A Lazy Friday
I'm near immobile due to a sprained ankle and I have been nursing a headache for most of the day. It's 2:45 am, Saturday. I stayed in and I just finished reading Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey-finally! It's a good read and Frey definitely redeemed himself after the debacle of A Million Little Pieces. Aside from this; I'm asking myself one question; what did I do today and where did the time go? My memory fails me; time to retrace my steps.
Ok, it's all coming back to me now (excuse the Celine Dion reference). Wow, I'm terribly lame! Anyway, I digress, I went for one of my old customary activities, the Starbucks and Chapters combo. I realize how much I miss doing this activity. When I completed my undergrad, my initial reservations and fears stemmed from the realization that I would miss the friendly faces and the socializing that comes with that. I expected and anticipated not seeing those who I became close with during a four year span. I expected to miss being around people who have the same zest for my area of study, sociology. Don't get me wrong, I'd be remiss if I understated how much I truly miss all of that; but I never expected to miss the individual coffee runs, the planned meetings for lunch/dinner, the individual shopping sprees, the lectures, the hours of study, the buildings and the bus rides home in which I would gather my thoughts. In a word, the routine. The small and numerous idiosyncrasies are those that provide meaning, fulfillment and operation to our lives. It use to be one of my daily activities due to the proximity of the Go Transit Stop and the Chapters book store, it became an activity out of convenience; however, along the way, it began to mean more than that. This simple activity became indicative of my very career as a student. It was a near daily activity for me to peruse the books I wanted to read then plan my days, weeks, even months based on those books. Today, I bought Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Closterman and Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. It's time to get back to the old swing of things. Who's interested in many future Chapters and Starbucks runs which in turn will help cure my lethargy? lol
In lieu of my not going out tonight. I decided to reacquaint myself with two of my favourite movies, High Fidelity and Lost In Translation. In typical Rob Gordon fashion, protagonist from High Fidelity, I'll list my five favourite movies as of right now which are obviously subject to change. The list as follows: High Fidelity, Lost in Translation, Garden State, (500) Days of summer and The Go-Getter; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind would probably make the cut any other day, same goes for Trainspotting and The Breakfast Club. Arrgh, I'm being obtuse! Clearly, I'm caught in juxtaposition; for my own sanity I'm going to make a more definitive list with my next post. The indecision is killing me!
Ok, it's all coming back to me now (excuse the Celine Dion reference). Wow, I'm terribly lame! Anyway, I digress, I went for one of my old customary activities, the Starbucks and Chapters combo. I realize how much I miss doing this activity. When I completed my undergrad, my initial reservations and fears stemmed from the realization that I would miss the friendly faces and the socializing that comes with that. I expected and anticipated not seeing those who I became close with during a four year span. I expected to miss being around people who have the same zest for my area of study, sociology. Don't get me wrong, I'd be remiss if I understated how much I truly miss all of that; but I never expected to miss the individual coffee runs, the planned meetings for lunch/dinner, the individual shopping sprees, the lectures, the hours of study, the buildings and the bus rides home in which I would gather my thoughts. In a word, the routine. The small and numerous idiosyncrasies are those that provide meaning, fulfillment and operation to our lives. It use to be one of my daily activities due to the proximity of the Go Transit Stop and the Chapters book store, it became an activity out of convenience; however, along the way, it began to mean more than that. This simple activity became indicative of my very career as a student. It was a near daily activity for me to peruse the books I wanted to read then plan my days, weeks, even months based on those books. Today, I bought Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Closterman and Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby. It's time to get back to the old swing of things. Who's interested in many future Chapters and Starbucks runs which in turn will help cure my lethargy? lol
In lieu of my not going out tonight. I decided to reacquaint myself with two of my favourite movies, High Fidelity and Lost In Translation. In typical Rob Gordon fashion, protagonist from High Fidelity, I'll list my five favourite movies as of right now which are obviously subject to change. The list as follows: High Fidelity, Lost in Translation, Garden State, (500) Days of summer and The Go-Getter; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless mind would probably make the cut any other day, same goes for Trainspotting and The Breakfast Club. Arrgh, I'm being obtuse! Clearly, I'm caught in juxtaposition; for my own sanity I'm going to make a more definitive list with my next post. The indecision is killing me!