Airport

I never really understood those girls in the airport who would openly discuss their relationships and analyze them in excruciating detail. It’s a public place and you are talking about who you hooked up with and how often that you have sex; how good it was etc.

Is it just me, or is that a little odd? Aren’t relationships personal? Maybe I am too private of a person (though this blog would tell you the opposite) to want to go into detail in public and analyze relationships to the detail and extent of some girls that I hear. It’s really amazing to me how people can be so open.

I’m not one to not be open – there are some discussions which may not be fun to have – but are necessary. But, I’m also not one to go into overt detail about things or be pedantic and try to go through every single detail of a relationship. I guess I don’t think that the general population is interested or should know about my every hook up. That’s one of those things that I preserve for girl talk with my close girl friends. Not even something that I normally like to discuss with my guy friends. It just seems a little weird.

I guess it takes a certain type of person to want to talk on their cell phone ALL the time in public. Every free second that they do not have to do work or must do something, is spent on the phone. I would much rather spend that free time doing something that I find relaxing. Maybe I’m just not a social enough person; I like spending time with other people. Just not all the free time that I have. I like having a separate life from other people – and getting time to just chill on my own and do stuff.

Now, it’s a bit different that when I was a teenager. I used to think that you were not cool unless you hung out with your friends all the time – or if no one called you or whatever. I was always trying to be cooler than everyone else. Which; I guess worked to some extent – because there are tons of girls from my high school that remember me – and I honestly don’t really remember them. There are some that I do remember – like Lauren. I was in her wedding. The people that I spent a lot of time with in high school – generally when I’m back in Toledo I still spend time with them. I’m sure that there are a few people that I spent some time with in high school that I wish now that I would have spent more time with – or would have kept up with after graduation. But you can’t win them all.

On to a completely new topic: Moving to Boston

So far so good. It’s all a bit odd, I must admit. It’s kind of like I am starting a whole new life. Which to some extend, I guess, I am. New people, new place to live, new job, new everything it feels like.

I had an interesting conversation with my mom the other day – and I was just giving her a call to tell her that everything was going okay with the move and everything. I’m pretty sure that she doesn’t read my blog. After the pics from Jess’s wedding with the naked boy bums and my boobs being drawn all over while we were all whicked drunk – I don’t think she really wants to get into the details of my day to day life. None the less, she commented that she didn’t think that she could do what I am doing right now. Having everything come at you so fast; the new job, the horrible drive to Boston b/c of all the bad weather, the movers coming and not even able to get unpacked before I had to go overseas.

Honestly, I think it’s really cool and really fun.

In conversation, most of you know that I’m always interested in personal economics. (Read How class works on nytimes.com for the basis of many of my arguments and discussions.) Most people my age aren’t making my salary (except maybe Josh – the bastard) don’t get to travel like I do (hahaha Josh!!! I get to go places ALL the time now!!!! Lollerskates!) and most do not have a college education and thus a way to get to a better place. Even many people that went to school did not get the same type of degree that I did. Even though college was extremely difficult, I really did learn a lot and now that hard work is really paying off in terms of opportunities that I can partake.

That’s really what life is all about – having opportunities and leveraging those opportunities to get you to where you really want to go and do in life.

At least going to Israel, I will really start getting into the meat of the job function and start learning the stuff I need to know. The last few days at work, the guy that should be training me had to go somewhere, so I was left to shadow someone else most of the time. Which was fine, but was really a bad/boring plan B for me. I don’t think I’ve learned that much about anything; and whenever they tried to start something they go interrupted by real work. Since I don’t really know anything I’m not the helpful yet.

Generally the problems that they were having was with the software, which is not something that I feel very confident in at the moment. I guess I will need to learn and start to become comfortable with it all. I’m glad that I’m really getting into something that is a little outside of my comfort zone – this will force me to learn the new stuff. I was always a bit jealous of those people that really understand windows well and can do pretty amazing things when stuff isn’t going right. This will be a great opportunity to learn the stuff and become one of those people.

With all this knowledge I’m going to have – one day I can rule the world. Lollercaust