When we were young
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- kodap0
this is the next century
- nick0
*gives jevad a big hug*
- zedvox0
Most of What Matters In Your Life Takes Place In Your Absence
- Salman Rushdie.
- a-train0
Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The possibilities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.
-Katherine Anne Porter
- zedvox0
thats horrible :(
*hugs*
- zedvox0
Smell The Flowers While You
-David Wojnarowicz
- jevad
So when I was back home at xmas I found a little case containing photos, letters, song lyrics, old postcards, name tags from old jobs, and letters from ex-girlfriends 12 years ago..
I didn't really have the chance to look through it all when i was there - so my parents sent it on, and it arrived today.
I've just spent about 3 hours re-living the years 1991 - 1994, and I feel numb from all the memories.
Friends, places..people I have forgotten. Old school report cards - the best quote: "Nic is rarely seen in class. Too Bad." - from my PE teacher. Sorry chief, volleyball wasn't my bag - I was having more fun skateboarding and smoking pot downtown, but thanks for the thought. My grades for everything else were pretty poor (junior year), and I barely scraped by getting my IB.
But the funny thing about comments like "Nic must commit himself to his studies or he will get nowhere in life" and "It is a shame that Nic finds grades like this humorous. When he's penniless and homeless later on in life he will only have himself to blame.", are that I have a better house, better car, and am making more money than any of the ass clowns that taught me ever did or will.
The most painful thing in there was a letter I wrote to the local paper after the tragedy of New Years Eve 1993: http://www.eyescoffee.com/vr/
It made me realise how precious life is, and wonder what Jody would be doing now if he had been 30 minutes late to the bar that night.
Live my friends - get as much out of each and every day that you can. Live it like it's your last, and regret nothing.