Musings
I have discovered that I am very attached to my shoes. This park in Rome had tiny stones to mark the path so I had to watch my footing. I noticed how beaten up my shoes have gotten over the past four and a half months. I have been watching the new episodes of Heroes since I've been here. There is this one really interesting power that one of the characters had during this season. It was the power to touch any item, and get its whole history. For example, if he touched a shirt, he would know every conversation and everything that the owner did while wearing the shirt. For some reason, I thought of this when I was looking at my shoes. Probably because I've been getting really reflective since the gang broke up and I've been on my own. Those shoes would be a blow by blow account of all of the laughs I've shared, the sites I've seen, and the mistakes that I have made over the past semester. If I could have that power, I'd be able to go back through it all and really reflect and analyze every single move and every decision. It made me wonder whether or not I would be willing to do that if I could. I might be able to understand better how I actually got to this point. It might hurt too much. It also made me wonder whether or not I'll be able to throw these shoes out when I get home in a week.