Toddling off into the sunset … not entirely in control

Several years ago a certain brand of clothing company produced a sweatshirt bearing the image of da Vinci’s famous Vitruvian Man (the perfectly proportioned symmetrical naked guy with four arms and legs enclosed within a circle and square), and the word “BALANCE”. At the time it occurred to me that it would be fun to spoof this, and, in fact, I think some company did … although they probably got sued … and hopefully won the case since I am quite sure the first company wasn’t paying royalties to da Vinci.

Two years ago a certain blog was started. It had humble beginnings — it began so that I could let people know what I was up to when I was on study leave —  and it has probably continued thus, with various ups and downs along the way.  At the time it didn’t occur to me that it might keep going long enough to be a toddler.

So, tonight is the second blogiversary of “Off into the sunset … ” and tonight I finally got around to producing the sort of image I had in mind as my spoof of the Balance Vitruvian Man. It seems rather appropriate at the moment. Things are even more chaotic than usual, what with one thing and another, and I feel guilty for even taking the twenty minutes to produce such a lame image because there are a large number of neglected things awaiting my urgent attention. I just needed to do something just a little bit creative and self-indulgent before I get back to dealing with the the things on the To Do list, the things that aren’t on the To Do list, and the things that now clash with some of the things on the To Do list, all the while just a wee bit terrified that I am going to forget some Ultra-Important Thing* (like getting presents for my triplet nieces’ and nephew’s birthdays) because my brain is full and there isn’t time to look at the To Do list to see what needs to be remembered.

In the meantime I’ll just toddle off into the sunset, not entirely in control.

*According to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe the ultra-important thing was “drinks” … which would probably be a good way to celebrate a second blogiversary except for the fact that I don’t drink and that I’m just about falling asleep as I write. I’m such a wild party animal.