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1月1日 wellingtoniansit used to piss me off but now i find it comical. i am of course referring to that one day each year when i skip through the 'wellingtonian' - the annual magazine for old boys of wellington college. when i was there it was a school of mediocre teachers and a managment structure that enforced the 'if you're not in the top 2% or can't play the oboe through your nose, well, what are you doing here?' philospohy that has plagued the school for long before i attended under harvey rees-thomas and apparrently thrives under the nose of roger moses. in 16 years of reading the wellingtonian i have not once read an article about an old boy who went off and met a nice girl, got married and raised adorable, healthy kids - all out of the spotlight. or one who announced his homosexuality and became head trolley boy at city new world. it's as if they can only see success in the letters and titles that follow and preceed people's names or in the size of their bank accounts. it's boring, actually. dead boring.
okay, so i haven't won a medal in the peruvian moose racing champs, or donated $500 000 to the WCOBA drinkies fund or had a grandfather who (as well as being a wellington college old boy) once discovered the secret to an odorless fart. i endured for 5 years being ignored and harassed by the school for simply being average. it is hillarious how they continue this buffoonery in the form of a yearly magazine!! if i liked, i could even attend a reunion and be ignored in person!!
i am in fact very happy with my life. i see myself successful in dozens of ways. one of which being my abilty to enjoy myself without comparing myself to the shallow acheivements of others. imagine if life really was just about getting money or an order of merit (nz) or anything else like this. what a waste of time it would be to chase these things.
i have a family which brings me more happiness and peace and security than all the money in europe. i am loved. i have friends who are among the coolest people ever. i have a hope and prosperous future ahead, for certain. this year i hope to pour more of myself into my family. i hope to become a more thankful and appreciative person for all that God gives me day by day by day.
having said all this, one can never tire of reading news about the flight of the conchords. |
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