Comments | lost_angel: They CAN Take the Sky From Me

lost_angel

They CAN Take the Sky From Me

Jun 13, 2006 16:27

Six years ago, on a cool autumn night, one of those short weeks of reprieve from the thick heat of early fall and the wet chill of winter, I sat on the hood of my car, Elvis, with two friends of mine to watch the Leonid meteor shower ( Read more... )

memory, the death of oxford, real estate, condos, meteor showers

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stephaneyney June 14 2006, 14:06:48 UTC

When I read this, Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" comes to mind. I think anyone in Oxford with a soul bemoans the condo conspiracy. Basically, the town is saying "we don't particularly like poor people, so pony up the dough or move."

Fuckers.

Guilt spiderknight June 15 2006, 05:21:36 UTC

Actually, this kinda bothers me because I'm putting some work into actually BEING one of those yuppies who can move into a place like that...

But I console myself with the work I've been doing recently on renovating my soul. Like I told a good friend earlier today, change sucks. No human transitions well, neither the three year olds nor the fifty-three year olds. But if you wait it out, bad stuff fades and good stuff pops up from time to time.

a thought in which you might find comfort danilia June 21 2006, 03:27:44 UTC

First off, keith and I haven't died. We're just internetless more or less until august (other than occasional wireless we pick up from neighbors). On to the matter at hand: take courage. Memories do eventually fade, but at the same time, they cannot completely remove themselves from this world. I know that I often speak in odd circles, but those circles are what helps me understand, or at least get through times like this. You are who you are because of these experiences. These memories all build up to create the wonderful person that is in all of our lives. In this way, you pass those memories on, without necessarily knowing it. Each life you touch in a positive way passes the spirit of the memory onward. When you stare up at the sky with your friends today and find wonder in the twinkling cosmos, that spirit is even more active...and then that person passes it on as well. In this way, it continues. They can take the physical things away, tear them down, and think them done. The memory as an image in your mind might blur ( ... )