A port in the storm

Ohh... symbolism. I'm pretty sure you can take most anything in your life and make it somehow fit into some symbolic respresentation of your life. Seriously.

For instance, I drove around the parking lot a million times today and still couldn't find a parking spot which is clearly symbolic of my inability to find a master's thesis topic. Also, the fact that I almost turned down a one-way street must symbolize my sometimes confused nature, and the fact that in a past life, I almost took a turn for the worst.

If you simply look around, you will see that there are signs everywhere. Phoebe knows it. She saw the signs in the FRIENDS episode where she found her mom's spirit in the body of a random cat:

Ross: Are you sure she's in the cat, or have you been taking your grandma's glaucoma medicine again?

Phoebe: No, Dr. Skeptizmo, I'm sure. First of all, okay, there's the feeling. Okay, and for another, how about the fact that she went into my guitar case... which is lined with orange felt. My mother's favorite fish is Orange Roughy. Cats like fish! Hi, Mommy. Oh, I haven't seen this smile in 17 years!

Even back in high school we were always looking for "signs." Usually it involved the boy we liked at the time and seeing his number on, well, anything! You would be writing down the phone number for the bank (e.g., 248-343-0494) and, "Omg! Its Brian's football number!" So what if his number was 2, that clearly meant that he and Amy were meant to be...

Well, if objects and events in life are in any way symbolic of life itself, then my new apartment clearly represents new beginnings. I've only lived here a week, but things at work and at practicum have been coming together, ideas for my master's thesis have started to take form in my head, and the study I am coordinating is moving along at acceptable speeds. Oh, and my 1/2 marathon training is going better than ever. Yes, I do believe the apartment is a symbolic representation of how things are falling into place... hmmmm yeah... or the cause of it, but lets not get technical.

One final example of symbolism has just presented itself to me. In a google image search for a picture to go with this post, I stumbled across the above picture. I mean, speaking of good signs... I'll take it.