trust the cosmos...

[arguchik]

trust the cosmos to supply you with humbling experiences right when they'll do the most good.

so today i was flying back to california to work my last week on the campaign, and i had a 2-hour layover in reno (sorry H and C--didn't think to get in touch!). i was starting to feel the "poor me" stuff kick in while i was on the flight from seattle to reno, contemplating both my medical future and my immediate future of 5 lonely days of hard work in california, away from close friends, and especially away from glaucon. lonely, lonely, lonely... as i was de-planing, i saw this kid in front of me with what i thought were two complete leg tattoo "sleeves." they were super detailed and heavily inked, with intertwining black dragons and green jungle-y looking vines. the ink stopped at a straight line at the base of each ankle. then i realized that the really conservative looking woman behind him was his mother, and i thought, "no, he's only like 11 years old...she wouldn't let a kid that young get that much ink...surely those are just really tight leggings..."

then, once we were off the plane and on the skyway, i got closer and i realized that they were artificial legs.

yeah...poor me.

whatever.

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[crash66.livejournal.com]

one time while snowshoeing into uncertian terrain and uncertian distance to spend the night in the snow, i'm having some serious second thoughts and fighting off a hangover at the same time.

random kid coming down the hill comes out of his way, looks me in the eye and says "you'll survive" and heads off.

that cosmos, it's got a funny sense of humor.