i'm all about duality

within five minutes, i received two bits of earth shaking information today. all that i had come to understand about this world would be turned upside down. you, me, and everything on this plane of existence would slip between hyperbolic paraboloids of yin and yang and the continents would shift just a tad bit. ready? i know you're not, but i'm afraid you never will be. and we don't have time to waste.

my girlfriend got accepted into the university of texas school of architecture. after a long, arduous, setback filled few months, she got a call that completely reversed the rejection letter received earlier in the week. there's nothing more to say than i'm proud of her.

ah hem. i'll try not to be gushy as i move on to the following very tragic topic. today, at some point between 8am and 2pm, one blue schwinn suburban bicycle was ripped from her hastily locked rack in broad day light by evil forces. i guess i had it coming to me, not giving her the proper attention lately. at a time when the city of san antonio was big and foreign, she was a recognizable face that showed me around. we fought against a few trucks, jumped a lot of curbs, and had our spats involving me flying over the handle bars three times, but i guess now i just have our memories. that and the front tire with the u-lock still ironically steadfast. in memoriam...her birth...and her most recent photo. we ask that you make donations in lieu of flowers.

the lesson today is to appreciate your blessings and hold on to your dreams, because one day the unexpected could happen.