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I stood in an unfamiliar bathroom with a running sink, the sound of which made my ears ring. Next to me was a girl, I fear, I knew very little about. Though this did not seem to stop her from knowing much of myself and standing in a familiar manner. She playfully held up a mirror so that I could see what I was doing as I brushed my teeth. (Not really something that requires a reflection to perform. Would have made more sense had I been shaving.) My eyes never saw myself in the mirror, as they stayed fixed on this girl. I stopped brushing my teeth because I had realized something important. One of those moments in which one feels something significant, and also understands its significance. I loved and adored this girl, and felt it strongly in myself. As if this adoration were physical and could be felt passing from me to her. In addition to the possession and transferring of this feeling, I could also sense it's return; as if a natural bond had been established. I felt additionally whole. Not as two halves make a whole, but as two wholes make something larger than themselves. The other shoe dropped and I lay alone in my bed, having dreamed the most wonderful dream. I felt slightly cheated, and entirely foolish for enjoying a reality that does not exist over the one that does. It was like in those movies where the antagonist takes the hero aside, often in the form a loved one, and shows him everything he could have. While the hero's friends stand on the sideline yelling that it isn't real. well it was a nice dream while it lasted.

Seems that I am off to Maui for a spell. Stroke of bad luck you see. I am not sure how long I will be gone. Hopefully no longer than a year, but you know how these things go. I might very well be the only person I know capable of complaining about having to go live on Maui. It will ultimately be good for me, seeing as I only love what I no longer have.