We had this assignment, back in senior year of high school; AP Psychology. We were given a sheet with four(?) images, and we were to write a little blurb for each one - whatever came to mind first. One of the images was of a man sitting at a table, grabbing the arm and attention of a lady. I took it as him being a customer at a coffee shop/restaurant and her as a waitress therein. When this assignment was given, I… didn’t do it.. ..properly. Sometime thereafter though, I randomly came across it again and wrote this little piece:

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In a flash of what he thought was recognition, he took hold of her arm only to realize his mistake too late. Her character was one to to stress the importance of first impressions; though perhaps this time around as she accepted his offers of an apology, she thought they always had the whole rest of their lifetimes to make up for those initial ones.

Twenty-five years later they found themselves in the same setting. This time she sat across from him, hiding a smile behind a cup of coffee. He still couldn’t believe that out of all of life’s silly sayings, it was this one that proved itself true.

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Points to you if you can figure out life’s silly saying.

This pervasive sadness comes and goes as it pleases.
It doesn’t always need a reason, and it doesn’t always stay for long. It just makes everything a little darker, a little duller, a little more unsuitable.

Of course it’s never anything to dwell on because it comes, and it goes.


Everything gets so messy.

The little brother and half-way up the mountain.


All the way at the top. See the houses across the other mountain? That’s where we stayed.
//on second thought, you can’t even see them.


View of the slopes at night from where we stayed. *very c o l d

It was a good weekend
(even if I am quite possibly the worst snowboarder in the world.. it’s quite shameful really)

zZz. I could have slept in today…
@ my internship right now (9:35 am, where is everybody?? I missed the memo...).

This is keikei’s souvenir to me from Italy:

HOPE:
Please keep me from nodding off…

This weekend I will be with my family… snowboarding!  Cheers!

Stefan Stagmeister - Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far
Deitch, Jan. 31 - Feb. 23
If only for the banana wall… yes it is Stagmeister.. and more importantly, he has a banana wall.

Design and the Elastic Mind
MoMA, Feb. 24 - May 12
Innovative design is always interesting.

I can now say that I’ve been to a speakeasy.

I can’t believe it took me so long to watch High School Musical 1 & 2. These movies are quite entertaining. I laugh every time the little Russian boy comes on with his funny hats, his sister captures the Super Sweet 16 brat perfectly, and the main couple is really really very cute from the get go. What happened to the guy though between movie one and two? He got a lot… gayer. Especially that Lion King Simba-esque soliloquy, I was laughing too hard to watch it properly. I did catch the trek from grassy knoll into desert terrain and the literal self-reflection, I couldn’t hear what he was singing through it all, but all I needed to know was that that short solo journey helped him find himself. See? Simba-esque.

Well ffter watching that movie, I am beginning to crave summer again. I’m ready for warm weather! Sun! Dresses! Longer days! And the days are getting longer! ! !! Woo!!!
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..this summer is my last..