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morslaSo much has happened in the last few days. I know little bits of the lives that have been happening around me - more than some would realise, far less than others expect. Years from now, I will still be finding more details hidden in the corners of my memories, but I hope that that which has hurt, has helped to lessen pains that loom close on the horizon. And I hope that those who found happier times may keep them as long as they can. It has been a week of all the extremes imaginable, and whoever threw the emotional catalyst into our water supply should be strung up somewhere - lauded as a hero, and/or shot.
Of course, few things happen from isolated chance. Anyone who feels hit by the cold shock of sudden change would do well to look backwards, and inwards, and wonder where changes may have come from. We aren't just products of our environment - we cause and shape the lives we live, and the lives of those who have to live alongside us.
Everything changes, all the time, and the only thing we can do is hold on when things get rough. Nobody ever stood up on a boat by forcing the ocean to stop moving...
I'm an optimistic bastard at heart, though. I took too close a look at the bottom of that chasm to believe that life ends there - if "all fucked up" is an inevitable future, why hasn't it won already? The way towards better places is rocky, and likely to cut your feet raw and bloody, but no-one has to walk the whole way on their own. I will always be around to help out my friends - what kind of friend would I be, if I wasn't? - but I also understand how important it can be to help yourself, by yourself.
In more mundane events, I enjoyed the film last night. I'm still yet to see Donnie Darko outside the Botannic Gardens, but it was worth the sore neck and insect bites to see it again. It was also a chance to see some people who seem to live mainly in the electronic ether, too... Bron returned from the world of Work(tm), and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kikilon brought along Meaghan and Vic, neither of whom I've seen in aaages. That strange-but-familiar (well, to me at least) mix of martial artists, geologists and roleplayers shared pita bread and M&Ms, and many people discovered the film for the first time.
And, thankyou to the people who offered me music in my last post. I'll reply to all the offers in that thread, to save cluttering things here too much.
Of course, few things happen from isolated chance. Anyone who feels hit by the cold shock of sudden change would do well to look backwards, and inwards, and wonder where changes may have come from. We aren't just products of our environment - we cause and shape the lives we live, and the lives of those who have to live alongside us.
Everything changes, all the time, and the only thing we can do is hold on when things get rough. Nobody ever stood up on a boat by forcing the ocean to stop moving...
I'm an optimistic bastard at heart, though. I took too close a look at the bottom of that chasm to believe that life ends there - if "all fucked up" is an inevitable future, why hasn't it won already? The way towards better places is rocky, and likely to cut your feet raw and bloody, but no-one has to walk the whole way on their own. I will always be around to help out my friends - what kind of friend would I be, if I wasn't? - but I also understand how important it can be to help yourself, by yourself.
In more mundane events, I enjoyed the film last night. I'm still yet to see Donnie Darko outside the Botannic Gardens, but it was worth the sore neck and insect bites to see it again. It was also a chance to see some people who seem to live mainly in the electronic ether, too... Bron returned from the world of Work(tm), and
kikilon brought along Meaghan and Vic, neither of whom I've seen in aaages. That strange-but-familiar (well, to me at least) mix of martial artists, geologists and roleplayers shared pita bread and M&Ms, and many people discovered the film for the first time.And, thankyou to the people who offered me music in my last post. I'll reply to all the offers in that thread, to save cluttering things here too much.
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the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had...
Date: 2004-02-09 12:10 pm (UTC)love comes and goes from our lives, and we rejoice, we cry and we hope. for hope springs eternal and all that. hahaha. i dont think i have thought out my reply very well. all i know is that you have to give everything a chance... every situation, every person, every event... give it a chance. cause if we dont, then we only have ourselves to blame for missed opportunities. oh well. i have taken a chance, morsla... and i dont think it has worked out well for me AT ALL. but i still hope for the best.
"the God that saves you may even be yourself"
i love donnie. watch the dvd. there are some deleted scenes which say more than what i ever could convey in lj. (bummer i think the robbers took my donnie dvd. it was sitting next to the dvd player. if it is gone, i will cry.)
...And they feel the way that every child should, Sit and listen, Sit and listen
Date: 2004-02-09 01:13 pm (UTC)No matter how bleak and bloody your day gets, there is always a pretty sparlke to be found somewhere if you only care to look. And if you forget, that's when friends point it out to you.
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Date: 2004-02-10 12:03 am (UTC)YAY! people that mozzies will attack before me! I'm so sick of being the tastiest. Probably a little bitter atm *g*