So why have i started a blog? Well its the tuesday of the second week of the school holidays. I've wasted my day, and will probably waste most of tomorrow too, but the shining light out of it all is a certain little birdie who suggested making a blog. Well, what is there to lose? After all, it's kept me from using "Twitter" and that can ONLY BE A GOOD THING (join my boycotting activities @ www.twitterneedstobeviolatedbyzombies.org). So hello, and welcome my possible 4 readers, let's hope my life isn't too boring for you. :)
But what of the name? Watch your plate? The anecdote goes as such.. my father often tells me to watch my plate as I walk my dinner to my seating place in the lounge-room. Seemingly irrationally, these three small words agitate me to no ends. I think i feel it undermining my own ability to actually think about what i'm doing. Regardless, the phrase holds somewhat of a metaphorical value.
Imagine that the "plate" symbolizes our lives. We have our burdens and our obligations along with our great adventures and dreams. Now if we are yo watch your plate, its a plea to consider your life and what you are doing with it. A lyric from a song by a Christian band i know of goes "What do you live for, is it something to stand for? Is it everything that you believe and more?"
Some may find an irony that the title of this blog calls others to "Watch their Plate" when in fact the purpose of the blog is so that others can watch mine. Or maybe, others may not find it at all ironical, as i am relatively average at english and somebody may actually know how to use various english techniques such as irony correctly. I'll leave that for you to decide :)
Peace, God bless
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