Thunderstorming

I should be studying, to be sure, but it's storming outside now. When it's raining so thickly that everything beyond a few metres dissolves into a shimmering whiteness like the air is dissolving into static, when the drops don't fall but ram, when the rain is a percusion artist on the car roofs, the house roofs, the roads, the trees, everything, when the lightning is so white it's purple, when bolts of power explode directly over you, you have to take a moment and stop and stand in awe, and stick your arm out into a wall of water.

When was the last time you touched water pouring from the sky?

Well, besides this once-yearly enormous thunderstorm that paints everything neon, nothing remarkable has happened. Been pushing myself through a grueling study routine, and been extremely antisocial towards my family. They had a gathering yesterday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I didn't have time to talk at all. And when I went to church, it was such a relief to be reciting other stuff besides history quotes. I think I'm in danger of losing my sense of perspective on this exam.

Papers today were fine. Nothing remarkable, except that the SBQ was more doable than usual.

Back to econs then...Everyone! Keep your sense of perspective! It's really too precious to lose.

And it seems like I'll end up in St. John's after all, after this big convoluted detour.

pondered by phoenican @ 12.9.05