I know I am square. I know that I am not hip, never have been, and never will be. The only thing 'hip' about me is the area below my waist and above my knees. That 'hip' is real and wouldn't fit into a round hole, either!
I know I am square because I have been described that way by family......as only family can get away with describing someone in a teasing tone.
Am I embarrassed to be 'square'? Not in the least. I was solidly square in high school and have remained that way into my later, middle-aged years. I have no plans to change, nor would I want to. 'Square' people have just as much fun as the 'unsquare'. When I consider the opposite of 'square', I come up with 'round' and I have no desire to become any more 'round' than I am. In fact, I need to become less 'round'.
When 'square' people become smaller, do they become rectangular? After all, geometrically-speaking, a rectangle is simply a square, only smaller in certain dimensions. (Maybe that is why I did not do so well in integrated geometry in high school?)
While I'm at it, let me send this message to those who think they are more 'hip' than those of us who are square:
Square people know how to have a good time and they have a 'good time' lots of the time. We're the ones who are smiling, watching you 'hip' people, who think you are the really 'cool' ones.
In conclusion, on this first day of a new year and a new decade, I have an 'unhip' word to put out into circulation: Re-chill. This is a better word than the 'hip' word 'chillax', which I think is a silly combination of chill and relax. To 're-chill' indicates that one was 'chilled-out' in the first place and simply needs to return to the state of 'chill', as opposed to 'chillax' which carries no prior connotation to it. If I greeted the majority of people I know with "Chillax", they would most assuredly stare at me and wonder what in the world I just said to them, whereas if I said "Re-chill", a higher percentage would understand my instruction and might actually begin to relax again.
I thought it appropriate to celebrate the first day of this new year with some type of posting that would acknowledge my 'squaredness' and pay homage to all of the other 'squared' people in this world.
In case you, the reader, are stressed out by the list of resolutions you have been preparing since the stroke of last night's midnight, I say onto you:
Re-chill.
Ancora imparo
