In sunsets
In midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches
In miles
In laughter
In strife
How about love?
I had a surge of inspiration right after catching the Tony Awards on cable tonight, and hearing one of my favorite Broadway songs sung live by the original cast. Watching Rent on Broadway makes it to my dreamlist of things to do in the Big Apple (apart from watching Saturday Night Live, uh, live). Well duh, who doesn't watch a Broadway play when they go to New York anyway? Oh, how I'd love to hit NY as soon as my grubby hands save up enough cash to lose myself in Manhattan's streets....
And how timely to hear that song at this exact moment of the year. The last day finally arrives; the finale looms expectantly ahead. Right as I type this, there are approximately twelve hundred minutes left before the year finally says Adieux! That's it, the year that was 2008 is about to take its curtain call tonight, and once again, tons of stupid and reckless people will even lose fingers and body parts as proof of how much we just want to get it over and done with already. But do we really want it done?
Every December, people always say how time flies, how the year just seemed to have come and gone with such haste. But you can't help but feel a little nostalgic, how you've actually survived the last twelve months and lived to tell. Lived to tell the fun, lived to tell the shame. Either way, there is nothing quite like this year. Like the adage goes, time goes by fast when you're having fun. And my 2008 was like riding on a shinkansen, a bullet train.
I'd happily break down everything that happened this year, but that would just be too much. When it comes to rating surprises and unexpectedness, 2008 wins by a couple of notches. There were points throughout the year where I must've chucked all sanity out the window and dove to unknown pits: career-wise, love(?)-wise, experience-wise. Happiness-wise, definitely. And as I laugh at, cringe, and embrace the person I've become (or not become) this year, one thing is for sure.
The search for happiness is still top priority. ♥
