The title of this post has nothing to do with the post itself. It's just the first thing that came to mind.
In any case, I'm taking this opportunity to give a smoove shout-out to all my homies I left behind in London, Paris, Munich, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. I think about a lot of them often...I wonder what they're doing. I hope they're all happy...they certainly deserve that. I get the occasional e-mail...and it's always cool to hear from them. I usually sense some sort of nostalgia when I read them...like "I'm writing this, because I want to stay in touch, because I really was having a good life when we were working together...and now, it's not bad...but it's not what it was."
Of course, it's distinctly possible that that's totally my interpretation, because I definitely miss certain aspects of my previous life. Mainly to do with travel and paychecks. I don't miss the work, really. And I certainly don't miss dealing with a bunch of senior managers 13,000 miles away who haven't the faintest clue of what's going on locally, and insist on making high-level decisions that drastically impact one's ability to succeed. But I digress. I DO miss a lot of my friends.
Ronchi, Glenn, Phillipe, Christina, Paul, Andrew, Norm, Sharon, Anita, Yush, Edwin, Koura-san, Nili, Ralf, Gaby, Helena, Tim, Quilty, Mel, Dlink...and many more. They're all a part of what made my life tolerable when I hated what I was doing.
Now, I kind of like my job, I kind of like my life, pretty much. I'd like to be out of debt, and I'd like to be making slightly more money...but all in all, I'm happier than I used to be...and while the money thing stresses me out, it's not like I throw up before work and need to deal with ulcers any more.
So I got that going for me...which is nice.
Things are pretty good, actually. Even if I didn't get any shirts printed yet. I still can't decide what I want to print. So I guess I'm not taking any shirts to E3 with me...oh well. Maybe next year.