You write prose once and then it's done.
You write a song and you can sing it over and over forever; each time it's different and new.
Why doesn't everyone just sing?
Why do I know how to write sentences, but I don't know how to compose verse?
I think I quite grandly screwed up when I was learning my particular skill set.
My brother went to school and became an artist. I went to school and learned to be an architect of bits. When we were young, we both liked computers, we both liked to draw. As he became a teenager, the drawing won out; for me, well, you can guess. Could it have gone the other way? I think it could. It has a lot to do with our upbringing.
It's late, and I can't articulate the differences between my brother and me. I spend a lot of time thinking about it, though. Sometimes I wish I were more like him; I wonder if he ever thinks that about me.
Together we're formidable. With our father, we're unstoppable. With our mother, we're solid as a mountain.
I suppose that makes me lucky.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Saturday, May 5, 2007
But we're all planning to meet
I looked at the government's 'travel' website today and learned what it would take to get a US passport.
Really, it's not so bad. I could do it tomorrow.
I see the next year or so going like this:
1. May 15 - Talk to my boss about my career path with respect to our company. More specifically, what I'm going to be doing there in the future, and how much I'm going to be paid to do it. Shortly I won't be able to afford to maintain my current standard of living on my present salary because...
2. September 1 - Move into an apartment of my own in Cambridge. I've decided I need to live by myself; it's just something I need to do at this point. I've been reliant on having other people around for so long, the next step is honestly to learn to rely on myself more.
3. Sometime in 2008: Well... I'm still figuring that out, but I'm starting to believe that the best thing for me to do at this point in my life would be to try out some new places. And I don't mean Cambridge vs. Brighton.
We'll see.
Really, it's not so bad. I could do it tomorrow.
I see the next year or so going like this:
1. May 15 - Talk to my boss about my career path with respect to our company. More specifically, what I'm going to be doing there in the future, and how much I'm going to be paid to do it. Shortly I won't be able to afford to maintain my current standard of living on my present salary because...
2. September 1 - Move into an apartment of my own in Cambridge. I've decided I need to live by myself; it's just something I need to do at this point. I've been reliant on having other people around for so long, the next step is honestly to learn to rely on myself more.
3. Sometime in 2008: Well... I'm still figuring that out, but I'm starting to believe that the best thing for me to do at this point in my life would be to try out some new places. And I don't mean Cambridge vs. Brighton.
We'll see.
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