January 2, 2008

• i rilly wasn't going to do the whole 'reflection on life' bit that typically comes with the arrival of the new year. rilly, i wasnt. especially since i have absolutely no expectations of any kind for 2008 and welcome it with lil more than a shrug. seriously tho. no resolutions, no goals, no nothing. sad perhaps, but true. quite a stark contrast to 2007.  and yes, 2007 certainly delivered, wut with all the crazy adventures, milestones, memories and experiences. it was quite the spectacular ride. so true to the natural balance of life, i expect the so-called sophomore slump this coming year.  but wut rilly actually compelled me to write late this evening, the first of the new year, is wut i found whilst cleaning up shop. nothing major, just some old bills and junk. but i came across a few old cards and pictures of years past. and then it hit me! my life is completely different from when i first moved here. i never realized just how much life can change in just a couple of years. every day when i talk to a friend back west or i'm catching up with someone and they ask," so wut's new?" i answer with the usual "same ole same ole." and i suppose on a daily basis that's true. but looking back at these old correspondences i'm reminded of wut life was like before and it's anything but "same ole". everything has changed. everything. apt, job, family, frenz, priorities, perspective and outlook. and i think i'm difft too. i feel difft (and difftly), care difftly, think difftly, process things difftly (not to mention a few steps slower), and just plain exist differently.  wut reading these cards have taught me is that life is this ever evolving, constantly changing hamster wheel that got loose off its hinges and is just rolling along...the scenery keeps changing, the people keep changing, sometimes the pace picks up, sometimes it slows down, sometimes it spirals out of control and crashes into a wall, but somehow it keeps going. i can just picture the montage now... truly, "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. they have their exits and their entrances.and one man in his time plays many parts." i cant believe i still remember that after all these years...but never have i understood it as well as i do now.

  so yeah...life goes on in 2008. let the rolling montage continue.

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