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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
[now imagining moejoe wearing a trench coat and hat, with a moustache, and a ridiculous accent.  ]
i'm a conflicted cynic. i want to believe good things, but i tend to be most convinced by the empirical evidence... |
I used to be a lot more cynical (especially after
that relationship) but I'm also a ridiculous optimist and see magic in almost everything. An example, I'd run out of cigarettes the other night, it was late and raining, and the nearest place I could buy any was a fifteen minute walk (don't drive a car). The all-nigh-garage is on the corner near an intersection of B roads. So it's two in the morning and there's no traffic, it's raining heavily and suddenly this oasis of light appears through the downpour, framed it seemed by halos of light from everywhere. It became in that instant a palace.
Now, all I'm doing is going to buy some cigarettes, but suddenly it's all very magical and beautiful and I'm wearing a giant smile on my face. I no longer feel the rain or the wind blowing. And, of course, there's a story somewhere in amongst all this magic.
