These weekend illnesses come and go. Today, after sleeping for 15 hours on Friday night and another 12 hours last night, I feel much better. Emily and I even went to the mall, where I was sorely disappointed in the CD store. I have finally decided to buy a few CDs, specifically the ones that I have downloaded in their entirety and been listening to constantly. I figure I can make the sacrifice for people like Angie Aparo and John Mayer and Michelle Branch and actually buy their albums instead of just burning copies. But the music store at the mall had only one of the CDs I was looking for, so I came home and ordered them all off Amazon. I am proof that it really is easier to get everything online.
I watched the super bowl. I don’t know why, since I really don’t like pro football very much. But it was nice to see the underdog Patriots win on a last-second field goal. It made the game exciting, anyway. The commercials weren’t much to speak of this year, though I did love the one with Barry Bonds and Hank Aaron (“Barrrrrry….it’s time to retire….you don’t really want to break the all-time home run record…” “Hank, knock it off!”). I guess the highlight of the entire event for me however was the halftime show with U2. I love U2!
Yesterday Christina sent me this, which she found on some random website:
giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. don’t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it does not, be content it grew in yours.
it takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but sometimes it can take a lifetime to forget someone.
It’s funny. Those few little paragraphs describe much of my life. I knew I had something special with my friends at Tech, and I thought I knew what I’d be losing when I left. Instead, in leaving, I have discovered things about each of my friends that I never saw before. Yes, when I left, I lost a life that I will always remember fondly; it took me a day to love them, but will take me a lifetime to forget my five years in Atlanta. But I’ve gained a lot too. I never would have known that I needed some California in my life if I hadn’t summoned the courage to come here. I think everyone needs some California.
