it’s certainly been a roller coaster of weeks, this; plenty of ups and downs to share, and i’ll try to summarise, because as we all know, i get awfully wordy if let run amok.
i suppose it’s best to go chronologically, at least for recitation’s sake. last weekend was a bit of lost intention. instead of travelling up to spend a beautifully scorching couple days at the lake, i instead planned to hang with my cousin and play volleyball with some girls he’d met a couple weeks prior… that was the only thing keeping me home and unfortunately it fell through, and tentatively postponed until this weekend, which also fell through. i guess that’s a sign that i wasn’t meant to meet these ladies.
tuesday was saddening as i learned my uncle had passed away. it wasn’t a surprise, as his battle with regaining health was a gradual loss at that, so there was no initial shock or disbelief to overcome, just the wake of sadness. for me, ron was always one of the highlights of each summer’s family reunion, since he always had stories, advice, and other general wisdom about nearly anything i could imagine; and because he was from a different part of the country (deep south)–with its own culture, customs, etc–it was both differently insightful and a special, rare occasion. it’s strange how we as human beings are always chasing one horizon or another, yet in the end we only ever reach one, and have little more to show for it than becoming the benchmark and horizon for someone after us.
thursday was interesting… i happened to come in early due to a malfunctioning internal sleep clock, and found myself thrust into a meeting–fashionably late–where i learned i was being promoted, finally, after two years. the finest details have yet to be worked out, but i’m incredibly thrilled with this new opportunity, even if it means i won’t be directly involved in the design and production of the materials so many people have come to know as my work. at least now i can finally order those business cards with the proper title; i’ve been holding out since my promotion has been ‘just around the corner’ for the better part of this past year, and everyone knows how i like wasting things.
for whatever reason, it seems as if i had more to report, but apparently this is the end for now. progress on the photography gallery is slow but sure; i’ve put many, many hours in, and have only a margin over 100 to show for it, with at least a few hundred more to go; should be interesting to see the time sheet when i’m finished.
listening to:
Songs of the Unforgiven (a morbidly delightful concept album)
Crash Test Dummies
3 replies on “roller coasters aren’t always things of amusement”
just dropped by… you have an interesting page. i will browse through it.
http://cjplantinos.blogspot.com/
Now when you say horizon, do you mean the apparent horizon, the sensible horizon, the celestial horizon, or the Olmec horizon in Mesoamerica?
Because I was under the impression that a horizon, by definition, is unreachable?
‘dumb’…
i guess it would be more akin to an ‘event horizon’ than any of your options.
while i appreciate your attempt at intellectual clarification, that you would suggest options that, given the context, make no sense whatsoever, i wonder how much of my writing is lost on other readers.
and yes, for the most part a horizon is fundamentally impossible to reach, except in the case of an event horizon.