Queen Spacemom March 10, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Spacemom , 1 comment so farI am working from home today (on lunch break). I have an errand later I want to run and some library books to return. I think I’ll bike instead of using my car.
One advantage of working at home, is that I can blast music and ENJOY it. I worry at work that my neighbors will worry about my choices of music and that the men in the restroom next to my office may make a mess of themselves listening to my choices. (Yes, one wall of my office is next to the men’s room. And I am in a male dominated field. Fortunately, one of the past occupants of my office insisted on sound proofing on that wall. I only hear the "kashunk" of the paper towel dispenser).
Today, the music station I was listening to had a live Queen show. There is nothing like data analysis while taking breaks to do air guitar to "Bohemian Rhapsody" or air Piano to "Under Pressure". I can’t do this at my office. And once I get an office mate again, I seriously can’t do that.
However, listening to Queen made me think. Have you ever listened to "Who Wants to Live Forever?". I wonder if Brain May knew about Freddie Mercury’s state of health when he wrote this. Maybe he didn’t, but somehow, this song seems to say more than just love is for today. Everything in this song just sends a chill down my spine. Because May is right. Who would want to live forever? We should experience all parts of life. I just hope that I do have a full time of life. That I live not forever, but long enough to watch my children grow into beautiful women, to watch them love, to hold them when their heart break, to cry with them, to watch as they build their own families.
I don’t want to live forever, but I do want to live until my life is complete. That may sound like Yogi Berra, but that is how I feel.
