"I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
-Leaves of Grass, the only intellectual stimulation I've been getting recently.
That's probably the most recognizable quote from the whole book from the famous "Song of Myself" passage. I can't help but smile when I read the lines because it makes me feel connected to something bigger than myself. Its just so easy to lose a sense of my significance when I look up and stare up into the sky, all these stars are just projections from lightyears away and are probably nonexistent at this moment in time. I just get lost in this big universe and I lose a sense of myself and the only way to snap out of it is to shake my head to get the thoughts out. But this passage just helps ground me in the fact that "every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." How sappy, all those rommance novels have finally got to me.
I probably need to make a trip down to the library so I just don't turn into a pile of primoridal ooze with reading all my old teen rommance novels. Aha as amusing as they are I just feel my IQ dropping dramtically with each and every one I finish, even if it takes me about 2 hours to finish one. I miss school actually, even the tests! Ha just because it gave me a purpose and deadlines. Oh well I'll find something to keep me occupied.
I've got through one thing on my list of things to do this year, cooking more Japanese food. Tackled the long process of cooking tempura, its fairly simple there's just so much prep work that goes into it. So now the whole house smells like fried vegetables and udon. It took a huge chunk out of the day, which was nice. Can't really put a recipe for it since its just following a simple mix from the box and frying it. But y'all can look at a picture! aha
