Camel, Horse, Elephant

Post script to previous blog:

I forgot to tell you--El is really cool. She's funny and very sweet. Also, I enjoyed the way she and I kicked your ass at chess.

The Thong That Broke the Camel's Back

Hey Toe,
It was so good to see you and to finally meet El. What a good time--that Korean food is pretty awesome, I have to say. I think I hadn't been to a very good Korean restaurant before, because I really enjoyed every single dish that we had that night.

It was a kick meeting El. I'd heard so much about her from you and from Carol, so it was good to finally be in her presence finally. I can't believe you've been married this long and I have only now met your wife. Ach, I suppose that's our jetsetting life, huh?

I'm back in the midwest. I do like it here. Took some time this morning and went to brunch with C* and our friends here. Funny, but they are our friends now, definitely. I've hung out with them without C* around, so they're my friends as well. All of them are professors at the art department at the university here, and they're all witty and smart. They're a fun crew.

Anyway, I had a great time in DC. I hope to make it back in September some time.

I promise to blog better in the meantime. I mean, except when I am out of the country. I can't promise anything. I do plan to make some internet cafe time to check emails, so I hopefully will get a bloggy moment as well.

That hotel I stayed in, BTW, is all right. I was on the verge of making it my new, cheaper, more centrally located regular hotel, but then yesterday morning I saw a piece of thong underwear on the hallway floor. Coupled with the eerie lighting, the decaying walls, and the rickety elevator, it just made for a less than nice picture. It could have been just some teenage girl's stray underwear, but whatever--I probably won't go back. Am I being a pussy?

Talk to you soon, man.
E-word

Tell me one more time, you like the shoes I wear

E-word,

Our log does go to waste. The days fly by. It's summer, and as usual all that I have on my mind is El, work, school, Ultimate Fighting, and fashion. It's so funny, I totally bore myself, but manage to keep entertained. I don't feel particularly fulfilled, but I think 'not particularly fulfilled' still implies a certain amount of life satisfaction. It's a life, you know? I work on a very interesting and creative project, two nights a week I take a class on finite element method/analysis, and on the weekends I spend lots of time with El.

It could be so much worse.

Part of me feels like I should be longing or maybe striving for more. Ocassionally I'll feel a twinge of guilt for how my life has turned out, but really things are satisfactory right now. It's definitely not a time of me feeling like I'm progressing. I'm going to school, sure, but it's not something that really moves me, it's not something that excites me. It fills the time, and gets me closer to an advanced degree I want a little. I don't want it a lot, I think El wants it for me more than I do, but I must want it a little to sacrifice so much time for it.

Oh, El got her green card last weekend. It was kind of a surprise, actually, as the woman who interviewed us told us to expect to wait 3-4 months, not 2 weeks.

Summer, summer. E-word, it's been a long time since your last entry, and a long time since we've last talked. I hope things are good for you up in your (I'm assuming) hot and humid midwestern town. I also hope you'll be able to make it out here soon as well. It's always good to catch up.

Take care,

Toe