A place for my thoughts and ideas, my creative outlet, a little piece of the web for me to call my own...yeah...right...
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| a bite of chocolat... ::home:: A place for my thoughts and ideas, my creative outlet, a little piece of the web for me to call my own...yeah...right... |
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Friday, August 19, 2005 “Some supreme epicurean contentedness…” - Haydn My life will change on August 28th, move-in day for NYU. I know, I know, I went to boarding school; I’ve done this before. Change is often for the best, and this transition certainly is. Most of the time, I’m simply so caught up in just how happy and excited I am for New York City that I don’t even really think about what I’m leaving behind. And I hadn’t allowed myself to think about it all summer long; I wanted to keep the summer upbeat and fun, and lazy and chill… To enjoy the simple contentedness of summer life as a method of garnering some closure... But some things… man, some things… I’ll only be in New York City; home is 4 hours and $15 dollars away, but home will no longer be home. Most of the people I’d want to see will be (or already are) far away from there… We’re all staring out on our own new lives that won’t involve each other as much as they have these past few years… Even though it’s just for the school year, it’s pretty equivalent to moving. And even when you're moving on to something better, there are always qualities of the place you're leaving that were good and memorable and comforting, and you know you'll find plenty of things to replace them... but... underneath, you want to keep everything, always gain and never lose... even the word “replace” is... inaccurate… almost insulting… “No two things are (ever) exactly alike…” Everything you leave behind has had an impact on your life. I kind of want to keep everything out of respect for, or at least in memoriam to, the past… What set me off on this train of thought was something that I’ve always taken for granted, something New York City actually won’t have to offer: Driving around with the windows down and the stereo up and close friends singing along… Something about that has always made me just so happy, feeling so good about life… The benefits of having no need to drive anywhere are obvious: No need for gas money, no need for parking money, no need for insurance money, no safety concerns… But they don’t quite outweigh the overwhelming nostalgia that hits me every time I find myself in a car… posted by Shannon | 11:02 PM |
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