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As We Pass

I do beg your pardon for the following selfish entry::

I was in the middle of writing a piece on the degradation of the English language through the poetics of the past (specifically on the use of the terms related to “touch” when describing emotions) when I lost her. And not just her, but what was to be a previously decided path of life. I was to move away, far away, to a brand new world filled with intrigue, beauty, love, and personal peace.

But alas, the stress that comes with loss pits some of us at the bottom/supply-side of the food-web, as prey, and sets the rest of us outside the system entirely…as foreign invasives without a suitable means of survival. Life in all it’s statuses never ceases to bombard us with adversity, manages to find ways to crumble the foundation of even our best laid plans. Without it, we would never know what it means to love, but as soon as we know it, it soon takes it all back. And sadly, you never know the meaning of your life, itself, until moments before it’s gone. This is a reality we all must face.

Every morning I wake up anticipating certain things… But those thoughts never make it passed the cerebral. There’s a distance, a divide between us, that seems closer & further depending on my mood. One moment she seems closer than she is, almost within grabbing distance, while at other times she feels worlds away.

While my best laid plans have crumbled beneath my feet, I continue my journey, knowing that someday our paths will cross again. This comforts me. I will always think of you… And no matter what the resolve–no matter how sad, hurt, longing, or happy our memories may be–they are what they are…and I love them for that.

Tags: distance, journey, life, longing, loss, lost, love, mom, new, selfish

Friday, October 24th, 2008 Experiments In Self Discovery, Surviving Self-Destruction No Comments

Reading Never Got So Busy…and Mobile

If you’re like me, you have to have everything at the tip of your finger. Aside from slaving away everyday at work, I spend most of my time reading the latest news on global events, and the gadgets, gizmos, and thingamajigs that make life more entertaining for the rest of us. Many people pick up the morning paper, browse for gaming news from Kotaku, and constantly visit their favorite websites. The very process of shifting your sources around for this information can be time-consuming and very trying on your patience.

Luckily for the rest of us, we’ve discovered Google’s Reader. It’s been out for quite a while, but I caught on only a few months ago. If you’re familiar with RSS Feeds you won’t have a problem figuring this out. However, most of Google’s products are so user-friendly even a chimpanzee can figure it out…or at least escape from its human captors via Segway. Here’s what it would look like…and I’m not talking about that chimp:

Sackboy!

You can also track your stats in the “trends” section of Reader. Only there will you be able to witness the numbers climb as you continue to read, star, and share articles of interest with friends. My top read sites are the BBC and Gizmodo, with 1,644 and 1,460 articles respectively.

Reader can be accessed on mobile devices (i.e. Apple iPhone, HTC G1, etc). So if you’re really on the go you’ll be able to enjoy reading all your favorite articles on your phone…even when you’re dumping a doodoo in the shitter. On my iPhone I’m able to read a small batch of articles at a time; this is good. If I’m skipping through a group of uninteresting articles, I can mark those as read and move on to the next batch.

Somehow I haven’t figured out how to do that on a regular browser, in which I’m forced to view all articles and mark all as read. To view Reader on a phone all you have to do is point your browser to reader.google.com. Since my iPhone is linked to my Google account, it automatically logs in for me. Here’s a preview of it in action: