"there is only one thing you can do
when women get hysterical.
run.
as hard as you can."
~Leandro
I had only just realized that I haven't updated the blog with anything of substance - or anything for that matter. Time seems to fly by... And now I have less than a month in Europe and still feel like I have so much more to do. Fortunately, I'll be leaving on my "big" trip this weekend - Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Rome. Should be fun, hehe.
This will also be the first trip I make on my own - up until now I've always been with friends from school (which has been awesome), but we've all gotta travel our own paths and I suppose it's time for me to go my own way - though fortunately I'll be staying with a friend in Paris and in Amsterdam I'll be staying with a cousin I haven't seen in over 9 years!
One of the best things I've found through travelling is the amazing array of people and stories. I've been in a writing mood and written a bit about it, but I need to polish it, it's not ready for prime time yet. I need to get ready for prime time, particularly since in the last phase of my internship I'll be writing a research paper that my boss wants to get published... It's a daunting task - I've never written anything as long or complex (unless you count my personal writing, but that's different...)
Anyhow, I've taken a long enough break already. Time to get more San Sebastian sand out of my computer and get back to writing. Then again, I'm not sure I'll be getting back to writing... a wise man once said, "I'm not a writer, I'm a re-writer". I can identify with that.
[Gym Class Heroes - 7th Period: 7 Weeks]
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Monday, June 30, 2008
thank you
If you know me well enough, you know that I can at times hyperfocus on something and forget everything else around me. That can be a handy skill when studying, playing music, creating something, or getting things done at work.
Unfortunately, it's not such a useful quality when you're rushing to get out of the bus to get to work and you end up forgetting your camera in the bus and then chase it down Terminator-2 style until the next stop a few blocks down the road... I wouldn't recommend it, but it's a good warmup and it really gets the adrenaline going...
When I caught up with the bus, a fine Spanish gentleman came down from the bus smiling. He must have seen me running after the bus, realized what had happened and saw the camera and handed it to me.
He or someone else in the bus could have easily just taken it and I would have never known who did it.
I like it when my faith in humanity is restored or reinforced.
Thank you good, honest people of the world.
