THE MEANING OF LIFE

AS A WALLFLOWER I WAS PERFECTLY WILLING TO FOREGO MY SENIOR PROM. BUT I GUESS MY MOTHER FELT OTHERWISE. IT WAS ARRANGED - FOR SYMPATHY'S SAKE?- THAT I ATTEND WITH MY SISTER'S BOYFRIEND (AND FUTURE HUSBAND.) LOVELY GOWNS (MINE STRAPLESS), POLITICALLY, PROPER PICS FOR KING AND QUEEN, NICE MUSIC DANCED TO BENEATH THE SPINNING, IRIDESCENT BALL. A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, BUT ONE I COULD HAVE FOREGONE.

BUT I CANNOT FOREGO MENTIONING THE NONSENSE OF A BOOK, "WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT," THE REVIEW OF WHICH I READ TODAY. I, LIKE ALFIE - WE ARE ALL ALFIES - WAS ASKED TO DELVE INTO THE DEEP MEANING OF THE QUINTESSENTIAL QUESTION, WHAT'S LIFE ALL ABOUT? THE AUTHOR SEARCHES FOR ANSWERS IN EITHER SERVICE TO OTHERS OR TO SELF FROM WHICH WE ARE TO DERIVE SATSFACTION, I.E. HAPPINESS IN THIS LIFE. THE REVIEWER, HOWEVER, CONCLUDES THAT ALFIES MAY FEEL THE ANSWER TO HAPPINESS LIES BEYOND THE SECULAR. FEEL IS MY NON-OPERATIVE WORD HERE. ORIGINALLY LIFE'S QUINTESSENCE IS THE 5TH ELEMENT WHICH SUPPLEMENTED AND COMPLETED THE 4 HUMOURS - EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND WATER. AFTER THE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH AND BLAH'S OF THIS BOOK'S PRESENTATION, I THINK I MAY KNOW (NOT FEEL) THE ANSWER TO IT ALL. THE 5TH, NECESSARY AND FULFILLING INGREDIENT, THE QUINTESSENCE, IS, HAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE OUR CHRISTIAN GOD.

I HOPE OUR HOPELESS HOLLYWOOD PLAYS OFF THIS FACT WITH ITS UPCOMING MOVIE, "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA," BECAUSE QUINTESSENTIAL ASLAN CANNOT BE DENIED.

KEEP THE 5TH IN MIND BECAUSE I AM WATCHING AMERICA'S 5TH COLUMN AT WORK PREPARING TO NAME NAMES AND EXPLAIN ITS TACTICS IN SIMPLE WORDS.