I sat by the river again this evening

in silence

the tunes have left my head, you see, and it's been annoying me as I quite like my internal soundtrack

and I was trying to think of a song about water and then remembered the band doing a version of a mix of both Al Green's and Talking Head's Take Me To The River

and what was strange was how I didn't feel sad about there being no band anymore; I don't miss the singing, which is odd because I really enjoyed it at the time; I don't miss the people, which is odd because we were so close at the time; I don't miss rehearsals or performances, which is odd because it was all such fun. . .

and then I wondered about the water molecules in the river - the river flowing in an easterly direction:
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and the tide either east or west, depending on whether it's coming in or going out:
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and I wondered what were the chances of the same water molecules being in the river this evening as there were there last night. . .
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and that struck me as odd - that either there would be the same molecules going up and down, back and forth with the flow of the tide and the river, or there wouldn't be

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and then I started wondering how long the molecules in your body stay in your body - I mean bones and teeth must be fairly permanent, but blood renews itself constantly; and what about neurons in your head, how do memories stay there unless the neurons are the sames ones that were there when the memory was laid down?
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and that took me back to thinking about how I don't miss band

which was the oddest thing of all