Summer again

The song for this post doesn't have lyrics so, if you can, take your time to open Youtube and listen to it while you read. =]

Sometimes, when the temperature is right; when the barometric pressure, the wind speed and the pollen count are within the proper parameters; when you had a nice lazy day at work and a sweet coconut ice cream over a good talk afterwards; when the chemistry of the brain is balanced just right, you have good insights. Or maybe just insights, considering they'll only be good depending on the viewer's judgement. But you'll feel they're good. At these times you'll realise those things you always knew and know but never really think much about: Everybody wants basically the same things...

- An easy job, maybe even a fulfilling one;
- Enough money to get by, to get some extra comfort once in a while and to save for posterity;
- A love, or just some (enough not to feel alone all the time but not so much as to feel suffocated);
- Friends of the major types: the ones you can count on; the ones that count on you (which will inevitably make you feel special or annoyed, depending on the mood of the day); and a few of the rare ones that mix both previous types;
- Cold pints at the pub garden on hot Friday summer afternoons;
- Weekends at the beach and maybe the odd visit to the amusement park;
- The cozy snowy weeks around the end of the year festivities that may last till February, when you have the perfect excuse to stay in bed till late, watching cheap romantic comedy movies.

And it feels like floating above the city, with he reassuring buzz of traffic ensuring you're not lost, just a bit apart. Basking on the gentle warmth of the sun. Watching it set and the stars take its place.



Summer does that to me... =]


Joe Hisaishi - One Summer's Day (from Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)