Did anyone notice I didn't provide links for my Archives before?

That's often the first thing I notice in blogs.

Was anyone interested in my Archives in the first place?

[The answer has a lot of ramifications, by the way.]

Haha.

A bout of nostalgia. I want to indulge in my own archives and it's such a hassle to keep typing in the URL.

I read back and it's amazing how I used to be (rather) sensitive, poignant, and full of poise (in writing, at least).

I can't help but wonder, What the hell happened?

That's why I took down my archives in the first place. Because words and letters and thoughts are not meant to be crystallized and immortalized in print for one to pore over and deconstruct. Words and letters and thoughts are transient in passing. Letters should not be read over and over. SMSes should not be stored away for future reflections.

Fleeting thoughts once realized should not be contritely fossilized. It's detrimental and binding. You ujst end up running around in paradigms.

Whatever that remains in memory is perhaps all that really matters. Anything else that has been filtered away should remain in the glass beaker. Why should we always seek to stick white labels on the beakers and store them alphabetically in the creaky wooden cupboard?

Blah.

Sigh.