twenty-ten: year of the lobster?
we’re more than two weeks into 2010, figured the new decade was worth an update. so far not a lot going on, but the semester starts up again tomorrow, and while for the last couple years this hasn’t meant much, i have to TA again this semester. i had planned on being done at the end of last semester, but that plan got derailed when i had to teach. the only thing i got out of that experience was that it confirmed what i always knew to be true: i could never be a professor, and i don’t want to teach. however, what this means is that i need to put in some extra effort if i want to be graduated and unemployed by world cup time…
in other news i also turned as old as steve this week, which means i have just under a year to enjoy what’s left of my 20’s. i’m pretty sure i used to imagine 30 as a somewhat arbitrary gateway into full adulthood: i was supposed to be gainfully employed in my career field, have a wife and kids, a dog, and a house (with a 3-car garage for the boat). well, i have the dog. got some work to do on the rest. but perspective certainly changes with age, and it turns out there’s really nothing terribly special about 30 after all. if by year’s end i can secure a decent job (is abuck inc hiring janitors yet?) in a good location i’d be content for the time-being =)
