Memories
i was listening to 'when it falls' by Zero 7 earlier today in the car... (nice loungy/jazz sound, worth checking out if you haven't already)...and listening to the tune i suddenly felt like a stranger in a new town.
I love that feeling.
When you're in a new city/town....place....and everything is a 'discovery'. The panwallla on the street corner. Crowded roads. The color of buildings. Cyclists and cows on the road. Everything seems new, like you've never seen it before.
I was out this evening at a usual Sunday karaoke night with a few friends when one've them observed how music triggers certain memories. And does so only in a specific scenario...in a certain set of conditions....only in that moment. You listen to that same song on a sweaty Thursday afternoon in the midst of heavy traffic, i doubt you'll get the same result. :)
Later i was watching everyone dance after having sung my usual quota of songs...if you 'mute' the whole picture, people look really funny.
One looks like he's being electrocuted and is constipated at the same time...a couple elsewhere look like they're glued at the hip (wonder why)...in yet another direction - a couple dance close to each other - not really with each other - but close to each other...close enough for anyone to be able to sense the sexual tension between them...a relationship of 'convenience'...
I was looking at some of the women there and i said to myself, "i miss that". Miss what? Having a really hot girlfriend! lol....no seriously...i love being in a relationship. I'm not complaining about being single (for a while now)....but i miss the comfort of being with someone, with whom you don't have to pretend. It's amazing how when you've been in a relationship for a while...and long after it's over...you still associate places, streets, restaurants....."moments"...with that relationship. I mean, i drive around my neighborhood and the memories are still fresh...like yesterday. This is with anyone you've really cared for...the person moves on...but the memories remain.
Watched a play the other day about 'memories'. It was quite disjointed and didn't really have a flow or theme to it...but it had a lot of 'triggers'. Moments or 'sketches' that triggered something in your mind....worked as catalysts....and refreshed something from really long ago...
Being in love is such a high...
A couple i know of is close to getting engaged and as a friend put it so eloquently, "You feel a bit hollow don't you?" I do Mr.N...i do.
Makes you wonder if relationships of convenience are really worth it...they aren't really. I'd rather meet a girl i don't know...dance with her and make her laugh...and never see her again....i'd take that over a relationship of convenience - anyday.
More on relationships later...there's a lot to be said.
I love that feeling.
When you're in a new city/town....place....and everything is a 'discovery'. The panwallla on the street corner. Crowded roads. The color of buildings. Cyclists and cows on the road. Everything seems new, like you've never seen it before.
I was out this evening at a usual Sunday karaoke night with a few friends when one've them observed how music triggers certain memories. And does so only in a specific scenario...in a certain set of conditions....only in that moment. You listen to that same song on a sweaty Thursday afternoon in the midst of heavy traffic, i doubt you'll get the same result. :)
Later i was watching everyone dance after having sung my usual quota of songs...if you 'mute' the whole picture, people look really funny.
One looks like he's being electrocuted and is constipated at the same time...a couple elsewhere look like they're glued at the hip (wonder why)...in yet another direction - a couple dance close to each other - not really with each other - but close to each other...close enough for anyone to be able to sense the sexual tension between them...a relationship of 'convenience'...
I was looking at some of the women there and i said to myself, "i miss that". Miss what? Having a really hot girlfriend! lol....no seriously...i love being in a relationship. I'm not complaining about being single (for a while now)....but i miss the comfort of being with someone, with whom you don't have to pretend. It's amazing how when you've been in a relationship for a while...and long after it's over...you still associate places, streets, restaurants....."moments"...with that relationship. I mean, i drive around my neighborhood and the memories are still fresh...like yesterday. This is with anyone you've really cared for...the person moves on...but the memories remain.
Watched a play the other day about 'memories'. It was quite disjointed and didn't really have a flow or theme to it...but it had a lot of 'triggers'. Moments or 'sketches' that triggered something in your mind....worked as catalysts....and refreshed something from really long ago...
Being in love is such a high...
A couple i know of is close to getting engaged and as a friend put it so eloquently, "You feel a bit hollow don't you?" I do Mr.N...i do.
Makes you wonder if relationships of convenience are really worth it...they aren't really. I'd rather meet a girl i don't know...dance with her and make her laugh...and never see her again....i'd take that over a relationship of convenience - anyday.
More on relationships later...there's a lot to be said.
