avenue of perception

go and check the chowdie's site...scroll down past superbowl picks and watch the superheroes + office space...great clip...

the clock is ticking and i hear monday starting to blare into my brain -with one of those off in the distance walls of sound that gets louder and you know it is getting closer- but you don't know just how much closer- until it hits you- BAM...and the alarm clock says monday morning, 7am...

when i used to manage retail at GAP- i know, it's unbelievable, right?- we had this saying that just drove me crazy- perception is reality- when anything went wrong, these words echoed through the vocal chords of my co-worker and would basically make me want to vomit...1) can you really influence the way an individual might perceive the situation? 2)if so, then doesn't that negate the idea of "reality?"

a friend of mine today used the word "magic" to describe what was indeed desired concerning "the" realtionship...i even asked what has influenced the longing for this "magic"...experience? watching other successful relationships? literature? ...so i guess my question in thinking on this is actually- is our perception indeed reality? i must admit, it has been hit and miss for me...sometimes i am dead on...other times, way, way off...did i say way off? oh yeah...

or maybe i am thinking, how much magic is in reality? is it all just an illusion? is what we want grounded on something that doesn't even exist? being the optimist that i am, i sure hope not...there is a line from "dreams for an insomniac" that has been my eternal influence in the realtionship catagory...

"anything less than extraordinary is simply not good enough"

this perception is the reality i long for...i will wait another ten years for this...until then i will drudge through the avenue of perception and wait for my reality to engulf me...