Sweet Yet Sour

Questions to be Answered – 2008

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 | The Daily Special | 5 Comments

I’ve decided to take a different tactic on the whole “New Year’s Resolution” thing.  I generally don’t make those anyway, since I feel like it’s frivolous to make goals like “loose 20 pounds” when I know myself well enough to know I can’t even stick to the grocery list, let alone a list of things that I have to complete in a year.  I could try “stick to the grocery list” as a resolution, but it’s not going to happen; I’m going to hit the store when I’m hungry and pretty soon there will be three bags of chips and some Boursin in the cart before I know what hit me. 

So, what I have decided to do is create a list of “Questions to be Answered” for the year.  It will be like goals, but I think it will be easier and far less guilt causing if I don’t get them answered.

So here goes; here are my “Questions to be Answered 2008″:

1. What is with the hand grenade decal on people’s cars?  – I see these everywhere here and it just makes me wonder.  I looked it up and figured out that there is a snowboard gear company called “Grenade”, but is this really why people are putting that on their cars, or is there some other “I love the bomb” thing implied?  This will probably require some field research.

2. Can I go for an entire week without chocolate and not kill anyone in the process?  - In order to complete this answer will I need to lock myself in a room and not see anyone for that whole week?

3. What is it really like to give birth to a baby?  – I have no choice on answering this one at this point; it’s unavoidable, but maybe if I take a “this is research” approach to it maybe I can stop being so afraid of what is coming. 

4.  Is it possible that this semi-chauvinistic country can elect a woman president?  – Seriously, how backwards are we that this is still not done in 2008?  We are so behind Europe that we look like a bunch of Neanderthals…

5. Is it possible that this semi-racist country can elect a black man president? – Can we make this huge leap? I don’t know – there are still so many racist, ignorant people in this country that it truly worries me whether it can be done, and if it is done, will it be dangerous for him?

6. Can I learn to knit and successfully complete a scarf that does not look like it was knitted by a crazy person?  – I tried learning from a book, only to figure out that I can’t even master the “cast-on” part from a book.  But I would like to learn; it’s so much more portable than weaving and it would use all that lovely yarn I have that I have never had the energy to put on my loom.

7. Is it possible for me to ever be able to beat Mike in Scrabble?  Will he need to be sedated for me to win? Maybe I can win if we play the day that he gets his wisdom teeth out?

8. Will I miss my job and the satisfaction that I get from it when I’m not working? Or will I be so happy at home with the baby that I don’t need to feel the rush of finding a huge defect that no one else has found?

9.  What does it take to make my greyhound smile?  – I hear that they do this and I’ve seen pictures, but I don’t think I’ve ever really seen Cash smile.  Do I have to give him a treat and simultaneously rub his butt and neck to get him to smile?

10.  Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains? – I added this in for fun, because really, why not? My wool socks shrink every time I wash them.  I wish Dr. Science was still on NPR… 

That’s all I have for now, but the great thing about this list is that I can keep adding to it; perhaps there is more to come…