"Bringing Nothing to the Party"

Borders is giving out "Bringing Nothing to the Party" by someone called Paul Carr for free download. I did the download out of curiosity... the second .com boom and all the fuss about it are good for a novel and I have not yet read one that ticks the boxes.
At the same time I read some Nigerian folklore - a cute story about the turtle who, invited to a party in the skies declared his name as "all of you" and when the food was brought in for "all of you" gulped up all and was stranded in the sky, with everyone turned enemy overnight... and he was let to fall all the way down and broke his shell... He did not bring anything to the party, either.

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How do big, larger than life events come about? How comes on an ordinary day I cannot even think of something like that?
One of my friends is getting married - we haven't spoken in a long while and the news came as a surprise. And I cannot imagine it. Not because it is so outrageously inimaginable, but just because on a normal day - a marriage seems just stuff out of movies, chick lit or old memories ... It is something that happens to other people, in a different universe - it is not your every day, ordinary routine.
I try to imagine how little things, thoughts, actions, etc build up to big events. We work through them slowly, without aknowledging the bigger picture, which then comes rushing at us.... a big event, a day that changs life, a reunion, a break-up, a decision to give up a dream. A non-ordinary day.

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Interminable nights, when I would rather sleep than listen to the neighbours' door opening and shutting every few minutes.
I was writing a few days ago about events... And here I am stuck in a hotel, on a holiday I should enjoy and instead of getting some rest, I'm in the midst of a wedding party. All around me. Is it a larger event? Only when compared to an ordinary night I guess.
Anyway... Tomorrow is back home. First day of the fall - the return to business as usual...