LONG TIME NO SEE
Been a few years. Just wanted to post a quick update.
It's 1 at night. Was just lying in bed for an hour yearning for those times when new experiences evoked a sense of wonder in me. I miss the magic of Christmas with all the snow and lights and, yes, the mystery of presents underneath the tree. I remember how fun it was playing Secret of Mana for the first time: fighting off monsters, summoning elementals, and listening to the awesome soundtrack. I missed the wonder and fun when I first learned to play Magic: The Gathering: the fantasy artwork, the use of strategy, the good times with friends.
I'm 31 and barely earned my Associate's degree this year. I'm happy to have finally earned a degree, and I've been working feverishly towards a Bachelor's. I work three jobs at the school to help support myself and pay the rent, but not a whole lot of hours as it may seem. But I'm feeling a little burnt out. It might be the 19 credits I'm doing this semester, but I think it's mostly the lack of any sense of wonderment in my life these days. It's just homework, work, feed the dog, get a workout in (maybe), and then sleep for a few hours. Lather, rinse, repeat. Most of my free time is spent on YouTube watching fail videos and current issues stuff. I did watch Arrival with my friend Arnold at the Cinemark theater the other day (a pretty good movie, by the way), but other than that life is nothing but more of the same each day. I miss the little sparks of experience that embed in one's memory, that tickle the inner-child of our imaginations. I miss those times when wonder was easy to come by and made a lasting impression, like our first few Christmases we can remember. Even as this Christmas season approaches, I know that it will come and go as any other day now. Soon it will be the new year. Here's hoping for a few sparks in 2017, even as fireworks explode overhead in celebration, as each new year before.
It's 1 at night. Was just lying in bed for an hour yearning for those times when new experiences evoked a sense of wonder in me. I miss the magic of Christmas with all the snow and lights and, yes, the mystery of presents underneath the tree. I remember how fun it was playing Secret of Mana for the first time: fighting off monsters, summoning elementals, and listening to the awesome soundtrack. I missed the wonder and fun when I first learned to play Magic: The Gathering: the fantasy artwork, the use of strategy, the good times with friends.
I'm 31 and barely earned my Associate's degree this year. I'm happy to have finally earned a degree, and I've been working feverishly towards a Bachelor's. I work three jobs at the school to help support myself and pay the rent, but not a whole lot of hours as it may seem. But I'm feeling a little burnt out. It might be the 19 credits I'm doing this semester, but I think it's mostly the lack of any sense of wonderment in my life these days. It's just homework, work, feed the dog, get a workout in (maybe), and then sleep for a few hours. Lather, rinse, repeat. Most of my free time is spent on YouTube watching fail videos and current issues stuff. I did watch Arrival with my friend Arnold at the Cinemark theater the other day (a pretty good movie, by the way), but other than that life is nothing but more of the same each day. I miss the little sparks of experience that embed in one's memory, that tickle the inner-child of our imaginations. I miss those times when wonder was easy to come by and made a lasting impression, like our first few Christmases we can remember. Even as this Christmas season approaches, I know that it will come and go as any other day now. Soon it will be the new year. Here's hoping for a few sparks in 2017, even as fireworks explode overhead in celebration, as each new year before.