enjoy the silence
I'm gonna try and update this thing once a week. Life's taken me away from writing, and a funny thing about me is that when I write, I keep writing, and writing... When I had nothing to write about that would earn me some cash, I'd write whatever crazy shit popped into my head. It's funny because I've never seen myself as a guy with a lot to say. I have a feeling lots of us have more to say than we'd ever susppect.
So, where have I been? In case you care, I've been all over Europe. Without going into details, a certain company bit off WAY more than it could chew when it took a military contract, so they brought in subcontractors and paid us tons of cash to try and clean up their mess. Things have improved but there's plenty more mess to clean up and Uncle Sam has said they're tired of paying us to do it. So, in a cost-saving measure, we're being shipped off. Funny thing is, there's plenty of government contracts floating around, and they tend to like hiring people over from other departments due to how much effort it saves them (less paperwork, no interviews, etc.) The ones that pay really well, though, are the ones in the danger zones - Iraq and Afghainstan. I havenb't been extended an offer yet, but they've been hinting around. I'm on the fence about it.
As awesome and crazy as these past 7 months have been, I haven't written anything besides e-mails and memos since April. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Whats worse is that I don't have much desire to write anymore -- I'm not sure how I feel about that either. The money's been worth it, or at least I thought so until recently. If I've lost the writing bug because of this job, will the money make me feel better? I don't know.
So, where to now? Don't know. What happens next? Don't know. Do I go home or do I get another overseas contract? Don't know. If I go home, what do I do then? Don't know.
I have no idea what I'm going to do next. The last time that was true I was 18 and it was awesome. Will it still be awesome at 31? I guess I'll find out soon.
So, where have I been? In case you care, I've been all over Europe. Without going into details, a certain company bit off WAY more than it could chew when it took a military contract, so they brought in subcontractors and paid us tons of cash to try and clean up their mess. Things have improved but there's plenty more mess to clean up and Uncle Sam has said they're tired of paying us to do it. So, in a cost-saving measure, we're being shipped off. Funny thing is, there's plenty of government contracts floating around, and they tend to like hiring people over from other departments due to how much effort it saves them (less paperwork, no interviews, etc.) The ones that pay really well, though, are the ones in the danger zones - Iraq and Afghainstan. I havenb't been extended an offer yet, but they've been hinting around. I'm on the fence about it.
As awesome and crazy as these past 7 months have been, I haven't written anything besides e-mails and memos since April. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Whats worse is that I don't have much desire to write anymore -- I'm not sure how I feel about that either. The money's been worth it, or at least I thought so until recently. If I've lost the writing bug because of this job, will the money make me feel better? I don't know.
So, where to now? Don't know. What happens next? Don't know. Do I go home or do I get another overseas contract? Don't know. If I go home, what do I do then? Don't know.
I have no idea what I'm going to do next. The last time that was true I was 18 and it was awesome. Will it still be awesome at 31? I guess I'll find out soon.