Flavor of Life

It's very strange to have moments where you reminisce about certain things... and today I seemed to have one of those moments where I thought about where I was a year ago.

To think back, I can remember that I was making many important decisions back then, and to say the least, the "me" back then was unhappy. That "me" regretted certain things and wanted to make life better. To a certain extent, I have achieved that. I am at a place now where I am much happier, I just had to look for the right path again (｡･ω･)

Back in that time, I had many ways to cope with those feelings. The most influential were the people around me, along with music. I just have to take a moment to write a little homage to a song that helped me through that time... "Flavor of Life" by Utada Hikaru (^ε^)♪

I think it will always hold a special place in my life.

I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking "What a beautiful melody ヽ(゜▽、゜)ノ", and that very melody ended up helping me in ways I couldn't have comprehended.

This is why I love music.

Without it I don't think I could live.

(Oh the dramatics, lol)

It's very rare of me to externalize these feelings, but someday I hope I can make music.

Hopefully that day will come.

(＞_＜)

The way it is

By the way I planned it out, I was supposed to go to upstairs and prepare for bed about half an hour ago (・ω・)/

What am I still doing here, I don't know～

But I have to get up soon!! Let me give a brief description of the day:

It was COLD!

My nose felt like it was going to fall off (´□｀｡)

Even those squirrels I talked about before didn't dare to come out of their homes. The wind was so strong I felt like I was going to flap away like a piece of paper （ｉДｉ）

That is one of the things you need to watch out for on days like these.

Spontaneous flight～

(What a silly type of thought)

ヾ( ´ー｀)

Tree hopper

How random and unexpected of me to write an entry on a Monday!
Yes yes, very spontaneous...
I just had this "blog nag" going at me ever since I sat down (lol)

Today it dawned upon me how close I was to the "finish line"! By finish line I am specifically referring to the end of high school, which I am looking forward to even more than I thought I would ≧(´▽｀)≦

But I've still got a ways to go～ And that path will be riddled with pure labour and obsessive behaviour (´0ﾉ｀*) But I'm determined to make it. It was almost a year ago when I began writing here and I clearly remember having the same feelings, a yearning for the school year to be over, and it was over faster than I knew it.

And for this entire year, I've also noticed something else too! Almost all of my posts have been so reflective and philosophical, is that a bad thing? (Just asking this question contributes to this dilemma)

Everyday I leave my house, I always notice that more and more squirrels are beginning to peep their heads out for fresh air after the relentless wrath of winter this year. And I have also noticed (out of plain fear) that these very squirrels, out of reproachfulness - no, out of their natural instincts - have become more violent. Sometimes I am afraid they will jump on me and release the underlying stress of hibernation (ﾉДT)

I kind of have to smile and laugh to myself sometimes, though, if I were to be put in such a situation it'd be funny. People would wonder "what a strange boy"～

And if they were to ask, I couldn't simple say "I was attacked by a squirrel", now could I?

A dilemma indeed

(・ω・)/