Not a Single Thing

It's almost the end of January, which means that the first chunk of the year is gone. Funny how time seems to either fly by really quickly or take forever to move along. This year seems to be the former rather than the latter.

I take it as a good sign, of course. As I do with the recent meetings of particular people, and the surprising developments that have taken place.

It's good.

Mine

Punctuated

I haven't used a smiley/emoticon since July or August of last year. To me, it seemed a farcical thing, suggesting a (usually happy) facial expression to someone else over a largely-text based medium. Even more so when a genuine smile was so hard to come by.

Yeah, people who have paid attention might have picked up on the vibe that this writer was less than satisfied with his lot, during the latter part of 2010, but you know what?

:)

A Time-Bending Function

Holy crap, the first week of January has come and gone quickly. Recently came to realize a few surprising things as well. Pleasantly surprising.

I guess it's twelve months late, but my other New Year's Resolution from last time round seems fulfilled now.

Another Time

A long time ago, one of my favorite people showed this to me. I still love it.


For us like any other fugitive, 
Like the numberless flowers that cannot number 
And all the beasts that need not remember, 
It is today in which we live. 

So many try to say Not Now, 
So many have forgotten how 
To say I Am, and would be 
Lost, if they could, in history. 

Bowing, for instance, with such old-world grace 
To a proper flag in a proper place, 
Muttering like ancients as they stump upstairs 
Of Mine and His or Ours and Theirs. 

Just as if time were what they used to will 
When it was gifted with possession still, 
Just as if they were wrong 
In no more wishing to belong. 

No wonder then so many die of grief, 
So many are so lonely as they die; 
No one has yet believed or liked a lie, 
Another time has other lives to live.


- W. H. Auden

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