an all-time favorite

i will always love this song.  something different comes out of listening to it every time.
and i love that too.

back to human

 

today was really such a nice day.  i went for a run down riverside and couldn't help but take a picture of the sky, and of a garden in the middle of nowhere, really.  in my own life, the presence of negative space feels so much better than how good it looks in pictures.  

i ran downtown, and then crossed over a few avenues just because i wanted to explore the neighborhood a little bit on my way back up.

out of all the places that i discovered (found a couple boutiques, and some new restaurants that i want to try), stumbling upon a barnes & noble was by far the highlight.

there's something about barnes that makes me feel really nostalgic.  i know that in a city like new york to say that i like barnes out of all the cool bookstores here is like a tourist that comes to the city and goes to an olive garden for dinner..

i can't quite pinpoint what it is, exactly, but when i crossed the street and saw a barnes in front of me i just had this really huge grin on my face.

so i just knew
that it made me really happy
and i was glad that i had found it today(:

everyone annoys me

has been the common theme of the last couple of weeks
i dunno what it is, really---maybe it's that i'm frustrated
and discouraged
or that it's cold out
or maybe i'm just lonely

maybe it's the fact that this time two years ago, i fell in love
in sweater weather
but i don't remember what life was like this time, last year

or maybe everyone really is annoying.

whatever it is, it made me grumpy
and a hater of all (some were justified).

but then a loss of a life happened.
a deaf homeless man,
and a good looking stranger who asked for directions
happened

and just like that, i decided not to be so grumpy anymore
who am i to feel that way towards others?
what gives me that right.

so i'm changing the way i feel
because feelings fade,
and life goes on.

can't focus on the positive

when you like the negatives.

i like negative spaces, and i like this picture.

there's something about oceans in particular that i love.  mostly it blows my mind that 70% of the earth is covered by water.  i honestly think it's the fear of the unknown + the general feeling of being small in such a large space that draws me in.

plus the shark looks pretty badass, no?
i just like this picture.

thanks, george.