I got drunk and looked at the Empire State Building

E-word,

It's been a while. Life keeps whizzing by, I guess, and lately that's been a little daunting for me. These grad school days will hopefully come to an end this December, but the inevitable thing is that El and I will want to have children. Sometimes I'm okay with that, but sometimes I think what the hell, I am not okay with that! How is grad school and babies related, you ask. Well, grad school sucks up most of my extra time. Babies will do the same thing, I'm guessing, to a greater degree. I'm tired as it is. I don't have as much spare time as I would like. grad school equals babies.

Okay, this is a stupid way of connecting my thoughts, but that's what's going on right now.

Eh, I can't keep this up without sounding like a senile old baby.

I guess life has been good. I've been exercising regularly, work has been busy as hell, but I'm getting paid. My summer class isn't bad at all, but it still weighs on me. I have to write a paper by the end of this week to give to my professor, and I'm planning to spend all of July 4 working on it.

I've also been reading consistently, which has been really hard over the past couple of years. The train is really an ideal place for reading. The book I'm reading lately is 'Chromos', by Felipe Alfau. The setting of the story is post WWII New York City, and his perspective on New York is the same as almost everyone else who lives there now. He's fascinated by it, he loves exploring it, and it has a hold on him. I still love it, but I get the impression that we're enjoying a pale whiff of what it once was.

Anyway. Hope all is well.

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