Quite some time has passed between the previous entry and this much overdo entry, so I will attempt to fill you in on some the inconsequential happenings of these last one and a half months. As far as my job search goes, things are progressing, albeit rather slowly. I guess this is partially my fault, as I have not been the most proactive in my endeavors to find employment. I do have a couple prospects lined up, however, and I feel pretty good about where things are headed. It’s unfortunate however that I missed the recruiting season for most of the large consulting companies, since those were supposed to be some of my safety nets in this whole job search circus. Instead I’m left walking this tightrope with only the harsh reality of failure staring back at me. It’s quite a fall to the bottom, I should at least have taken out some life insurance. Mistakes of youth, what can you do?
On the parental front, the storm has finally passed and things have settled down quite a bit. There’s really not much to say publicly in those regards, so if you’re curious about the details you can ask me privately and I’ll be more than happy to regale you with tales of courage and fantastic adventures. Oh wait, that was Lord of the Rings. My tales are much less captivating, but they may be worthwhile to the curious.
Yesterday was my 27th birthday. I was informed the day before that this was my “golden birthday,” and until that time I didn’t know such a concept existed. For those of you who are as ignorant as I am, it’s when you turn the same age as the day of your birthday - pretty arbitrary if you ask me. What I’m much more excited about was the fact 27 is three to the third power (three is my lucky number). My birthday, 3/27/81, can be broken down into powers (not just multiples!) of 3, so 3^1, 3^3, 3^4, and having my age also fit that pattern means this will be a great year. It also means I’m a huge nerd, but you guys already knew that, so stop judging me you bastards.
Seriously though, just as I was relieved and excited about the arrival of 2008, I am absolutely ecstatic about what my 27th year of life will bring. This is going to be a great year, and by “great” I actually mean “inconceivably awesome.” New career, new outlook on life, renewed dedication to the pursuit of Faith, new BMW 5 series, new hot girls, new penthouse in Vegas… Ok scratch those last few, but the first batch are still good. My uncharacteristically high spirits aside, I am looking forward to this year very much. One thing I’ve come to accept is that nothing happens by coincidence, and the events of this previous year happened for very good reasons. It’s much easier to say that in hindsight (a reoccurring theme in my blog it seems) but standing here at this very moment, things make a lot of sense. My ducks are finally in a row, swimming around happily, unaware of how delicious they taste. (That last bit wasn’t meant to be metaphorical - I just really like eating duck.)
On an unrelated note, I actually had an idea for a bit of semi-creative writing to post up here, but I think I’ll flounder around with that project in the near future. After all, 4:10am is late even by my freakishly night-owl standards. I will definitely try to update more often and attempt to keep you all moderately entertained. Okbye for now.
(I really want to get some Peking duck now…)
(I am aware of the changing spacing/font. Seems to be a discrepancy between my desktop PC and Macbook. Deal with it.)
Barney: Hello, my name is Barney Gumble, and I'm an alcoholic.
Lisa: Mr Gumble, this is a girl scouts meeting.
Barney: Is it, or is it you girls can't admit that you have a problem?
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