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Always and Never

I remember being that guy who would always notice the moon. Of course, I'm writing this because tonight facebook had a lot of chatter about how great the moon looks like as of late. Which is cool and all that, I guess. 

Whenever I see people do that, I always think to myself: I used to be that guy. I used to be the guy who would marvel at the sunsets, gaze at the stars and just stare at the moon. And then the next morning I would wake up, hop on my red KONA mountain bike and just ride it to the best site in Cagayan de Oro so I could watch the sunrise. I used to be that guy. I told a friend about what I used to do way back when, and she told me to my face:

"You're so weird!"

I can't help but wonder though, what happened? What happens to all of us in between high school to college and then after college when we're working? What happens in between our lives that when we sit and just think about where we've been and who've we become? Why do I always end up realizing, I've changed so much? Maybe I was weird at that time. Maybe what I was doing was kind of off, you know? It's just strange when you feel ashamed of what you used to be. But I think I've gotten used to that.

I guess we all grow up sometime. Whether we like it or not, we do end up growing up the way we never thought we would. I used to envision myself to be a lawyer, now I'm far from that. I'm 23, just barely got through with college, and I'm wondering, who gives a crap about the moon? Yesterday the moon was had a hunter's ring around it. You know what I thought? It looked like a boob. A big, galactic boob with a white nipple. It looked kinda nice. I'm sure you have an idea of how far I've gotten from high school. 

I don't really believe that I've changed all that much; I just think that sometimes we realize certain truths about things. We are actually enlightened, rather than changed. 

So I'll leave you by a brilliant song by Coheed and Cambria. I never can get their name right when I'm activating my voice command on my iPod, which is kind of annoying. The conversation goes like this: "Play Coheeed and Cambrriaaah." And she answers back: "Playing Someday by Nina."

Bitch!

Anyway, this song is the second track to the Good Apollo, Vol. 1 Album, which in my opinion is one of their best work ever. 


Hey, if you have twitter, I'm cheap. 

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