Thoughts, Going New Old School and Best Friends
I knew it before, but my best friend R is a writer. A GREAT writer. I stumbled back upon her blog after forgetting for months that she had one… and I’m blown away by her eloquent stream of consciousness.
The morning moved slowly, opening one eye at a time. It stirred with slow concentrated movements, from bathroom to coffee machine to feeding the puppy. This morning was a gooey cinnamon roll with extra frosting. This morning was creme brulee flavored coffee and a few hours spent reading a new book, World War Z. This morning was a comforting quiet, a settled quiet.
waiting is dying. its like treading in an endless ocean until your arms give way to the ocean spray and the bottomless deep seperates you from your breath.
{Somehow, it’s made me realize the quality of my own conscious stream and writings stemming from instrospection have degraded quite a bit over the years. I was a way better writer in 2006 than I am now. But I digress.}
We’re going old school, and coming round back again. I’m discovering things about her that I just didn’t know, or have forgotten, because it’s been over four years since she and I have spent time together regularly (not since before the Great Cross Continental Trek–San Diego to Detroit). Things that endear her even more.
She loves
Tim Burton
Saturated, lovely films like Penelope
Cheese… specifically naming Boursin cheese in one post
Quirky forms of artistic expression
Alice in Wonderland
Scifi
Audrey Hepburn type women vs. Megan Fox/Angelina Jolie type women (I love both)
“Kissing You” by Des’Ree – A song that always makes me die inside in a beautiful way, even if I’m completely content with everything.
iPods (she was the one who convinced me to buy my first iPod… she had a green iPod Mini)
Basil pesto cream sauce
She
Gave up eating red meat, only eating white meat once in awhile
She runs
She love her some food
I am falling in love with my best friend again. I miss the days we spent dancing 3 nights a week, coming home sweaty, laughing messes. I miss the days we studied in a crowded, misty, loud Starbucks, attempting our damnedest to appear every bit the ambitious students. The trips to the beach. The giddy, giggly, stupid shopping trips where we blasted through too much or our scant paychecks. The music exchanges and iPod comparisons. The emails. The dinners. The crazy, house-music-blasting-in-our-stereos going-round-the-city-pointlessly long drives. The laughing. The car karaoke. The long, heartfelt talks. The shared sadness of loneliness and heartache.The joy of friendship.
I love her over and over and over and over again and again and again. And I know deep within me, without a cloud of a doubt, that she is one of my soul mates.
to teach me things I never knew
to relearn things I should never have forgotten
to show me that beauty and goodness and wonder still exist in the world
to connect me to a deeper fabric of life, of connection to a higher existence
to remind me that love is all around.
Img. Cred. Gills and Tails.
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Read on, c’mon, you like me:
Wake Up, It’s Da First of Da Month – Resolving to be BETTER at LIFE.
Graditudinousness – Gratitude is a state of being we should adopt more frequently.
my GOD, you are so beautiful…
Hi darling, thanks for the comment, have a nice weekend!!
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She does write beautifully.
I love both types of women too. Audrey is timeless and ethereal, but there’s a modern, power to Megan Fox that is sort of admirable…
Lately, I love my mother’s dog…he usually annoys me, but right now he’s a very good companion and rather adorable.
That is great writing indeed! I have a friend who’s getting her first book published!! I’m so jealous, because it’s so cool…. and I think it will be a great read, as she told me about the story…
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Oh wow – that is simply beautiful! I am so glad you have someone you admire and love as a good friend. Everyone needs at least one person like that in their lives. :)
such lovely writing :) what a lovely post you’ve made in tribute haha. great stuff!
and envy for your new camera from your husband! the lense is massive! hmmm..have to shop around for one of my own :P
Yay for falling in love with *old* and dear friends all over again! And congrats on the new camera, Mae!
Really nice post and I think your bf has good taste ;)
She is such an excellent writer!
What a super-sweet post, Maeko!!! I’m sorry we’ve been so MIA lately! We love all your super sweet comments. Thanks so much for linking to that whiskey site- I looove drooling over websites!!!
Hope you have a wonderful, wonderful weekend!
You know what I’ve fallen back in love with lately. :) There is something, some vibe
in the ‘verse that is returning us to places of goodness & love. It’s awesome that you
are coming with. :)