Nerding away

I've made incredibly good use of my time - this week has been a Harry Potter week. I've watched almost all movies, just a couple more to go, and since it's only saturday I feel fairly confident! (Hmm.. I wonder if the sarcasm comes through here..)

(..However..) Watching Harry P again really takes me back to my childhood, I remember how I used to dream away my time and create my own world of mystery and magic. I never cared for the possible disappointment it resulted in, I just kept on dreaming and fantasising. I guess it was what essentially helped me cope in the dark and cold northern hemisphere, and through those rough patches in school and at home. But somewhere along the way, I stopped. I stopped allowing myself to do it. Fantasising became something I feared actually. And now, the dark and cold days have reentered my life, and perhaps my imagination could help me get through it once more, but I find myself reluctant to even try, scared to dream too much, afraid that I would imagine things to a degree that inevitably would create disappointment in the end - I have a history of easily fooling myself, and I'm not particularly interested in testing any new evolution in this area just yet. Though that day too will come.

On a midday walk earlier I noticed there was a blob of light in the sky - the moon hiding behind clouds. It's a full moon tomorrow, and tomorrow is also sunday. (Several times this week I've gotten the idea that I should get my hands on a shirt that says "stating the obvious", because I seem to do that a lot)
I went sunbathing before, VERY satisfying indeed, although not real sunlight, the solarium provided me with equal amounts of warmth and light. I think it helps in the dark season, when light is not only scarce, but simply does not exist. I've actually never been to a solarium before today, it was an interesting experience.

Apart from Harry Potter and a solarium visit, it's been a fairly busy week, with massage, exercising and exploring new grounds. Constantly reminded that life up here, is not like life down under, and the me I know and love in other parts of the world, is not the same me I know and love here. We take our experiences and learnings with us, but cannot keep living the same way when we find ourselves in new environments under new circumstances, it's just not doable. And it's how it's suppose to be, these changes and adjustments are what makes us grow and what continuously colours the everlasting existence we call our being.

Boy does this place make me wonder things.. From an anthropological point of view it's actually really fascinating! It's a pity I feel like I can't mention all the people I encounter and spend time with, there's always things to share. A lot of people are more interesting than what they think themselves to be.