reminiscing.

the theme tonight is looking back on what's past and, for the most part, smiling.

everything old is new again.

the other day, i was on a search for simplesimon. i don't know what made me think of him, but i suddenly recalled the glee i would feel when realizing a new mailing had arrived in my inbox. something about seeing some brilliant writing from someone i know next to nothing about.

anyway. so i decided to play sleuth and find the simplesimon site again. here's what i find ...

hello, i dont do anything with this site anymore. it is a relic of times passed and i dont know what you're doing here.

pity. so instead, i found a bunch of the old mailings, still stored in my outlook inbox and have reminisced that way, discovering gems i had completely forgotten about.

you might not be writing for all of us as simplesimon anymore, but thank you ben.

so then i discover that mraz (i know, as if there could be a non-mraz-related post here as of late, eh?) has taken an old poem and transformed it into a new song. i find mp3 and download. i revel in new music. beautiful.

i'm enjoying the new collection of old tori songs.

and i am impressed by chad's latest posting on the averi site. i don't know why precisely, but it made me remember feeling giddy with excitement and buzzing from my nalgene of schmirnoff-sprite, playing flipcup with no worries the night of the benefit concert. reveling in the freedom that a finished project brings, enjoying the company of new faces and a fake british accent in conversation with my own.

it wasn't a cheerful post on the site, but the memory it conjured made me smile.

random post, i know. but my brain is fried. three stories today. it's justified. i don't have the energy for brilliance.

deal.