This witticism made its way through my timeline a couple of days ago:
Then thanks to Spotify, which only became available in the Philippines last Tuesday, I discovered Sue Ellen's version of
Pet Shop Boy's 'Being Boring'—what I swear to be my 30s anthem.
Along with it is the re-discovery of the lyrics:
I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties.
'Dress in white', one said with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties.
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door.
She said, 'We were never feeling bored...'
[...]
When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation.
Someone said, 'If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies.'
But I sat back and looking forward,
My shoes were high and I had scored.
I'd bolted through a closing door
And I would never find myself feeling bored.
So I guess that's the week's lesson. Don't be discouraged by closing, closed, and shut doors.
PS: While Frozen is still hot, here's the extremely cute 'Love is an open door' (
We finish each other's sandwiches FTW!). Unfortunately, though, in this instance, the door was opened too soon for the wrong person, for the wrong reasons.
So lesson #2? Not all rooms with opening, opened, and wide-open doors are for entering.