Seasons

It's been four years since I've experienced the hazy misty madness that is the Fall season in the Northwest. Although maybe I should say "fall" in quotations... Its called based more on a calendar technicality than anything I think. The shine of the sun through the perma-cover of clouds actually makes it one of the brighter seasons we have, though. (Notice I say "we"... I guess you can take the boy out of the northwest, but you can't really take the northwest out of the boy,)

I will miss the leaves though. Don't get me wrong, green is a nice color... but you can only really appreciate the beauty of Spring if you can feel the devastation of a true Fall. One where the world begins to melt around you, dripping in a multicolor of reds and yellows and oranges. The sweet sickly smell of decomposition eventually becomes attenuated after your nostrils adjust to it, but I don't think I'll ever forget it. I actually got a lot of new smells during my time in New York; from the grimy undertones that become a visible smog in the late evening heat of summer, to the strong smell of soy sauce (of all things) after the campus was laced with salt to prevent ice formation during winters.

But the seasons of the North America aren't the only thing I'm here to talk about, in honesty... No, I'm far to egotistic to let you all get away with just that. I also wanted to bring up a far more ethereal "seasonal" change, having to do with recent events in my own life. In case anyone missed it, I recently graduated college (whoooo) which is bringing up a fair storm of changes as far my own personal little world is concerned. Firstly, (as hinted in the above paragraphs) I'm home now. Good ole Washington; the good, the bad, and the coffee addicted. Secondly, someone else important to me has also moved back home... allowing us for the first time after four years (mostly) apart to finally have the chance to live with one another. This means the world to us. There are third, fourth, fifth, etc. things going on as well, but in reality I'm to lazy (or tired) to even think them all up right now.

New job, eventually a new apartment, new life... a lot of new. But its mixed in with some old things I had forgot about too... Old places, old friends... and yes old seasons!

The although the seasons may be the same as I left them, I have a feeling I'm in for an entirely new adventure. Hopefully I pick up a few more folk to share it with along the way :)

Forever yours and pumping with nostalgia,

Perspective