funny how time slips away...

yes, i just threw down an al green song lyric (or song title, even) to start what promises to be a schmaltz-ridden homily on the passing of time, and how it just...well...goes. but never fear, i shan't discard you into that particular lost & un-profound. instead i'll simply say this: time is something i don't have too much of. at least, not in this current situation. which just makes it more precious really.

so beyond the gigantic to do list, what is to be done?

enjoy people. things. places. faces. stasis, all that's put me through the paces here. because though i gripe, i also have had a rather delightful little ride through the past 10 years in this crazy little city. when i was 18, straight off the plane from moscow, i had no clue what was in store for me here. so many things have happened. since i have a to do list ahead of me, here's a little "have done" list. since i moved to toronto, i:

lived at 8 different addresses.
graduated & post-graduated college
gathered gads of useless knowledge
fell in love a few times.
fell on the pavement a few times.
fell into a career one time.
survived cancer.
realized i wasn't a good dancer
foolishly decided rhyming is always the answer...

consumed too many beers, food and
enough music to furnish eternity with a playlist.

and all the while, i've daydreamed myself out of this town.

well, looks like i am finally getting my chance. or rather, finally putting plans into action. the next month or so is going to be one bittersweet bonanza. i'm sharpening up my sense of nostalgia in preparation. shouldn't be much of a stretch for this sentimental hack.