Nov 02, 2005 15:38
okay, so that's everything. american money? check. umbrella? check. emails sent to important people about important flight times? checkaroonie.
make sure you check your flight times, mama.
i've gotten into the habit of keeping a to-do list in my outlook calendar. this is a good habit to get into when the work starts to pile up. i've checked it no fewer than 20 times today, to make sure that there isn't something on there that i could be doing. there isn't. every little detail is taken care of. meetings have been planned. my status on the progress of action items has been reported and documented.
on friday morning, very early, i leave for new york. i'll be travelling by airborne motor coach. i'm looking forward to it quite a lot. you might even say that i'm already there, in my mind. just like james taylor. what will i do when i am there? i don't know. i don't really care either. you wouldn't expect this behaviour from someone as fastidious as i. i sure didn't. oh, i am going to a super furry animals concert on saturday at some place called webster hall. that should be fun.
i is the most commonly spoken word in the english language, according to studies of recorded telephone conversations. humans are generally quite self-obsessed. these are dale carnegie's arguments. he later goes on to advise his reader to always think about what other people want, because other people only care about themselves.
i "caught up" with two very old friends yesterday. one i hadn't seen or spoken to in 18 months, the other something like 30 months. hugs all around. there is only so much you can say to someone like this, as i'm sure we've all experienced, but that's okay. now we're planning to go to broken social scene together. i wonder if these friendships can be resuscitated, and i intend to find out. what's the point of no return? 31 months?
the plan is that once i leave i will do my best not to touch a computer, or look at a computer monitor. don't know if this is realistic. so: fare thee well, everybody! i imagine i go weeks on end without talking to most of you all the time. this just seems more significant somehow??