If there's one thing that fascinates me more than academia (or at least as much), it's Love. Yes, I am in love with love. Anyone who knows my cynical tendencies might find this hard to believe, but I am one of those people who are deeply touched by movies like Lost in Translation or Ghostworld. I am in constant search for that special, deep connection with another human being, complete with imperfections and irrational complexities. As an ex-psych student, I know what love is, the stages and what they are in the brain... but I don't care. It's spring! And like most other springs, I've found someone with whom there seems to be a connection, and I'm excited to see what's in store for us!

Spring is such a wacky season. I know of two couples who are going through nasty, rough, heartwenching breakups, and two others who are just starting up. I feel for the ending relationships: they are hard! I have a list of breakup songs (or end-of-relationship songs) that I listen to every once in a while when I feel as though I am emotionless... they get me every time. Certain songs make me think of certain people, and it gets rough, especially in the winter.

But now spring is here! And the new couples are so cute and sweet it makes me wanna puke, while I myself am quite possibly going to be in the same situation soon :p It's a good thing I'm not supersticious, because I could think I had just jinxed it! Ah, rationality, even in this state it does not let me wander too far from it...


Alas, I want to write more, to reflect more, but there's a pile of undergrad economics exams (macro, thank god!) sitting upon my desk, waiting to be corrected. But I'll still be listening to The Cure because it, oddly enough, tends to mirror the state I'm in: a melancholy person who, when in a state of liking (love is a bit of a strong word!), forgets anything that there was to be melancholy about in the first place :)

Back soon with actual academic stuff ;)

C-A