la vida simple

at the same fateful intersection of last tuesday's traffic violation, i found myself welcomely exhausted. a late night deadline, early morning soccer defeat, back to back interviews, and a barage of public transportation and walkable citying had left me stranded there staring at a cross signal with one eye and the lowering sun on the other.

i like this setup of a drafting board, lamp light, and playlist shuffle taking me into the wee hours, forcing the hand to actually design something that will actually be built. weak signaled univision play-by-play adds just enough spice to keep from the cabin fever symptoms of last week. not to say starting an official job will end the honeymoon, but let us not forget bigg's prophecy of mo' money mo' problems.

and i spilled a bunch of milk

if anyone wants tips on simultaneously breaking your car's window while defending your illegal right turn in front of the motorcycle cop you just cut off, i'm giving lectures all this week. though despite the best efforts of both myself and mother nature, i came out of the day mostly unscathed and slightly more employed than the day before. yet i'm not making it easy.

just want to be a better man

right before the point of self flagellation became an entertaining alternative, things have gotten interesting again. pouring out my heart, soul, and resume to the electronic world has reaped a couple of job opportunities that see marc fulfilling two destinies. i can do contract work for an engineer out of my apartment at a low hourly rate which involves trudging through flee infested ram shackles and shortchanging father's day weekends. OR, i can sit in air conditioned comfort, getting my registration credits, whilst earning a great salary with good security and great BENEFITS.

and he seems to have chosen the former. why? well actually i always forget which is former and which is latter, but i can say the design/build engineering gig seems to be a bit more of a risk and thus a challenge to myself. i still feel the need to prove things to the world before i get free health insurance. and i wonder if health insurance covers the soul.

and i feel fine

We seem to have made it through the demonic day of hell spawn unscathed. Lava and lightening filled tornadoes wouldn’t sound that complicated though when compared to the act of God called adulthood. For some reason having placed yourself in a quality position doesn’t make the decision making any easier. I recall an English IV AP paper I wrote that compared the comparative happiness of the educated versus uneducated based upon Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Sadly I don’t remember my conclusion and I got a virus here freshman year that wiped out my hard drive.

Now I sit here a graduate, clinging on to rentable laptops and free wifi on the south mall at midnight checking to see if anyone wants to offer me a job. I have achieved the slacker stereotype.

So in the meanwhile why not have that Austin summer you always dreamt of. Swim, run, and fetch to your heart’s desire. Stroll around the capitol at night and look at fountains. Build a sand“castle” and get a sunburn before the clock runs out. These are the days of our lives.