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This is why Vodafone ads are so cool.

Okay, so if you’re in Melbourne and you’ve been to the cinema recently, you’ve probably seen the ad with the mayflies. You know, the one where the mayfly, who only lives for a day, has the time of its life.

It rides down a fast stream on a leaf, it plays badminton, it dances with it’s pal… And, in the words of the ad, it doesn’t give a damn about it’s short life.

What if we all lived life to the fullest? What if, instead of worrying about the future, we live in the now and take every oppertunity?

And instead of moping around a dying person’s bed, we have parties till that person dies? And he slips out of life feeling happy, and we all feel happy.

This post was inspired by The Ring Incident, the fact that Hat is leaving in a few days and some people are moping around, and the ad I saw this morning.

And so I leave you with this hopeful post and… a song! At my old school, we had to sing this for the leaving headmaster and it was sad, but happy and hopeful at the same time.

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) by Green Day

Another turning point;
a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist;
directs you where to go

So make the best of this test,
and don’t ask why.

It’s not a question
but a lesson learned in time.

It’s something unpredictable
but in the end it’s right.
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs
and still frames in your mind

Hang it on a shelf
in good health and good time

Tattoos of memories
and dead skin on trial

For what it’s worth,
it was worth all the while

It’s something unpredictable
but in the end it’s right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

(music break)

It’s something unpredictable
but in the end it’s right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

It’s something unpredictable
but in the end it’s right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

If you want to listen to this song, click!

And I am officially colouring every post in a text colour from now on.