Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Do you see what the clock makes me do?

Today's title is from the New Pornographers' album Twin Cinema and the song "Sing me Spanish Techno." Although the song's not really about long office days, I really feel a resonance these days with the line, "The hour glass spills its sand, only to punish you." In fact, I was so intrigued by the line that I had the song on repeat on the way back across the Billy-Bridge today. Just captures my mood, I guess...

Although things have stabilized and we've now moved into a sort of controlled chaos, when that means you're putting in 70-80 hour weeks, you appreciate the the little things that make a big difference in life; for your amusement, here are some of the little things:

  • A 4 mile run before work, with no shin pain
  • Drop off laundry service
  • Modest Mouse
  • Goose Island Oatmeal Stout (yum)
  • A new UK basketball recruit
  • Mocking Matt Lauer
  • Town cars (with the BQE* I'm not sure they're faster than the subway, but being able to sleep on the way home is priceless)
  • Jeph Jacques' comics
  • Pesto
  • A new gym bag
  • Last.fm
  • The Cincinnati Reds (Hey, when a team's this bad, every guy feels like he can be a Major Leaguer!)
Week of 5/14: 27 miles
Week of 5/21: 12 miles

*That's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, for you non-New Yorkers.

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