life has officially stagnated
wow, it's been awhile since i've posted. well, i've been busy.
anyway, i can sum up the last few weeks thusly: i didn't get the espn.com job i really wanted and deserved, so it remains exceedingly likely i'll be jobless and without career advancement for the foreseeable future. dad got the idea of going to grad school at georgia tech into my head, but although it would be nice to get a fresh start, i'm really not interested in another four years studying higher-level math. other than that, i basically played a lot of softball, cards, video games, bumper pool, etc. no updates on the best laid plans of the summer (mainly the great chicago burger tour, which i would like to get done), so i have little to make people jealous about when i head back to school.
i visited chambana for the first time in almost two months, but i was there for only 24 hours due to preexisting commitments, so i didn't get to do as much as i wanted. still, we took a fun trip to the batting cages, had a nice group lunch at papa del's, and generally had a good time chilling. i miss the apartment and everyone there (and upstairs), it's just hard to leave naperville.
my mom emailed me two days ago for the first time in eight months. i opened it up expecting it to be something important, and she wants me to join an online banking site so she can get a bonus for referring me. what kind of sick person does this? i feel i must be a much better person with her thousands of miles away, than i would be if she still lived with me. still, i bet 13 years were enough for her to do permanent damage to my personality and psyche.
so, yeah. two months of summer have passed and i'm in the same place i was two months ago, but feeling myself drifting apart from people. how do i get rid of this feeling that i'm treading water? i see only a few real possible solutions:
- go out and meet an entirely new group of friends
- get a baseball-related job to occupy me
- ask out every woman i meet until one says yes
- find a new personal hobby and waste time with it
alas, all of these require more effort than i typically put into things. any suggestions? i will field all of them, no matter how stupid you think they are.
anyway, i can sum up the last few weeks thusly: i didn't get the espn.com job i really wanted and deserved, so it remains exceedingly likely i'll be jobless and without career advancement for the foreseeable future. dad got the idea of going to grad school at georgia tech into my head, but although it would be nice to get a fresh start, i'm really not interested in another four years studying higher-level math. other than that, i basically played a lot of softball, cards, video games, bumper pool, etc. no updates on the best laid plans of the summer (mainly the great chicago burger tour, which i would like to get done), so i have little to make people jealous about when i head back to school.
i visited chambana for the first time in almost two months, but i was there for only 24 hours due to preexisting commitments, so i didn't get to do as much as i wanted. still, we took a fun trip to the batting cages, had a nice group lunch at papa del's, and generally had a good time chilling. i miss the apartment and everyone there (and upstairs), it's just hard to leave naperville.
my mom emailed me two days ago for the first time in eight months. i opened it up expecting it to be something important, and she wants me to join an online banking site so she can get a bonus for referring me. what kind of sick person does this? i feel i must be a much better person with her thousands of miles away, than i would be if she still lived with me. still, i bet 13 years were enough for her to do permanent damage to my personality and psyche.
so, yeah. two months of summer have passed and i'm in the same place i was two months ago, but feeling myself drifting apart from people. how do i get rid of this feeling that i'm treading water? i see only a few real possible solutions:
- go out and meet an entirely new group of friends
- get a baseball-related job to occupy me
- ask out every woman i meet until one says yes
- find a new personal hobby and waste time with it
alas, all of these require more effort than i typically put into things. any suggestions? i will field all of them, no matter how stupid you think they are.