Expectorate the Expected

I am a huge fan of 'anticipation'. I much prefer the moment when something is about to happen to the moment when it actually happens... I am by far not the first to think of this phenomenon... Jerry Seinfeld has a bit about 'the ride to the movies' generally being better than the movie itself. Questions of 'are we going to get there ontime?' & 'will the movie be good?' Everyone's excited...

I'm getting on a plane tomorrow morning to go to Omaha & man i'm excited. Which is, of course, not to say that i won't enjoy it when i'm actually there - i don't mean that the actual moment is not fun, just that expectation, anticipation, is great. Not knowing what all we'll do when i get to town (Brooke's taking a "no-questions-asked" day off from school), Cinco De Mayo, scotch at the Dell, what all's going to happen, it's so exciting!

The moment right before the moment, i love it. How will it all turn out. I guess it's sort of like watching tv-on-DVD. I'm borrowing Lost Season 1 from Eric & Bethany & if there's a cliff-hanger at the end of an episode, it's OK, it's cool, i can just watch the next episode... Maybe i have to change DVDs, but it's there, in just a few moments. I've long been a proponent of watching tv shows on DVD, but maybe there is something to that week in between... I suppose i could create it artificially, only allowing myself to watch one episode every other day or something, but that would be artificial anticipation... anticipation i could end at any time... Hm.

I guess i can't figure it all out today... Just thought i'd try and share my antici...pation