where in the world is clayton katsuyoshi?

on this episode of As the World Turns, we ask ourselves just that.

I'm not sure if i'm technically supposed to be sharing this with the world but this is an actual school project that one of clay's teacher friends proposed to his his school geography class.

it's amazing how when you are a kid, not only do you dream of puppies and all things furry and cute, but moments in time linger. like the slow, agonizing, wait from finishing monday night's homework to getting to talk to your best bud in the class the next morning. the night seems to wane, the seconds tick by slowly and time almost stand still. you never quite believe it when those old people (aka adults) tell you to enjoy it while you're young because the older your get the faster time seems to fly by. i've defaulted to this time passing assumption for some time, though it still sort of blows me up side the head how fast time really does go by when you start thinking of time, not in passing minutes or hours, but in weeks, months and years. like, "where in the world will clayton katsuyoshi be" on his european adventure? will his CGITEU join him on this expedition? and if so, where?

i was just reviewing the upcoming several months, as I have quite frequently since March. China is April/May, Hawaii in July/Aug that's a for sure. Then throw in the maybes... local and/or other far fetching events, like something huge for mia's bday in May, maybe the great gorilla run in June, Aptos and Obon in July, ken and ryan's bday's in Aug, europe in september, or costa rica in Oct???! now alone, these aren't staggering undertakings like a whopping 6 weddings in one year or some series of (supposed) once in a lifetime events, but they are definitely list worthy. You step back and think to yourself... 20 years ago (omg 20 years ago) i could barely wait until morning, let alone until next month! cRazY. is that the natural path of maturation or does it happen that every once in a while we keep ourselves awake for as long as humanly possible to see how it feels to be alive on adrenaline in the next morning?

i guess like the saying says, times flies when you're having fun.