Numero Uno

"I don't like losing."

"Then don't take part."

"But I like winning."


I never have sequels to blog posts with "#1"s in their titles. That's because sequels are invariably doomed to the sideline, relegated to the shadows of their originals. First love is sweetest ; The first cut is the deepest. Even memory works on primacy and recency - You're either first or last. If you're not The Winner, you're a loser. The nomenclature "runner-up" or "second" is an excruciatingly vexing reminder of one's fallibility in being contingency to "first". The fact that one has the advantage over everyone else is insignificant and inconsequential.

I've never enjoyed being second place in anything.