Well, I really ought to be doing school work, but decided instead to find this bloody thing. Went to a wake tonight, which was sad -- it was an old (old, old, old) friend's father who passed after a long illness. The guy was great -- as great a person as you could find. There were tons of people, the line supposedly went around the block which was a fitting testament to such a great person.
It's strange though, this was a friend from grammar school who I hadn't talked to since high school (and even in high school we didn't talk all that much), but when I found about her father's passing, I just wanted to be there for the family. Maybe that's not all that strange after all...
It made me think though about how temporary everything is... Friends grow and change. People age and die. I think that’s a powerful thing to notice every once in a while. Perspective is a transient thing, what means something one day may not matter much on the next day -- I think maybe there is a balance there that we need to be cognizant of -- at least I need to be more aware of.
As a bonus (while not taking away from the sad), I met up with my good friend Amo and we went out to have a coffee -- of course, we ended up having tea, but it was great to catch up.
