Alright, so it’s been a while since I’ve posted, and with the coming of the new year – the new DECADE, I felt it was time to look both back on the past and forward to the future. So take your pick, or feel free to read both 
Now:
10 years has gone by so fast, and with it some of the best and worst moments of my life. This was THE defining decade for me. I went from a random kid who had a lot of big ideas, to the person that I identify with today. I don’t always take the easy road, but I always try to be true to myself. I make decisions, big and small, with the knowledge that whether it’s tomorrow or another 10 years from now I want to look back at myself and feel like that was a genuine decision.
The other day when I was in Toronto I was listening to 102.1 The Edge, which was the radio station of choice for me back in highschool, and they played their list of the top 200 songs of the decade. I felt like I was in one of those TV flashbacks, since not only could I sing along with every song, but (almost) every song had a memory attached to it.
2010 and beyond will hold the moments of my adult life. But for a brief time between 2000 and 2010, between when I was 11/12 years old to 21/22 years old – I was in the process of “becoming me”.
So what have I learned? Things change. If you try hard enough the things that matter only change for the better, and the things that don’t fall by the wayside. Good and bad happen to everyone, but whether or not it helps the situation, your outlook will always help YOU. The world is a disappointing place at times – as Kit always quotes, “a person can be brilliant, talented, and smart. people are stupid.” – but it’s also a very exciting place.
I’ve learned that sometimes, just living is enough.
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Bit of a reflective rant. The kind that’s way too long and I always want to take back the next day. But here goes.
Something about myself that I don’t necessarily advertise is that I spent the greater part of my youthful education in some sort of “gifted” program or other. And despite what people on the outside may think of these programs, I know for sure the biggest and most lasting experience I got from these programs was the way I relate to people.
You see, most of these programs were small microcosms of the outside world. You were with the same smaller group of people for years at a time. Everything was concentrated, friendships, hatreds, ties and chasms. But what I remember most of all of this was getting on with things. You had no choice but to put aside your differences and work on projects, because your pool of partners was extraordinarily small.
I think that being in this sort of atmosphere I ended up with a lot of friends that take a very love ‘em or leave ‘em approach to people. I remember people with the most outrageous quirks that would still work with use, hang out with us, be part of that atmosphere.
I think that’s what I miss the most about those days, strange as they were. (And I realize that this might be gaining a nostalgic spin after all these years).
But back to the problem at hand.
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Do you ever make decisions thinking “Why on earth have I never done this before?”, only to make the decision and instantly remember “Oh yeah…”
That is the unfortunate story of the red shoes.
They were pretty, and they were shiny, and the comment I got all night from the girls was “Well at least they’re gorgeous, right?” (the boys seemed to cringe and say “I’m glad I’m a guy”). Needless to say they were a disaster the ENTIRE night, but thankfully the night itself was not.
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