All right folks, summer is officially here, and it's time to tally up the first half of 2003.

Please answer YES or NO to whether you have done these things in 2003:

Did you work at a job?
Did you read a book?
Did you leave the country?
Did you run a mile without stopping?
Did you get in a fight?
Did you go to a wedding?
Did you hurt yourself?
Did you get laid?
Did you write a personal letter to a relative?
Did you take illicit narcotics?
Did you hike to the highest point in town?
Did you make a new friend?
Did you speak out about the actions of the government?
Did you throw a party?
Did you attend a play?
Did you do an act you never thought possible?
Did you look over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?
Did you write down a story?
Did you play an instrument?
Did you bring home the bacon?
Did you get drunk in public?
Did you eat fifty eggs in an hour?
Did you donate a pint of blood?
Did you stretch it all out?
Did you shoot the moon?
Did you go to a concert?
Did you laugh uncontrollably?
Did you sacrifice yourself for the sake of others?
Did you get sick?
Did you change your ways?
Did you cheer for the underdog?
Did you purchase duct tape and plastic sheeting?
Did you fall in love?
Did you paint a picture?
Did you sleep in?
Did you forgive yourself?
Did you fast for twenty-four hours straight?
Did you watch the sunrise?
Did you picnic in the park?
Did you join the military?
Did you walk around your house naked?
Did you go on vacation?
Did you give up hope?
Did you learn a different language?
Did you kill a bug?
Did you get noticed?
Did you root, root, root for the home team?
Did you atone for your sins?
Did you take a chance?
Did you make it so?
Did you wear yourself out?
Did you look good?
Did you do what you could?

Count up how many times you said YES and how many times you said NO. Then realize you've got six months left to make 2003 memorable. A full and active life takes effort. Get cracking, folks.

Chris Jungle never stops living.