don´t tell me its just one of those things.

so in our philosophy class we recently read a book called ´the Unbearable Lightness of Being´(which i would recommend) and we´ve been talking about whether life is heavy (in the sense that everything matters, every move you make, every decision you make has an affect on your life...essentially the weight of everything happens for a reason and is connected) or if life is light (in the sense that nothing is connected, chance events happen all the time). well after class yesterday my friend Karina and i were walking back home from the UCA and then we decided to look at some jewelry of some street vendors. there was this rastafarian bob marley lookin guy who sits on the sidewalk everyday and makes jewelry and we both crouched down to look at his pieces and he said hello to us. the first thing that caught me off guard was that he was speaking english to us. we talked for a bit and found out his name is Luiz and he learned english when he lived in california and hawaii for a bit. he said he liked to practice with gringos because he didnt want to loose the skill. i dont remember exactly what he was saying after that, i think something about these aluminum rings he was showing us. he said something about the differences in jewelry , how some can be heavy and how some can be "not heavy" he was trying to find the right word and then i said "you mean light" and he said, "yes, exactly." Karina and i looked at each other and almost fell to the floor. how "random" (or maybe not random at all...) was it that this guy we just met was talking about lightness and weight. then he gave both of us one of the rings as a valentine´s day gift and we were on our way.

strange strange strange how the world works. but dont tell me its just one of those things. these things happen all the time...