Change

Something is different.

Timer

"...ticking away the moments that make up a dull day..."

So said Pink Floyd, once upon a time.

Yes, a countdown has begun, and detonation (for lack of a better word) is not far off. Yes, coming closer all the time. You could call it Zero Hour. I prefer to think of it as Another Beginning.

When? I won't say.

Where? Here.

What? Precisely what, I can only imagine...

On the breeze

Yes, there's a scent...take a whiff, you'll catch it, too...there's trouble on the air. Trouble, I say.

All Good Things

I'll leave it at that. {wicked grin}

Anticipation

Sometimes, the anticipation of something is more exciting and more interesting than the thing itself. Look at any of the movies that came out last summer, you'll know what I mean. This year, there's much to look forward to, and much opportunity for disappointment. But I don't think that's what's going to happen. Not this time. I'm an optimist. And, while there were blatant problems and it wasn't exactly what I expected (and why did they feel the need for a 'white' lead when they had Jackie Chan and Jet Li?), Forbidden Kingdom was fun and mindless and, I think, a fine start to the summer movie season.

April showers

It was supposed to rain pretty badly today, with thunder and lightning and all that fun stuff. Instead, there were a few scattered sprinkles and some wind.

Will we see our May flowers?

Fear

I've always believed there were two options in the realm of fear:

1 - "There is nothing to fear but fear itself."

2 - "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

Your personal and individual characteristics probably have a lot to do with which side of that equation you tend to fall; however, I think circumstances exist in which anyone can flip sides, either permanently or temporarily, a kind of paradigm shift in the way they see and interact with the world. But mostly, I think everyone's got a little bit of both, with a tendency toward one.

Phobias and biases and past experiences as well as 'intellectual constructs' (either figure that out on your own or not; I couldn't well explain what I think I mean in a short time here) could give certain events a spin in one direction or another. If, for example, you have a fear of conspiracies, and men in black trucks and black uniforms come breaking in your door pointing shiny black weapons at you, you'll probably accept that as confirmation of your fears (and therefore probably fall along option 1). However, if you've never once given any thought to the men in black, you might very well panic (falling straight into option 2).

Perhaps it's time to break the mold, and dive into option 3.