Is This What You Do With Eternity?

One of my favorite movies is Groundhog Day, and one of my favorite lines from that movie is "Is this what you do with Eternity?" Andi and Bill are sitting on his bed flipping cards into a hat. She's wondering if that's all he does with all this time he's been given. Of course, he's also learned French, and to play the piano, and how to rob a bank without firing a shot. I don't know how to do any of those things.

I know how to act, and write, and sew. I'll be sewing alot here soon. I'm costuming the upcoming Northfield Arts Guild production of Ah, Wilderness! The exclaimation point is in the title, not an indication of my own personal excitement. Altho it is fun. America in 1906. Bustles were out, but big frills were the order of the day, and ridiculous ribbons, and men got to wear silly straw hats.

Why did hats ever go out? They're so fun and interesting. Women's hats of that time were particularly fun. Lots of feathers and flowers, sometimes even whole birds. Anyway, I get to put all this together. While I sew I love to watch movies. Heck, I love to watch movies all the time anyway. But at least when I'm sewing I get to feel productive. Unlike when I'm sitting here playing a game wondering if this is what I do with Eternity.