OK, here's my new short-term goal in life: make the time I spend at work less like Office Space and more like The Secret of My Success. Only without screwing the boss's wife. (Or whatever it was that Michael J. Fox did illicitly in that movie. I barely remember anything about it, except that it was quintessentially '80s. That damn Yello song. OH YEAH!) She's a perfectly nice lady, just a little too grandmotherly for me.
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FYI I'm not gonna make it to the Sinferno thing tonight, it's too yucky out and my mouth is still killing me.
It's more just about challenge. I think I'm trained to expect a lot of arguing and butting heads in a relationship, and L really doesn't do that. Some weeks her simplicity (and I don't mean that in any sort of demeaning way-- quite the opposite) is really refreshing. Other times I feel like something is missing.
She just doesn't overanalyze all the little things, and I think that's foreign to me because I grew up in a little liberal college suburb where we had the luxury of sitting around all day stoned and contemplating the finer points of the world. She grew up on a farm, working her ass off. I can't look down on her for having a more practical approach to the world. In fact, I envy her a lot. It's just weird though, and I'm not sure if it's what is best for me.
I'd hate to leave the impression that she's not smart, though. She's actually very bright, and she did well in school to boot.