December 6, 2005

  • Ambient music always makes me nostalgic. Lots of things make me nostalgic.

    I'm reminded at this moment that today will soon be the past, and often
    I long for the past. Why, then, are we always so eager to move on from
    the present? When I look back on times when I've been really happy, I
    also remember always looking forward--to that next Christmas or summer
    vacation. To the next day off. To the next place life would lead. All
    the while, I had friends who cared, fabulous surroundings, etc.

    Just the thoughts of ambient-induced nostalgia. It shall pass.

    But as I sifted through my pics of Europe, I came across this one. On
    an almost perfect day in Basel, Switzerland, myself and two lovely
    friends spent the day meandering, eating, drinking along the
    Rhine...taking pics of the city and of each other, and just having a
    really really good time. It was so memorable. And I wonder....did she
    ever get HER pics developed?! And I wonder....is there a mirror image
    of me, like this, on her roll of film?

Comments (8)

  • First post! Woohoo! wow, can't believe I'm the first one!!!

    Drew, I've been struggling with that too... except I daydream about places I've been when I need to be focusing on the present (i.e. classes). What can I do? Rachel bought me some ginko balboa to help my deficient mental abilities... serve me up some of that sweet bottomless cup o' wisdom you pour out every day.

  • i think she is downright famoso.

    i am thoughtful on the point you are making. it seems to me that this semester has emerged as the first time in my life that i can feel happiness in the tension of the moment. there are many things that displease me, but God himself has overwhelmed my senses with an awareness of how MUCH i am enjoying and loving the life that he has constructed for me out of my present surroundings, even as i watch them pass away. i appreciate it all so much more because i am starting to absorb the ephemeral nature of all these things, and the permanence of my longing for some permanence. i love being alive here, but i can't wait for life somewhere else, where these joys shall abound and always compound.

    note the profile pic: this was taken at a dinner with friends to bid bethany farewell before she went and found you. you can't know the heaviness of my heart at that time. but, not knowing what awaited her, she went and found happiness in your vicinity, and then she came back and brought happiness with her into mine again. the circle of life? who even knows.

  • But alas that is where he and me differ.  For I am not an ass-less chaps kind-of guy. 

  • yeah i love the burn barrel gratis.... something about dancing around flames just.... hmm....

  • I think they should move Calgary so it's closer to me.

  • love your xanga man.

  • dude .. good post.. love it!

    seth

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