That feeling of being SO CLOSE to getting something.
One of the greatest motivations out there.
Today started out as a pretty bad day, I was just NOT feeling it at all. That Argel charisma wasn’t with me today, and things just weren’t going my way. Then pep rally did a little, kept with good company, even if the rally itself wasn’t too great. After that worked on the bio project at the home of the one and only Mark Celones with Mai and Philip, and after a while Mark and I had a good talk. He makes pretty good food (because of that I might be considering giving up meat for lent) but anyways. I was kinda bored, and not feeling like myself, so I decided to take a stroll around hourglass park, and I did what I always do when I’m acting up. I bboyed. I decided to grow a pair of balls and try something new (and/or dangerous) and out of all the lame attempts I actually made progress and got somewhere. Got owned by gravity and the floor here and there, but I got somewhere. After what I thought was a rough landing nearly dislocating my shoulder I decided to stop for a bit, and take a jog around the park. It’s that feeling of being in a peaceful environment that really brought me up, and after a couple laps, I stopped and took a good look at what was around me, which were some cute little rabbits (which reminded me of that dust bowl video shown in Maheu’s class today about 12345678987654321 little rabbits all over the desert. Dead.) some people doing martial arts, and the stars. Star gazing really just makes me wonder about plenty of philosophical, spiritual, and even religious ideas, but it can do that to many. Then I suddenly grew an inspiration to keep trying such a dangerous move. I became really pumped up about it actually, because what had seemed impossible to the typical bboy around my age, I seemed to be coming closer and closer to reaching. As do I and all the other bboys say, “No fear. Fear is what keeps you from reaching your goals”. And as I keep on “no fearing” and kept on trying, little did I notice I gained an audience. An Indian man came up to me, his name was Anant, (or I dunno, shoot, try spelling an Indian name your first try) and he was cheering me on. He was like “Damn, you almost completed a full cycle” and inside I’m like, (insert necessary Argel face here) HEEELLLLL YEEAAA! It feels good to have support for things, especially if it’s from somebody you don’t even know, and you feel so much respect from them. And then after that we had a small conversation, (nigga said I looked like a freshman) HAHA but he was still chill though, I really liked him. Talked about school and science and all that other ish, and we seemed to have a similar desire for the same academic fields, and I was like deeeeemzzz. Then he went on back to his place after coming from the grocery store. It’s nice to know that some people from the community are just such friendly people. I dunno, I think I’m just feeling really hippie right now (without all the smoke and drugs and what not) but yea. My day just turned out alright. Hello 4-day weekend!