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(Counting Crows - Long December)

I'm back.

It was a long December. So long it lasted through to February.

Been away for awhile for several reasons, some of which include – a funeral in Orange County (I will seriously hurt anyone I hear calling it The O.C, DON’T CALL IT THAT!), working as a peon for a large medical company and doing a side venture with a few friends. Life’s been surreal to say the least.

During this time, a few things that made me laugh...

Conan O’Brien’s graduating class speech to a Harvard class. It’s rather witty. You have to envy people that can make you laugh. I wish I was tall, gangly and awkward.

A small girl being tossed through a basketball hoop. Guys are known for performing high risk stunts (aka idiocy) like this but I thought girls were smarter than that. Consider this as exhibit A for my case that they aren’t.

A few random thoughts...

It has taken me 20+ years to realize that life is too short to be angry at people. However, it’s just long enough to be passive aggressive. To all the people who I’ve been angry with in the past, that part of my life is over. If you occasionally find that you wake up to a car with a flat tire – it wasn’t me.

Lately some aspects of my life have been a lot of oysters but no pearls. It would be easy for me to hang my head but I think you need to go through life optimistic and continuing to look for those pearls even when the conditions seem not-so-optimal. When I was younger, I used to go camping with my relatives. I remember diving for fresh water mussels with my cousins and then roasting them over the fire for lunch. On one occasion, I nearly chipped a tooth. It turned out I had bitten into a mussel with a pearl. First, I didn’t know mussels could produce pearls. Second, I didn’t know pearls could be made in freshwater. The pearl was tiny and had a pinkish hue to it; and even though it was not perfectly round, it was the most spectacular thing I had ever found. Since that day, I’ve never found another pearl but I've experienced many memorable moments and have met many incredible people. All pearls in their own right. That's why I always keep my head high and my eyes open.

A few random pictures...