Today at work I set my default homepage to blank. Before, it had been other things that I used regularly. For instance, I had google.com and ijji.com on there. But I decided to use a blank homepage now. It loads faster.
Sometimes I'm tempted to put up some song lyrics or something. It's funny. I can become inspired by many different mediums. I'm not very picky, but I think music has always had the strongest effect on me. But never music the first time through. It's always later on, when I hear the song again. After it's overall feel has sunk in. More often than not, even after years, if I hear a song I can remember another moment in time where I sat listening to that same song.
I was always impressed with Tom Hanks in Cast Away. He does an awesome job. While not my favorite movie of all time, it's kind of long, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Imagine my life on an island.
Here I am, standing at this cusp of something awesome. I can feel it all through my very being. It's like standing on a cliff and over looking the most gorgeous ocean. As far as you can see it is just pure, crisp, inviting ocean. Think of being a kid and seeing a pile of dry leaves. Now magnify that by the number of years in your life. That is what I am feeling right now. I can't wait to jump in.
I know it's what I've waited for my whole life.
But it's not a gradual jump. Cliffs are usually pretty high up from the water. It was a journey to walk up that cliff. Cliffs have always had a soft spot in my imaginary realm of wonder. I just find them so enchanting. I digress. Here I stand, yearning to take this plunge. But, and there is the but. But I know I can never come back to the cliff again if I jump.
Maybe that will be an except from my short story. Speaking of which, I should get back on that. I haven't touched it in over a year.
23 October 2006
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you don't like to have certain info right at your fingertips? I always load the "messy" google..the version that has weather and news and random how-tos....
music is soo powerful. Although i've noticed that posting lyrics is like an exercise in futility becuase usually they only ever speak to yourself...
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