'Tis the winter of my discontent

today is the first day of July and i am stunned by the fact that more than half the year has gone by. i feel like 2010 is probably the shortest year that i've ever lived - usually years speed by me quickly, but at least i still manage to keep track of it. how is it that this year has snuck by me without my realising it?

i blame Antarctica. i blame Antarctica because it has completely screwed up my perception of annuallity (yes, that is a legitimate word even though there's a dotted red line below it - it IS a word). Antarctica decided to wedge it's big ugly self into my mental calendar, right where the old year was about to end, and the new year was about to begin, and it screwed me up. i feel like i have been robbed, cheated, scammed and flaked off my allotted, and rightly entitled 365 days of the year.

i had big plans for 2010. now, the only plan that is in the cards for me is: a) work, b) find money, and c) pay rent. yes, i have just extricated myself from the looming shadows of potential debt, financial distress and nightly meals of bread-and-butter sandwiches - but no fear, i am now happily and gainfully employed again. not only has Antarctica wiped out my perception of annuallity (the fact that i've used it twice now, and will continue to use it again and again, reinforces its eligibility as a word), it has also drained my bank account, in the form of un-lived-in rent. yes, i have decided that my whole life shall now be dedicated to paying rent.

but i digress.

i STILL, and will NEVER, believe how fast time flies. the rate at which it is going, i am afraid that, by the time i die, i won't even know that i'm dead, because i'd be so busy catching up with 'life'. i shall now leave you with the wise words from Ben Gibbard - on his philosophy of time, as well as a few captured memories of what i've been up to. good day.

"I knew the years would move quickly
But never quite as fast as this
So bring the discrepancies, I'll pour the drinks"