You're right next to me but I need an airplane
I can feel the distance as you breathe - Tori Amos (China)
Sam's sister Elizabeth got married October 19th. We watched the ceremony on the Groom's iphone. It was strange. Even more so because the person holding the phone was someone who didn't know us. The phone was also on mute so we had no way to say hello to the people we did know. It felt like we were looking through a portal to a world that we couldn't touch. It was like a dream. Like a dream in which I'm watching everyone but no one sees me and no one notices that I'm not even there. We agreed later that it was a bad idea to watch it that way. For anyone who wants to know the hardest part about living far away from home its just that, living far away from home. You have to accept that life will continue going on there without you. You can get used to it by keeping involved in your new life but there will always be something to pull you back and make you feel the distance.
Maybe in the days before instagram, iphones, Skype, the internet, and even the telephone it was easier. People picked up their things, said goodbye and just accepted that the life you had was coming to an end. It was probably easier to look forward when looking back wasn't so darn convenient. For my part, I'm resolving to look back a little less and forward a little more.
And on that note.... here are a couple of pics I took while out and about. It seems that when the weather is clear autumn in the city is really pretty.
PS. I borrowed freeradicalsinchina.blogspot.com's format of song quoting for this blog. If you haven't yet done so, check out their blog.
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