the question is not what you look at, but what you see

there is so much beauty in simplicity, and it's one of those things that isn't hard to achieve - but it's hard to maintain and in most cases almost impossible to appreciate. the things that put a smile on my face don't involve a string quartet and five course banquet, but are as thoughtful as a bucket outside a cafe labelled "dog's water". it's not a given, that you get to do something you love, all day, every day. most people hate 16 of the 24 hours of their everyday life - the time not spent dreaming about climbing palm trees and pegging those you hate with coconuts. and you find yourself beginning to grow irritated at the ones you told you'd love forever in a cathedral surrounded by hundreds of people and four times that number of flowers. the most basic things in our life are taken for granted and constantly being replaced with shinier, more expensive substitutes.

"Well, since my grades went from 'B's to 'A's, I was actually wondering (points to her chest) if you could change my 'A's to 'B's."

i love orange county.

walking the 200 metres down the road to the framers this morning left me feeling strangely annoyed. it struck me that not only am i impatient, but incredibly lazy. you see, while crossing the street that consists of approximately 3.5 lanes of traffic, i found that it took too much energy to look right, left, right before crossing, if i were to be the rebellious 5ft 2 asian that i am and jay walk. but standing waiting for a light while you watch the weed tumble by is equally frustrating because the moment you decide "alright i can step off the curb now" a mercedes comes whizzing by and you're left with your hair in your face and lipgloss and in much need of an espresso. what also shits me, other than traffic lights, are those people who stand so unnecessarily close while you withdraw money that i'm pretty sure they could count the numbers of hairs they were causing to stand on end. yeah, you behind me at the st george atm in greenwood plaza north sydney on friday morning at approximately 9:42 am - i remember you.

my titles are getting so long these days.