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myOtaku.com: Irish de Fenal


Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Guten Morgen
This year I'm doing a lot of walking. Walking to class in the mornings (sometimes), walking home after the morning class, walking home after the afternoon class, walking to work, and walking home in the evening. Due to the fact that I don't always have a CD player with me, I walk home in relative silence. Normally I enjoy listening to music whenever I get the chance, but I have come to discover that I prefer the silence because it gives me time to think. It's about a mile or so to my house from campus so I have plenty of time for thought and reflection. Sometime it's just pondering what's happened during the day, sometimes I'm "talking" to friends who aren't with me, and others I contemplate the more weightier questions of life.

Walking down blocks and blocks of sidewalk with no distractions gives a person ample time to do this. Most people don't walk by. Some cars pass. It can be quite relaxing at times, other times it's just a really long walk with a heavy pack.

There is a rose bush growing against a chain-link fence down the street I walk. There are also hibiscus and one or two other flowers at the same place, but I enjoy the tiny little roses. Their season is almost done but they're blooming for now. No matter what my feelings may be at the time that I go to pass them by I always find a pleasure in gently grasping a leaf and pulling them towards my face to catch the powdery scent of them. Even in a rush this doesn't take up any detrimental amount of time. Four seconds or so worth of time to take simple pleasure in my surroundings. I hate being in a rush. I'm one of those people who believes in waking up an hour earlier than I actually have to so I can take my time about doing something instead of feeling like I don't have enough time to accomplish anything. At that same time, I'm a horrible procrastinator.
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