I've spent most of this summer going to bed at dawn and waking in midafternoon. As usual, I was awake today at 4 AM -- except that, instead of grabbing a last snack before bed, I was eating breakfast. Four in the morning looked different from the far side of a night's sleep, and not just because of the thick, cold fog that churned just above the ground, softening the glare of the sodium-vapor lamps and the endless series of green lights, as I drove with windows down and the radio at full volume to the first day at work.
The job -- well, it seems bound to be a decent one, leastaways if the Mukais' shop stays in business, and in candor it wasn't my fault that work is beginning over a month late. Nor do I really mind; I've been reading, swimming, replaying some favorite games, discovering the joys of symphonic metal and ambient electronica. With the exception of Diana, I've nearly sealed myself off from friends. I accuse myself of various motives, but...
posted on Monday, July 24, 2006
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