Still suffering the aftereffects of last week's announcement by my co-worker that he's leaving. I guess it's more about my own personal realizations regarding where I am and what I'm doing as a result of it than his actual departure, though I will miss him.
The funny thing is, I find that it's incredibly rare for anyone to say that they know exactly where they will be and/or what they will be doing. I remember when I was in the first grade, my teacher made us all write letters to ourselves that she would mail to us when we were graduating college. She actually kept track of us and where we'd be, and I got my letter when I turned 21. I think I still have it somewhere, although it's a little embarrassing for some odd reason. This little kid was writing in shaky block handwriting about how "future me" would be so rich and successful, already happily married by 21 and making the huge sum of $25,000 a year. Well, I suppose that kind of idealism is nice from time to time.
Anyways, enough of me blathering. My thoughts are way too disjointed and incoherent to be, well, coherent. So here's some music instead. Right-click and save as, people.
Adam Freeland - We Want Your Soul
DJ Shadow - Six Days (Mos Def Remix)