Do it now

“He would have given the world to have been a little braver at the time, but it did not occur to him that he might still be brave.”

~Robert Louis Stevenson, from The Body Snatchers

One that got away

“We can’t stay.”

#135 – 3/3/08

Sunscreen versus time

This time of year, at this time of the day, the sun hits my room with a particular slant – long, angled light that brings out every crack in this old desk, every speck on this dusty keyboard.

Every year around this time the light is just like this. Yet sometimes it seems it was only a moment ago, and it’s as if my life is passing in too-quick beats, the sun illuminating my hand just so, the wrinkles growing deeper before my eyes.

What did you do today?

My computer keeps wishing me a happy birthday

It’s a sad state of affairs when birthday well-wishes from friends barely outnumber those from pre-programmed online services of which I’m a member, though I don’t know specifically whether it means I need more friends or fewer online services, or if the “personalization” of the web has just begun to satirize itself.

Or maybe I should just be thankful that Facebook wants me to be happy.