parallel lines

mood: wound down.
state i'm in: relieved i have made a decision re. CLG tomorrow.
tune: jose gonzalez "lovestain"
achievement for the day: more of the same.



saw someone tonight that i once knew. he lived with james when the two of us started dating, but they parted ways shortly thereafter. maybe i have seen him twice or possibly three times since then. we live in the same small city, and no doubt visit some of the same places. yet, like parallel lines, we never meet.

so certain thoughts sprang to mind when i saw him.

when i met james, the two had known one another for near on two years. james remarked that david had aged considerably in that time. perhaps james was just saying that to excuse his own former attraction to the guy, however it did seem like he meant it.

so i suppose this is where i get all self-absorbed again.

when james met david, he was 24. two years later, when i met him, he was 26. he had apparently "aged considerably" in that time. 26! 26! now i am 26! david seemed so much older than us then. we spoke of him as if he was a generation ahead of us. he is 7 years my senior after all. just gets me freaked out, and reminds me how fragile i am about the whole aging process, of getting beyond my time.

david scarcely looks any older than he did 7 years ago. will i see him in another 7 years time, and will he look any different?

just a strange moment i suppose, the kind that gets me thinking.