nothing.
that's what i got.
working. paying down the visa. you know, being a man, a grown-up man.
"bit late", some might say, but it's been a good run. is my run over? i don't think so. not quite yet.
the week where i thought i was going to lose my mind about having to work the hours i do, in the environment i do, is followed up by a week where i like my job.
i take 200 steps to get on the subway near my house and never step outside again until i get home and walk those last 200 steps. (for those who think that's disgusting, i agree, but when it's cold, i don't agree. :)
i get paid well enough.
i work 8 hours a day, generally as a rule, without OT (although this will change when my contract expires).
the people i work with directly are really good people, and fun. my office-mate is funny, and we spend the days cracking jokes and laughing. i am as fortunate to have him in my office as he is to have me. and i know this.
i had a revelation looking at all the business school students that have now grown up into mole-city adventurers --- i'm not one of you. this wasn't a revelation in a bad way, i wasn't putting them down or mocking their life choices or considering them inferior because they look reserved and conservative and slightly dead on the inside - i just realized that my people aren't these people. and that's cool. knowing where you're from, what you are, that's a part of 'growing up' i guess. i salute my friends, for being beautiful and alive. long may you run.
the above picture is from a frieze by klimt - his beethoven frieze. It depicts mankind sending a knight out into the world to find happiness. i think it's my favorite thing in the universe right now.
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Did you hear almost all of the art Klimt completed has been awarded to a jewish family in California because they were taken from them in WWII. The art gallery is holding a little while longer so people can see them one last time, they are also hoping the family lets them borrow a few to keep showing.
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