The City At Night

N. Boundary and Albert

I was walking home late (or at least it seems late with the shortened days) from a friend's place and I stumbled onto just the most amazing view on N. Boundary and Albert. The view was so spectacular. To some it's just the city at night, but to me it's the liveliness of the whole place. The intersection is perched on a hill, so you can see pretty far. It just made me realize how small I really am.

Oh, and while I was walking on Hastings I met a raccoon on the sidewalk. At first I thought it was a (stray) dog without an owner, but as we approached each other, I realized it was actually a raccoon. Once he reached within three meters of me, he just swerved to the side and hid under a car. Almost immediately after he left the car and continued up the street ahead of me, much to the bewilderment of pedestrians.

Oh the city at night.

Thinking

Whoops, did I just start the last two paragraphs with "Oh"?

Lately I've been thinking about this one thing a lot. It's a... situation. Sometimes I wonder what could have been different if I did that differently, or if I did this differently. Then I remember that I'm contradicting myself because whenever somebody comes up with those if questions, I tell them that there is no point in wondering because you will never know.

Yet I still dwell on this because it's something that really just messed up my life. I hope that it isn't perpetual, but now I see signs of hope dashed here and there. However the higher your hopes the harder the fall. It's just another proverb type of thing that people like to say to make themselves sound smart.

While We're On Proverbs

I really like how a lot of the time people will switch their beliefs in order to support their argument at a certain time. For example, if your friend has just been dumped by his/her partner, you might say something like, "You're strong, you can get over it." But when you're the one who has been shot, then all of the sudden it's like, "I can't live without this person." It's funny. In the end there's just a lot of contradicting.

Look at the time. I've kept you here long enough. Thanks for checking in on this blog and I hope I'll see you another day. By the way, I really enjoy the Christmas air, regardless of what I said in that one post about me disliking holidays. Although everybody might be putting on mask, I suppose it doesn't really matter either way. I'm an 8 today.

"To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him, two." - Norman Douglas