The Devil Eats Prata

I tend to have a way of associating certain things to certain events with certain people. But then I think that's normal, right? Good or bad, it's the way it is.

It is nice to realize that you've got new and happier (for lack of a better term) memories to hang on to when they do happen though.

Good way to start the end to an eventful year.

It Flies

As I was sending my heavily-mascara'd sister to the airport for her flight to the land of the Vuvuzela, I realized that the airport is a place that holds special significance in my life. I've shared some of my fondest and saddest memories with the people dearest to me there, and it will probably be a place I'll always look at with more than a hint of sentiment.

But the other thing that flies, as do airplanes in the night sky, is time.

2010 has flashed by, almost too fast for most of us to catch. It still amazes me that it's a few days till Christmas, when I can vividly remember what I was doing in the first quarter of the year. Logically speaking, there are only two possible explanations, of course. Either time appears to be going by faster as we get older because the elapsed time grows proportionally smaller when compared to what we've already experienced, of, the far more likely scenario, I actually have special time-bending powers. Yatta!

It's been a mixed year, at best. Silver linings and small victories in despair, and muted celebrations scattered through the calendar. Got out of school, but miss it. Got a good job, but sacrificed a large chunk of the social life, found and lost good friends and important people, as well as those less favored.

Most of you who either take the time to ask about me and/or to read this space would know all that already, perhaps in depth. Admittedly, some people know more than others, or at least more of certain things than others, either due to choice or circumstance.

Has it been a good year? I'm not sure. Has it been a bad one? I really can't say either way. I do know though, that I made two resolutions last year, and I've kept one of them very well, and failed miserably in the other.

Perhaps that sums up my 2010.

In No Order

Was speaking to a dear friend of mine about our favorite movies of all time. Here are mine, with the trailers linked - not all the official trailers. I'm sure I've missed a few.

Meet Joe Black
The Land Before Time
Bicentennial Man
300
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Terminator 2
At First Sight
Hook
V for Vendetta
Cruel Intentions
Predator
The Silence of the Lambs
American Beauty
Inception
Jurassic Park
The Truman Show
Desperado
Avatar
The Transformers: The Movie
Atonement
The Matrix
The Lion King
Sin City
A.I.
Armageddon

Note

At dinner today I saw something that's been staring at me for a long time. Haven't paid too much attention to it since forever, and really not too sure why it's affecting me today.

Was a strange dinner, with good people but maybe it was my fault, being or feeling strangely disconnected.

Christmas is coming, and I'm supposed to go Christmas shopping in a couple of days. Hrm.

Lies

I don't like being dishonest, but I realize I've been lying to quite a few people recently, and for a long time. Easier that way, maybe. The truth seems to upset others, so.

Faithfully

It's weird how a question can lead to so much uncertainty, when a question is supposed to bring an end to whatever doubts exist in the first place. That's what I came across recently. Two questions, really. Double trouble.

The first stared at me for a long time, and really, I didn't have any reason, obligation or compulsion to answer it. Well, maybe saying I had no compulsion is stretching the truth a little - there are some people I can't help but reach for.

So I did, and some observers went so far as to assume it meant something more than what it was, a simple answer to a simple question.

The other was stranger, and really, it seemed like it came from a stranger as well. Unexpected, seeing as the last exchange we had was my being told that meeting for dinner wouldn't be possible due to work commitments, but then upon a quick return home, the ever-reliable Facebook revealed otherwise.

Two questions, very different, yet very similar as well.

Met two old friends earlier today. Well, yesterday, now. Nice to do that sometimes. One of them went so far as to mention how he'd like to swap places with me, a sentiment I can hardly agree with.

Still, as cheesy as it sounds, it's a great feeling to be around the people you know you can count on.

River

Music

This is music. One of the few acts I would pay to see.

Dawn

I've always liked the sky. Never made a secret of the fact that I can be a geek at times, and things like the stars, planets, and space in general tends to fascinate me to no end. Am in the midst of reading something by Stephen Hawking about the history of the universe as well, though that's more quantum physics than astronomy. Not to mention mindblowingly-complex.

Something I've always wanted is to watch a sunrise, to share the break of dawn with someone. (Too?) Many people gush about how romantic a sunset is, and while I've experienced a couple of very sentimental ones, the inverse still eludes me.

Strange, seeing as how work sometimes brings me to situations where catching that sunrise is as simple as looking skywards, but somehow it just seems wrong to do it like that.

Hrm.

Blast

Huh.

I thought I did all that.

Maybe you (and your friends) were right all along!

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