Is it a good or bad thing when you are trying to sit down and recount your >insert time frame here< and need to *decide* what to rant about?

Last friday I hung out with my friend Cindy. She's the oldest friend I have. We go *way* back. We met in second grade.

We went out to eat at this killer barbeque rib joint in Jack London Square, ate enough to feed a small 3rd world country for a few days, then headed out to San Francisco to catch a flick. We saw the late-ish showing of "The Others" then went back to my house. "The Others" was pretty good. I guessed the ending, but it was good anyway. It was a good flick to see in the theater tho. Good sound, good visual quality. Nothin' better then when half the theater screams during a good horror/suspense movie. It adds to the flavor of the experience. After, at my house, we sat and looked through old photos, made chocolate chip cookies and watched the beginning of "True Romance." It was cool. Very much like old times. She didn't leave until 3am.

I really dig it when you can still be friends with someone, years later, for the same reason as when you first met. There's friends you have that are -- different later in life, as you get to know them... as you grow up... I realized something on friday, I miss having friends like Cindy. There was something so pure about re-connecting with her. It was like being 10 again. I felt so young. so... unashamed is the word that comes to mind, but I'm not sure if that captures how I feel. I felt like nothing had changed between us, like all the time that we have spent apart since we had gone to school together was nothing. I blinked and 12 years had passed, but nothing had changed in how we saw each other...

*sigh*

I'm just rambling now.

:)

Tomorrow, the camping event.

Below, interesting article on war, crisis and the desire to feel connected.

http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/09/21/terror/index.html