Thursday, October 30, 2003
anos dourados.
i walked out of the office in the midday sun to a pleasant discovery: it wasn't scorching hot, despite the glare. not only that, i was able to sit in a black car and not feel uncomfortable at all, despite it sitting in the sun the whole morning.
yup, nippy days are here again.
you know it's going to be the holiday season as you see (and experience) the subtle and not-so changes. traffic starts piling up a bit faster and lasts longer during the weekends. it's getting harder to park in malls. the air just has that decidedly different bite upon your face. i'm now developing third (and fourth) points in my writing. well, the last one isn't valid, but you get the drift.
it reminds me of sensations that i think about and 'make senti' upon. like there's a certain smell that reminds me of my HS. it's the smell of newly trimmed grass mixed with the smell of gas from the lawn mower. whoa. don't ask me how that stuck in my head. and i'm not being figurative. i really mean 'trimmed', 'grass', and 'gas'.
it reminds me of the school fair, held every november. you know, this is another wonderful study in human dynamics. when you put up a food or gimmick booth, there's always a sense of entrepeneurship. when you set-up a gimmick booth, it's likely one that has been established for years- like you pass the baton on from the previous booth owners of the 'marriage' or 'stamp' booth to the new owners. nobody knows why hardly anyone establishes a 'new' gimmick. if you don't have a booth, you hang around your friends who have one, just so that you avoid getting caught by any of the others.
speaking of 'getting caught'. that's a whole new study altogether. everyone tries to act nonchalant, but you can definitely feel the tension in the air. you don't want to get caught (at least you pretend to, since you give a pretty good chase), but then you want to get caught as many times as possible, since, as the primary and secondary education society dictates, the more you get caught, the more popular you get (or probably are in the first place.) why so? possibly because of the 'requests'. requests are made with a choice, either with or without bail. if you're kinda sadistic (and want to REALLY get back at someone), or if you want to make your money worth it, you go for the no-bail request. if you go for the with bail request, it's probably because you wanna 'bail' the person you requested, in the hopes of hitting on them, or you because you're too soft and want to let your 'victim' bail out easily. sissy.
and it's loads of food at the fair. loads and loads. from the morning until into the night, when you've eaten nothing but some red sauce pasta and barbecue with a softdrink for breakfast, lunch and dinner. shucks. those WERE the days.
man, and all this just because i needed some air in the middle of the day.
i walked out of the office in the midday sun to a pleasant discovery: it wasn't scorching hot, despite the glare. not only that, i was able to sit in a black car and not feel uncomfortable at all, despite it sitting in the sun the whole morning.
yup, nippy days are here again.
you know it's going to be the holiday season as you see (and experience) the subtle and not-so changes. traffic starts piling up a bit faster and lasts longer during the weekends. it's getting harder to park in malls. the air just has that decidedly different bite upon your face. i'm now developing third (and fourth) points in my writing. well, the last one isn't valid, but you get the drift.
it reminds me of sensations that i think about and 'make senti' upon. like there's a certain smell that reminds me of my HS. it's the smell of newly trimmed grass mixed with the smell of gas from the lawn mower. whoa. don't ask me how that stuck in my head. and i'm not being figurative. i really mean 'trimmed', 'grass', and 'gas'.
it reminds me of the school fair, held every november. you know, this is another wonderful study in human dynamics. when you put up a food or gimmick booth, there's always a sense of entrepeneurship. when you set-up a gimmick booth, it's likely one that has been established for years- like you pass the baton on from the previous booth owners of the 'marriage' or 'stamp' booth to the new owners. nobody knows why hardly anyone establishes a 'new' gimmick. if you don't have a booth, you hang around your friends who have one, just so that you avoid getting caught by any of the others.
speaking of 'getting caught'. that's a whole new study altogether. everyone tries to act nonchalant, but you can definitely feel the tension in the air. you don't want to get caught (at least you pretend to, since you give a pretty good chase), but then you want to get caught as many times as possible, since, as the primary and secondary education society dictates, the more you get caught, the more popular you get (or probably are in the first place.) why so? possibly because of the 'requests'. requests are made with a choice, either with or without bail. if you're kinda sadistic (and want to REALLY get back at someone), or if you want to make your money worth it, you go for the no-bail request. if you go for the with bail request, it's probably because you wanna 'bail' the person you requested, in the hopes of hitting on them, or you because you're too soft and want to let your 'victim' bail out easily. sissy.
and it's loads of food at the fair. loads and loads. from the morning until into the night, when you've eaten nothing but some red sauce pasta and barbecue with a softdrink for breakfast, lunch and dinner. shucks. those WERE the days.
man, and all this just because i needed some air in the middle of the day.
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