Stories.

I'm currently reading this interesting book.

(It's Sweet Sorrow by David Nichols, for future reference)

Interesting because it took me a while to get into it, understand the author's style of story telling, understand the personality of the characters, what they mean, how they joke around.

Back then I wouldn't have had the patience to go on.

The number of books I never bothered to finish, now sitting on my bookshelf.

But somehow, I'd say most probably new year's resolution & whatnot, I soldiered through this one.

& it's turning out pretty great, I've even laughed out loud at many points.

Kinda reminds me of movies I used to watch in my 20s,

With so much time to browse through IMDB looking for the perfectly mediocre film with a score of 5-6.5 maybe, sometimes allowing 4s,

With a synopsis that sounds tolerable & a cast that catches my eyes.

Through this I'd found gems like 

Me & Earl & The Dying Girl

Little Miss Sunshine

Sunshine Cleaning

Ruby Sparks

Youth in Revolt

Oh God I could go on & on.

Honorary mention for The Fall & Moonrise Kingdom which were suggested to me by Imara.

It was like the great era of movies.

I'm not talking mind-blowing Oscar stuff.

Just simple, heart touching, easy watching.

I remember discovering actors like Paul Dano, Miles Teller, Michael Cera & going down their list & watching everything I could,

Following their career afterwards.

Maybe I'm just the one who got lost in the convenience of Netflix & whatever's available.

Actually I'm sure this is exactly the case.

But also I just don't have time to be combing through IMDB & torrents anymore.

I guess I could make time.

But for now I'll take my own sweet time finishing Sweet Sorrow & see where that takes me.

At least it's making me excited enough to be planning a whole read list for the year.

Now I just gotta follow through.

Whatever it is,

To 2022 & finding myself back.

Follow Me.

Trust Muse to get me writing again.

Also, thanks to Jepp for retweeting a relatively old tweet today,

Of Matt teasing fans with the upcoming single Won't Stand Down.

But what caught my eyes instead was Bing.

Somehow this tender moment between father & son,

Matt sharing his latest work with Bing on a scenic drive, seeking approval almost,

Oh my mama heart.

& Bing's so grown up!

Feels like just a handful of months ago we got to hear his heartbeat on Follow Me.

The 2nd Law is turning 10 this year.

Where had all the time gone?

I was so busy growing up, raising kids of my own,

Suddenly I feel like I lost sight of myself,

Just because I let go of Muse along the way lol.

Today Follow Me got to me in a different way.

Bing must be 10 too, my own Hilwa will be 9 this year.

Something I failed to see all of those years ago is that grown ups do continue to grow.

I gave such shit about 2nd Law, Drones, didn't even bother to listen to Simulation Theory right to this day.

& it's not just Muse, it's most things that made me who I was.

The music, the movies, the reading, there's just not enough time in 24 hours.

& suddenly 10 years have passed.

I'm kinda excited about the new album now.

To be able to look back to a year, an era, a slice of moment in the grand scheme of time,

Embedded in music.

Hopefully.