October 8, 2007 - Monday
Have you ever seen "Annie Hall"? I forget how great that movie is, and I forget how many people my age have never seen it!!!
How tragic!
Monday, October 8, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Our coming-of-age party!
October 5, 2007 - Friday
A friend and I recently concurred that there is a certain age where a line is drawn--the age where your brain might actually work fully. I've had this conversation before...the consensus is about 22. No one is saying that 22 is the age where everyone has it figured out; clearly that is not the case. But there comes a time when you realize you're not the center of the universe and things happen that affect people other than yourself and your circle.
My horoscope (which I can't help but read everyday! sad I know.) told me today that I would feel every age I have ever felt up to this point in my life. Of course, I didn't read this until about 8pm. But wow, it was so true for this particular day.
Think about that for a second: your first taste of cheese (that was a big deal for me), the cereal aisle, that first LP you put on your parents' turn table, your outfit on picture day in grade 1, being called "four-eyes" in grade 3, new friends in grade 6, finally graduating at age 18, figuring out what the hell your role might be at age 20, forgetting nights when you're 21, becoming friends with the enemy (read: your parents) soon after and realizing what a fool you may or may not have been throughout your "whole life" thus far. Well, holy shit! Imagine what comes next!
There is nothing better in this world than realizing you're wrong about something. I don't mean that "learn the hard way" kind of wrong--I'm talking the kind of wrong that creeps up on you when you're eating lunch one afternoon and your brain says "Hey! Remember when...wow, you're an idiot!" You get self-conscious, the blood moves into your face and you realize no one is looking at you while you're having some sort of breakthrough. Nothing more sure than humbling yourself.
I guess that's why I can't be too upset about pushing 30. I have my own selfish reasons for being excited about it, but imagine the epiphany I'll have! No wonder people have heart attacks when they're 50. If you open up your heart and mind, you'll forever be surprised!
A friend and I recently concurred that there is a certain age where a line is drawn--the age where your brain might actually work fully. I've had this conversation before...the consensus is about 22. No one is saying that 22 is the age where everyone has it figured out; clearly that is not the case. But there comes a time when you realize you're not the center of the universe and things happen that affect people other than yourself and your circle.
My horoscope (which I can't help but read everyday! sad I know.) told me today that I would feel every age I have ever felt up to this point in my life. Of course, I didn't read this until about 8pm. But wow, it was so true for this particular day.
Think about that for a second: your first taste of cheese (that was a big deal for me), the cereal aisle, that first LP you put on your parents' turn table, your outfit on picture day in grade 1, being called "four-eyes" in grade 3, new friends in grade 6, finally graduating at age 18, figuring out what the hell your role might be at age 20, forgetting nights when you're 21, becoming friends with the enemy (read: your parents) soon after and realizing what a fool you may or may not have been throughout your "whole life" thus far. Well, holy shit! Imagine what comes next!
There is nothing better in this world than realizing you're wrong about something. I don't mean that "learn the hard way" kind of wrong--I'm talking the kind of wrong that creeps up on you when you're eating lunch one afternoon and your brain says "Hey! Remember when...wow, you're an idiot!" You get self-conscious, the blood moves into your face and you realize no one is looking at you while you're having some sort of breakthrough. Nothing more sure than humbling yourself.
I guess that's why I can't be too upset about pushing 30. I have my own selfish reasons for being excited about it, but imagine the epiphany I'll have! No wonder people have heart attacks when they're 50. If you open up your heart and mind, you'll forever be surprised!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Fond of fantasy
October 4, 2007 - Thursday
In the past few days I've talked to people in different time zones: one in California and one in South Korea. I remember when I was young trying to wrap my mind around the whole time zone idea. I thought that if you traveled west, you could travel back in time. (Maybe that's what jet lag is...ha!)
There are certain things I miss about childhood, and that is one of them. Not the difficulty understanding time zones--more like the idea that it was magical. Now I dismiss the idea of magic or corner it in my imagination where I think it belongs. I try to find the magic in everyday things, but it isn't the same as Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter-type magic. Pity, really. I'd like to think there are vampires and dark lords; it's just that logical, analytical part of me that laughs it into the back of my head.
In the past few days I've talked to people in different time zones: one in California and one in South Korea. I remember when I was young trying to wrap my mind around the whole time zone idea. I thought that if you traveled west, you could travel back in time. (Maybe that's what jet lag is...ha!)
There are certain things I miss about childhood, and that is one of them. Not the difficulty understanding time zones--more like the idea that it was magical. Now I dismiss the idea of magic or corner it in my imagination where I think it belongs. I try to find the magic in everyday things, but it isn't the same as Back to the Future, Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter-type magic. Pity, really. I'd like to think there are vampires and dark lords; it's just that logical, analytical part of me that laughs it into the back of my head.
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