Aphelion
Monday, July 31, 2006
Remember this moment.
It occurs to me that I am beginning to forget. Not because of any particular reason, but because of the constant march of time. With that, I would like to write down the most memorable experiences I have ever encountered:
1. Sitting alone on the highest point in Mesa Verde. It was dusk, and there was a faint taste of mesquite from the restaurant down below. I gazed out in all directions for 100 miles. I sat there crosslegged and stared at the sky until I fell asleep...
2. Night again. This time I am actually piloting a Cessna over the east coast of Florida. It is around midnight. To my right over the land, is a full moon. To my left, a great storm out over the sea...
3. Sneaking away from my sister's entourage around 1:30 am in Venice. I walked down to St. Mark's square, ordered a glass of white wine, and listened to the orchestras along the riverbank...
4. Arches National Park. Too long ago, it seemed, my best friends and I sat atop of sandstone monoliths. Jerome threw my Irish hat and it rolled all the way down the mountain. Haha. We sat in silence and stared into the sky again...
5. Walking the streets of Sienna, my sister and Nathan just being married. The city celebrating as we walked through the cobblestone alleys...
6. Los Angeles. Nathan and I are exploring the city at night. We climb through the concrete jungle of the empty financial district without a care in the world.
7. A night with a certain girl. Haha, that's all the information I am willing to give.
8. Nathan and I again in Madison. After stopping by Green Bush, the trance music of Brain Child's Symmetry C (Lange Breakfast Mix) from Paul Oakenfold's Essential Selection Vol 1 is resonating through Nathan's old Dodge Caravan. We stop around 10 pm in front of the train tracks behind the convention center and blast the music as the coal train passes 10 feet from us.
9. Space Camp in 6th grade. I am playing four square during rec hour outside of Space Hab 2. I look up into the night sky and I see a lunar eclipse complimenting Hale-Bopp. Both are next to each other.
10. Who can forget the endless LANs? The one that sticks out in my mind occurred in Mark's basement. I consider that night to be the height of the gaming experience. Let's not forget C is for Cookie? Haha... Mark, where did you go?
11. Arnaub with Bruni and I trailing him, walks into Taco Bell on State Street in Madison. He begins a drunken argument about tacos or something equally ridiculuous and ends up punching a street lamp. He'll attest that he never remembers this event.
12. Defeating the no. 1 ranked fencer in Wisconsin. I was so stunned I forgot to shake his hand as the proper formality dictates. He comes up afterwards to shake and congratulate me. My admiration for him only grew.
13. My father and I eating dinner in the Space Needle. We were excited for the future and of where I wanted to go to college.
14. Camping in Wyalusing with Javed and Adam. I don't think I've ever laughed so much as when I was with them.
I hope these memories will never fade. I hope many more will be added in the future.
1. Sitting alone on the highest point in Mesa Verde. It was dusk, and there was a faint taste of mesquite from the restaurant down below. I gazed out in all directions for 100 miles. I sat there crosslegged and stared at the sky until I fell asleep...
2. Night again. This time I am actually piloting a Cessna over the east coast of Florida. It is around midnight. To my right over the land, is a full moon. To my left, a great storm out over the sea...
3. Sneaking away from my sister's entourage around 1:30 am in Venice. I walked down to St. Mark's square, ordered a glass of white wine, and listened to the orchestras along the riverbank...
4. Arches National Park. Too long ago, it seemed, my best friends and I sat atop of sandstone monoliths. Jerome threw my Irish hat and it rolled all the way down the mountain. Haha. We sat in silence and stared into the sky again...
5. Walking the streets of Sienna, my sister and Nathan just being married. The city celebrating as we walked through the cobblestone alleys...
6. Los Angeles. Nathan and I are exploring the city at night. We climb through the concrete jungle of the empty financial district without a care in the world.
7. A night with a certain girl. Haha, that's all the information I am willing to give.
8. Nathan and I again in Madison. After stopping by Green Bush, the trance music of Brain Child's Symmetry C (Lange Breakfast Mix) from Paul Oakenfold's Essential Selection Vol 1 is resonating through Nathan's old Dodge Caravan. We stop around 10 pm in front of the train tracks behind the convention center and blast the music as the coal train passes 10 feet from us.
9. Space Camp in 6th grade. I am playing four square during rec hour outside of Space Hab 2. I look up into the night sky and I see a lunar eclipse complimenting Hale-Bopp. Both are next to each other.
10. Who can forget the endless LANs? The one that sticks out in my mind occurred in Mark's basement. I consider that night to be the height of the gaming experience. Let's not forget C is for Cookie? Haha... Mark, where did you go?
11. Arnaub with Bruni and I trailing him, walks into Taco Bell on State Street in Madison. He begins a drunken argument about tacos or something equally ridiculuous and ends up punching a street lamp. He'll attest that he never remembers this event.
12. Defeating the no. 1 ranked fencer in Wisconsin. I was so stunned I forgot to shake his hand as the proper formality dictates. He comes up afterwards to shake and congratulate me. My admiration for him only grew.
13. My father and I eating dinner in the Space Needle. We were excited for the future and of where I wanted to go to college.
14. Camping in Wyalusing with Javed and Adam. I don't think I've ever laughed so much as when I was with them.
I hope these memories will never fade. I hope many more will be added in the future.
:: posted by Greg D, 1:58 PM
2 Comments:
are you working on number 15 yet? austin's still calling
i am honored to exist in some of these memories. it was almost too good to read them all.
