Hmm. Just some random thoughts today.

Let me start off by saying that the moon is looking absolutely amazing tonight. As I was driving east on the highway at dusk, I was shocked by the pearl-like beauty of the moon against a cityscape backdrop. I kind of just wanted to stop the car right there to take a picture, but that would have just been irresponsible.

The other day, as I drove into the garage and put my car in park, I was hit by a ridiculous amount of excitement. The odometer on the vehcile had stopped at 123456. Heh. I took a picture, which I’ll post here sometime later.

Today, I was on the subway with my coworker. We head in the same direction, but today was the first day I’d travelled with him. His view of life seems to be a lot more buoyant than mine. He’s excitable and looking forward to the future. His optimism and positive attitude is very much in contrast to my usual stance on life. It’s not that I’m depressed or wholly negative. I guess I’m just…more critical of thinking so far ahead into the future. Who knows what will happen, you know? As he spoke, I felt my mind becoming almost overly critical of his positivism. Of course, it has served him well in life up to this point, so I guess I could be wrong in being critical.

My coworker sat on my right. The guy on my left was listening to his iPod on full blast and really *feeling* the music. He was bopping his head along to the hard guitar riffs and shaking his body with nervous energy. There were times I’d peer over just to see what this guy was up to. I thought he was on some sort of drug. Most people have their earphones at a reasonable level and keep still while enjoying their music. This is for the benefit of other people, as well as to not make a fool of themselves in front of complete strangers. This guy though was oblivious to the surrounding world. To tell you the truth, I almost envy him in that he didn’t care what other people thought. He was able to lose himself entirely and give his soul over the rhythm. I don’t think I could ever be that carefree.