Nostalgia

Lately I've been feeling rather nostalgic about things, perhaps its the fact that spring is in the air and that the world is finally starting to brighten up a little. Or maybe its just that I've had time to brood on fond memories of a bygone era...and cling to them in hopes of them not floating away amidst the sea of new ones coming in. Whatever it is I like it. I want to visit my old neighborhood one of these days and just walk around all of my old haunts, see whats changed and whats stayed the same. I know it's only been 3 years since I left, but a lot can happen in that short a time span. I think a lot of it has to do with me not being satisfied with where we live now, and the...vitality it seems to lack. It just does not have the feel that Toronto does, none of the vibrancy or the panache. It really is just dull here. I mean its completely dead here after 9:00pm, I'm used to it now but there was a time when I could go out at any time of the day and expect to see people out and about. Another thing I'm hoping that goes through is getting into school in Toronto. I mean Orillia is okay, if you are a yokel but for a big city slicker like me its nowhere near enough. Getting to go to school downtown will give me an excuse to go exploring, and give me that dose of hustle and bustle I've been missing. Not to mention downtown is probably the only part of the city other than Scarborough that I don't know my way around so some of my exploring will inevitably result in me getting lost. Which is fine I guess, it will help in establishing the sense of direction I so desperately need. Well it seems this has turned into an enormously long rambling post but what the hell, I had stuff on my mind I needed to get out. And this seems like just the place to do it.