between the times
As 2006 lumbers, imminently sundering from 2005, I'm reminded of the neurotic hold such signifiers have over the transit of the mind.
I've come to value the notion of a libration point between passing years, a temporary amnesty from anticipation and retrospection, a sort of four-dimensional neutral buoyancy. A grace period.
In lazy-speak: no recaps or resolutions.
(Yep, that's my big stinking cork-popping thought. I'd garnish it with a hug, but this is the internet.)
I've come to value the notion of a libration point between passing years, a temporary amnesty from anticipation and retrospection, a sort of four-dimensional neutral buoyancy. A grace period.
In lazy-speak: no recaps or resolutions.
(Yep, that's my big stinking cork-popping thought. I'd garnish it with a hug, but this is the internet.)
Comments
this is what i found out - said grace period is implicit when taking a trip that spans the year's turnover. resolutions yield to homecomings - the points at which retreating to the hotel bathroom to stuff secret canoli into one's face because the girlfriend is sleeping and three solid hours of catching up on the latest diggs while avoiding the real project has built up a texas-sized sweettooth - will no longer be tolerable.
Posted by: a | January 2, 2006 12:57 AM