2007 now. another year, at least according to the calendar, which is just a construct we've invented to help us pretend that we understand the world around us.
i don't bother to make new year's resolutions; i measure my time from september 17 to september 17. that's when i'm another year older, and holds much more significance for me.
baltimore was fun but surreal; pushing through a crush of people, cake plate held on high in one hand, champagne glass clutched protectively to my chest with the other hand as the countdown started- ten! nine! eight!....begin as you mean to go on, with the new year same as with everything else. but who really knows? so make of it what you will.
went to longwood gardens today, which is probably the only sort of christmas tradition i'd like to retain. i've gone there ever since i was a small child, and it still holds that same sense of wonder and enjoyment for me that it ever did. one of these days i'm actually going to remember to bring a camera. i miss my 35-millimeter; my digital camera may afford greater editing capabilities, as well as a substantial memory, but there's nothing quite like popping the back of your camera open and threading the film through yourself. plus, the film quality is so much better. with only a limited number of exposures per roll, you concentrate. you look for the perfect shot, aligning it just so, looking at different angles, fiddling with getting the lens in focus properly, checking the light reading, and so on. the satisfying click of the shutter is pure joy. that's the problem with digital cameras-you just snap away blindly, and delete as necessary. a picture for its own sake a possibility or a likelihood? the romance is gone. who cares? the immediacy is what counts in this day and age.
and as for the rest? wait and see.
Make your choice, adventurous Stranger;
Strike the bell and bide the danger,
Or wonder, till it drives you mad,
What would have followed if you had.
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