I'm feeling a little nostalgic.
Before the regularly scheduled program, here's a little comic:
FIVE RANDOM HAPPY MOMENTS.
1. I don't know why this comes to mind, but it was truly one of the greatest nights I remember having. It was at Scanlon creek, and the sun had just set, and it was a really nice warm night where the stars were out. Everyone was outside because we were waiting for the pizza to come. Stina, Mike, Josh H. and I were just walking around talking about our lives and stuff, and Stina ran off to talk to Mike Toth. Mike, Josh and I went up to Jeff and Weg, who were on these two massive fifteen foot blocks of stone. They were making totem pole positions and seeing who could stand the longest on one foot and stuff. Noah, Lisa, Jeff, Weg, Simone, Josh, Mike and I were all trying to scramble on the totem poles at once, and we were pushing each other off and stuff. And later on, I remember Josh and I lay on the grass and stared up at the sky and talked. It was really nice, and a hell of a lot of fun. It's one of the only times I remember all of us (even Weg) being together and being really happy and actually wanting to be there.
2. At Jeff's house a little more than a year ago, Liisa, Tab, Greg and I were sitting behind the couch in the dark, gazing out the window and talking. Pearl Jam was on the stereo, and the falling snow was collecting on the windowsill and on the asphalt below. It was a winter wonderland in the least-cheesy sense of the word. The fish tank was glowing in the dark room, and we were all just talking in hush voices and it was really nice.
3. I remember during March break in eighth grade, Noah and Simon planned a Playdium night. Greg, Simone, Liisa, Atif, Mike, Noah, Simon, Woody, Lisa, and a bunch of other people had come. I remember we went on the virtual reality ride, where you sit in the compartment and it twists you left and right like you're driving a hovercraft. I remember we were all screaming and laughing and flailing our arms in the air, and I couldn't help but feel like I had the best friends in the world. Later on that night, outside waiting for our rides, I was just wandering around the lot by myself, when I hear from behind me "SUPERSAAAAACK!" And before I know it six bodies are running in my direction, and I'm tackled in a giant hug of Atif, Simone, Mike, Noah, and others. It was the greatest.
4. There was a time when I was seven, that my childhood friend Jason and I were climbing trees behind our houses, and it was one of those summer days where it's unbearably hot, then the rainclouds come and you feel that heavy, quiet feeling when it's just about to rain. Mom came outside and told me we were going to Grandma's, in Burk's Falls. The bags were already in the car, we were going up there for the weekend. My brother and I scrambled into the truck, and my Dad started the car and we were off. I watched out the window as the city became highway and corn fields, and the sky became an orange-grey and the rain started to patter on the roof and windshield. My eyes were drooping, and I remember slipping into sleep with the happiest feeling in the world.
5. At Wasaga Beach the summer of 2003, Tab, Liisa, Luke, Greg and I were sitting at a park bench on the beach at 6:00 am, when the sun was beginning to come up. Luke and Liisa were pretty much asleep, leaning against Tab and I. I was watching the sun come up over the horizon of Georgian Bay, and I had the most amazing, beautiful, free feeling. I could have stayed in that moment forever.
FIVE RANDOM HAPPY MOMENTS.
1. I don't know why this comes to mind, but it was truly one of the greatest nights I remember having. It was at Scanlon creek, and the sun had just set, and it was a really nice warm night where the stars were out. Everyone was outside because we were waiting for the pizza to come. Stina, Mike, Josh H. and I were just walking around talking about our lives and stuff, and Stina ran off to talk to Mike Toth. Mike, Josh and I went up to Jeff and Weg, who were on these two massive fifteen foot blocks of stone. They were making totem pole positions and seeing who could stand the longest on one foot and stuff. Noah, Lisa, Jeff, Weg, Simone, Josh, Mike and I were all trying to scramble on the totem poles at once, and we were pushing each other off and stuff. And later on, I remember Josh and I lay on the grass and stared up at the sky and talked. It was really nice, and a hell of a lot of fun. It's one of the only times I remember all of us (even Weg) being together and being really happy and actually wanting to be there.
2. At Jeff's house a little more than a year ago, Liisa, Tab, Greg and I were sitting behind the couch in the dark, gazing out the window and talking. Pearl Jam was on the stereo, and the falling snow was collecting on the windowsill and on the asphalt below. It was a winter wonderland in the least-cheesy sense of the word. The fish tank was glowing in the dark room, and we were all just talking in hush voices and it was really nice.
3. I remember during March break in eighth grade, Noah and Simon planned a Playdium night. Greg, Simone, Liisa, Atif, Mike, Noah, Simon, Woody, Lisa, and a bunch of other people had come. I remember we went on the virtual reality ride, where you sit in the compartment and it twists you left and right like you're driving a hovercraft. I remember we were all screaming and laughing and flailing our arms in the air, and I couldn't help but feel like I had the best friends in the world. Later on that night, outside waiting for our rides, I was just wandering around the lot by myself, when I hear from behind me "SUPERSAAAAACK!" And before I know it six bodies are running in my direction, and I'm tackled in a giant hug of Atif, Simone, Mike, Noah, and others. It was the greatest.
4. There was a time when I was seven, that my childhood friend Jason and I were climbing trees behind our houses, and it was one of those summer days where it's unbearably hot, then the rainclouds come and you feel that heavy, quiet feeling when it's just about to rain. Mom came outside and told me we were going to Grandma's, in Burk's Falls. The bags were already in the car, we were going up there for the weekend. My brother and I scrambled into the truck, and my Dad started the car and we were off. I watched out the window as the city became highway and corn fields, and the sky became an orange-grey and the rain started to patter on the roof and windshield. My eyes were drooping, and I remember slipping into sleep with the happiest feeling in the world.
5. At Wasaga Beach the summer of 2003, Tab, Liisa, Luke, Greg and I were sitting at a park bench on the beach at 6:00 am, when the sun was beginning to come up. Luke and Liisa were pretty much asleep, leaning against Tab and I. I was watching the sun come up over the horizon of Georgian Bay, and I had the most amazing, beautiful, free feeling. I could have stayed in that moment forever.