Grey areas

Back when I was young, drivers would flash their high beam to warn the drivers on the opposite side of the road about speedtraps or police roadblocks up ahead.

These days drivers flash their high beam to tell the driver in front of them to get the fuck out of their way.

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I was at The Gardens MidValley parking, lining up to pay the ticket at the autopay machine. There on the screen is written: Change is possible.

Change is possible.

A utilitarian information with a rather thought provoking message. I'm weird, I've been told.

There's this one Angels & Airwaves song in their first album called 'It Hurts'. In the chorus, Tom Delonge repeatedly said "Your bestfriend is not your girlfriend". Not something that you want to tell your girlfriend, isn't it? As the title suggests, it hurts.

But then again, what is he really trying to say? Your bestfriend is not your girlfriend. Here's a scenario. Your name is Adam, your girlfriend is Sarah and your bestfriend is Sam. Let's apply that to 'Your bestfriend is not your girlfriend'.

Your bestfriend is not Sarah.

Ouch. But then again, it can also mean something like this.

Sam is not your girlfriend.

Somehow I like to think that the latter is more interesting, deeper, more thought provoking. I could be wrong, but don't all artistes leave the interpretations of their work to their audience?

If that is so then, I'm right.

Your bestfriend is not your girlfriend, so don't treat them like one. Whatever that means and however you define it. Of course, this would be easier when your bestfriend is your girlfriend isn't it?

Anyway, that song came from an album called "We Don't Need to Whisper". It was released after Tom's split with his bandmates from Blink-182; Mark and Travis. The both of them went to start another band called +44 and released their own album called "When Your Heart Stops Beating".

We don't need to whisper when your heart stops beating.

I like to not believe in coincidence.

Of course, they got back together and promised to release a brand new album last summer. One summer later, we're still waiting. Just because someone said something, it doesn't mean that they mean it nor does it always mean what you think it means.

Somehow I think I got the grammar wrong in that last sentence.

There's always grey areas in a person's action. Yeah, I guess this is probably what I was writing about. Grey areas. Or is it gray areas?

Gray is a color.

Grey is a colour.

Oh, why bother.