And if rain brings winds of change, let it rain on us forever.
\nI have no doubt from what I’ve seen that I have never wanted more.
\nWith this line I’ll mark the past as a symbol of beginning.
\nI have no doubt from what I’ve seen that I have never wanted more.<\/i><\/p>\n
Today was…a good day. And a bad day. Mostly a good day. Bad because I’m losing the company of a great friend for a while, and vice versa, and I am going to miss her so much. It’s hard to say goodbye…harder still to mean it. But good because really, we’re not losing anything…and have only to gain.<\/p>\n
I finally said some things I’ve been meaning to for a long time…or maybe more specifically, completely danced around them all, but I think she understood what I was trying to say. (For those who sat through the Longest Post Ever in its entirety a couple nights ago, you maybe know what I’m talking about (also, my apologies); if you didn’t even see it…let me know; the LJ side maybe acting strangely from what I hear. First friends-only post in…probably ever.) Maybe saying something earlier<\/a> would have avoided a lot of trouble. Or maybe just made it harder to let go, even for temporary. There’s a lot of maybe in this paragraph.<\/p>\n We met up, I handed off my least carelessly-hacked-together Suncloud board to my favorite silver lining, then we grabbed some quick food at a Dunkin Donuts (yes, they have them in Chicago! Just not all touching one another), and read the writing on the wall, and the memories it pointed to. Father’s day cake<\/a>. Do not immerse server.<\/a> And made new ones, petting brass snails and prowling a deserted art center. Walked the grounds of Harvard in the unseasonable literal and figurative warmth, and ground through the paper-tape reader of the first computer to ever catch a bug<\/a>. And said goodbye. And said goodbye, and said goodbye. <\/p>\n But I have to stop thinking about this as an ending<\/a>… it’s a beginning. <\/p>\n In the company of geeks, does the counting start at one, or zero? Maybe normal people just don’t count things. I’ve heard the words<\/a> before<\/a>, but this time it might be for real. I don’t know what the rules<\/a> are in this situation. Maybe there aren’t any.<\/p>\n Today is 1\/21<\/a>… It’s neither a major holiday nor a<\/a> major version of ms-dos, but I think I can remember it anyway. It has been a beautiful day.<\/p>\n
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