valentinian philosophies
so it's valentine's day and strangely there isn't a predominance of red or pink in the office. too many people i know are a little disgruntled by the catholic holiday usurped by hallmark and 1800flowers. some of you because it seems more like a "singles appreciation day" (thanks to 'someone who shall remain nameless' for that one... lol) and others because it's a predetermined day for someone to show another how much they mean to them.
me? i always thought you didn't need to wait until the middle of february to tell people what they mean to you. but this day does make me think about what's past. while most people have new year's for that, i tend to do it around now. to each their own... maybe it's the music the pod is playing making me do that... who knows. all i know is that right now, with the snow melting outside and the cold temperatures... i miss academia. i miss school. i miss research. i want to be listening to my pod, doing math, overlooking the lawn between the center and the library with my friends around the table. perhaps it is nostalgia or maybe just a drive to get me back to where i feel most right: in school. who knows.
we can never look past the decisions we don't understand and maybe that's where i am right now. but i do know that we're all here to do what we're all here to do. and to do that, we're just going to have to make up our own damn minds.
me? i always thought you didn't need to wait until the middle of february to tell people what they mean to you. but this day does make me think about what's past. while most people have new year's for that, i tend to do it around now. to each their own... maybe it's the music the pod is playing making me do that... who knows. all i know is that right now, with the snow melting outside and the cold temperatures... i miss academia. i miss school. i miss research. i want to be listening to my pod, doing math, overlooking the lawn between the center and the library with my friends around the table. perhaps it is nostalgia or maybe just a drive to get me back to where i feel most right: in school. who knows.
we can never look past the decisions we don't understand and maybe that's where i am right now. but i do know that we're all here to do what we're all here to do. and to do that, we're just going to have to make up our own damn minds.