Year-end Tour

Happy New Year, guys!

It’s a new year and a new breeze floats upon the clouds.

To celebrate New Years Eve I went and caught the 7:30 showing of The Muppets down at Silver City. I couldn’t decide between ‘New Years Eve’ and ‘The Muppets’, but since I was already spending New Years Eve alone I didn’t want to watch New Years Eve alone.

The movie was great.

As I walked out of the theatre to the bus stop, I had the option of having the C93 or the 401 take me home. The C93 would only take nine-ish minutes but wouldn’t leave for another thirty, while it would take the 401 about 39 minutes to get to more or less the same place. I decided to take the 401.

Part of the choice was the illusion of progress, yes. Sitting in a moving vehicle for half an hour feels more productive than sitting in one that isn’t. But mostly it was because the 401 was the scenic route. I hadn’t realized this before, really, but the 401 goes pretty close to all the places that I go on a regular basis.

As it drove along No. 5 I remembered the church and all the stuff that’s happened there and the friends I’ve made.

As it ran up the length of the mall I remembered all the hours I spent in the food court typing away at my stories.

And, as I stepped off the bus on the far fringes of Steveston Village, I took a long wistful glance towards the pier and remembered looking out at the waterfront with my friends.

It was nice. Sort of like a year-end tour. I didn’t even plug in my headphones.
(Yeah, I only go to three places, shut up.)

When I got home I had enough time to watch Tangled and catch the exciting part of the delayed West-Coast airing of the East-Coast New Year’s Rockin’ Eve countdown.

Plus, just now, I just watched that new episode of Sherlock. So I’m pretty happy.