, thinking that if certain things were certain ways then we would be at peace with everything and life would be well. Cookies and kool-aid for everyone! But, things don't work that way for us. If we were ever to have all of our dreams come true, we'd get bored with them in a horribly short while and would rapidly be dreaming of new things.
This all is how it should be, as shitty as it seems, and rather than go on in another redundant diatribe, I'll let you figure that one out. My aformetioned lack of motivation is kicking in quite nicely now and I think I'll go do something less productive with my time. Like contemplating the current political mood of the country.
Cheers!

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