In my previous entry, I mentioned that I had run into my ex, Steph. One of the hardest parts of talking to someone you haven't seen in a long time is the question of "so what's new and exciting?" Well, the longer the time since your last meeting, the more has happened but usually the less you can explain. I mean, the majority of life is just la ( Read more... )

I've been giving some thought of late to the future. And more and more I'm thinking that I might want to travel somewhere else for an extended period of time. I'm not sure I'm quite to the point of considering peace corps, but if I could find a project that took place in another country, I might be totally down for that. Especially if that ( Read more... )

Time is a strange thing indeed. People often say "time heals all wounds", but really it is not a process of healing but a process of forgetting. Pain and pleasure fading away into the mist of memory. I was struck today by a metaphor in Kim Stanley Robinson's excellent book Blue Mars. One character, Michel Duval, returns from Mars to his home ( Read more... )

Oy! It seems like I'm waiting for everything today. Things I'm waiting for ( Read more... )