Sometimes, you know when a new post is happening. Sometimes it happens all by itself. Sometimes you must make it happen. This is one of those times.
When I last spoke up, I had finally arrived as a new transplant in Chicago, United States. I had secured income, and had more or less converted to my new land. Well, the months have dragged along, fall corrupted into winter, the thermometer receded (Fahrenheit thermometer mind you), winter broke its grasp finally about mid-March and things have been cool, quiet, and, uh, covalent for the last month.
My job is of the QC analyst. I’ll not bore you with the details, I know most haven’t the slightest desire to hear about high pressure liquid chromatography, but suffice it to say it is a job I am more than cut out for. My real problem is the commute. I am forced, in a city known for its elevated public transport system, to drive more than an hour each way every day. I think about the gas I spend doing this, and the miles I put on my car, and it makes me uncomfortable with my own personal outlook on self-sufficiency and environmental impact. But we are a country of capitalists, not fringe pinko leftist hippies, and those $$$$DOLLAZ$$$$ must be made. So until I can gather the components to take the next step in my life, ‘is where I’ll be.
I’ve been here only a few months, and have seen a fairly regular cast of house-guests and etc passing through this wonderland. Some stay a while, some a short while. Good times are always had with company. There was a passing fancy, and an interminable case of the blues. And that brings us to the present. Spring is here. I go outside when I can.
And I have watched some TV. God have I watched TV.
I hope this helps, Gregory,
~HLC
