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Friday, August 02, 2002
wondering
I wanted to get my teeth cleaned. I thought that before I went to D.C. to do AmeriCorps, I should see my friendly family dentist one last time. Except I didn't realize that my dental coverage stopped when I graduated, and AmeriCorps has no dental plan. Now, as Quentin gently reminded me last night, I'm young. I'm going to be just fine without my annual check-up. But you know.... this whole on-my-own thing is starting to sink in.
16:22
Thursday, August 01, 2002
update
Eliina and Quentin stopped in Emmaus last night on their way to Boston. We went to Perkin's, the best family restaurant ever. (Why is it the best? Because they give you a whole pot of coffee when you order a cup, because you can order just a plate of hashed browns and no one cares, and because they serve breakfast anytime.) Our waiter was a friendly young bearded man with a drawl. It was after 10 p.m. when we left, and we wanted beer. But Pennsylvania is weird, so we had to find a bar that sold six-packs. Back at my apartment, we put down a sleeping bag on the little balcony outside and sat there drinking until we almost fell asleep.
11:28
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
read
Ellen wonders why PricewaterhouseCoopers is changing the name of its consulting firm to "Monday". Also wondering how anything got named PricewaterhouseCoopers in the first place? Ah, mergers. It helps that one person was actually named "Waterhouse".
13:24
realization
It's kinda funny. But nothing makes me feel better about graduation than listening to happy middle-aged people, mostly content with their lives, with kids and marriages and traditions. At lunch today, everyone was talking about trips to the Jersey Shore... how they've been going there for 30 years with all of their old friends and their families. They look at slides from the 70s. (His suit is too tight, and look at her hair!) They sit around over picnic lunches telling the same old stories. Everyone gets made fun of for something, who's the clumsy one, who's the neat freak, who's the lazy one. It seemed to embody what people mean by "settling down." It was comforting for three reasons. - Because the life they described seemed worlds away. And there's a lot that I want to do before I've got anything close to that. It reminded me of what I *wasn't*, despite my post-grad status.
- Because they were talking on a different time scale. Married for 20 years? I've only been alive for 20 years. So no wonder it's confusing at first, right out of college. Everyone else has been doing this stuff for longer than I've even been alive.
- And because someday, it'll be really nice to gather with people I've known for 30 years and spend a week at the beach.
13:00
Monday, July 29, 2002
update
I went to Boston this weekend to see Tara. One of the other interns was driving, and I was reading the map and directions. Everything was fine navigation-wise until we got to the city and missed every single one of our turns. Now I can understand why every person I've ever talked to about visiting Boston mentions that they got lost. There are't any street signs. At least, not ones that we needed. We actually had to find one crucial bridge by counting the bridges we passed and comparing that to the bridges on the map. That's just not right.In other transportation news, the T is very nice. It rides almost as smooth as the Metro, but it's as friendly and laid-back as the El. Unfortunately for Mark, though, there's no standing/walking rules for the escalators.
I also got sick over the weekend, and I'm wondering if it has something to do with Boston itself.
10:56
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