dreading a summer without Lost...
"This is not your island. This is our island. And the only reason you're living on it is because we let you live on it... We've got a misunderstanding, Jack — your people, my people. So listen carefully. Right here there's a line. You cross that line, we go from misunderstanding to something else. Now give me your weapons, turn around, go home."
- The 'Others' speak to Jack
"Can I ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"How long do you think it would take to train an army?"
- Jack and Ana Lucia
This week is supposed to be a new one, and while I'm looking forward to it, it also signifies one of the few remaining episodes of the season.
Lost has definitely been as strong as the first season, although it has been slow in some parts. Unfortunately, due to work related reasons, I haven't caught every episode, but that just leaves more to look forward to come mid-July, which is when I heard that Season Two is going to be released on DVD.
The weather's been nice, lately, and so one night, Kole and I took a late evening stroll on the trail. Which, yes, was kinda stupid. My hometown is a town where there is little violence, little drama and little danger. Nothing much happens here at all. But anything could happen. Nothing did, of course, but we got scared by the shadows on the bridge, and we ran back home, breathless and shaky. She had a nightmare later, which I could have kicked myself for. But before that happened, we cooked popcorn, drank some fizzy pop, and just chilled out in the living room with a movie rental and it was nice, too.
I spent some of my bonus money the night before on beer, which was fine, and actually, not as guilt-inducing as it could have been. Maybe because I didn't get falling down-drunk, and made it home with more than 35 dollars in my pocket, when I only left with 60. Actually, the math does not compute at all, because that figure also included a pack of smokes and a cab ride home, meaning that I only spent 15 bucks on beer. What the hell, I'm not going to complain. I know I had fun, and that's all that matters.
I flirted with a man I always flirt with, and it was fun, too.
I went back to work today, a day that was bright blue and warm, warm, warm. I raised my hand for VTO when they called it, and left to take care of some business, and then to go to the zoo with my girl.
These little moments are the times to live for.... it doesn't have to be an end all and be all to anything, just simple smiles, simple pleasures and an awareness of what's going on now, at this moment.
Living is easy with eyes wide open, too.