Blowing my perfectly good youth

Coastal Angst
Originally uploaded by mchughtie.

Emerson, at 19, asked "Has any other educated person lived so many years, yet lost so many days?" Um, pick me. Aren't we all kind of overflowing with potential? Isn't it creepy how that potential sort of hides out in the side of your head, sighing melodramatically at you every time you pick up the remote or click "post entry"? I wish my potential would back off, lower its expectations a bit.