Have I mentioned how wonderful life can be when you're doing something you want to be doing? This is such an odd feeling for me, since I've never really worked at a place that I've had a burning desire to work at before (well, at least, not since I graduated college). The oddest thing is that even when I was walking in the front door to the office and they all were expecting me and had everything set up for me, it still seemed so surreal that I half-expected everyone to all of a sudden say, "Surprise! Just kidding! You're not really working here!"

But thankfully, that never happened. I'm working in a great atmosphere doing something I really like with some really cool people who I can already tell I'm going to enjoy working with. Yes, folks -- I am glowing. Years of drifting aimlessly through life and looking for a path, and I think I've finally found myself. Now all I need is a kick-ass apartment and a hottie California girl and I'll be completely set. You have no idea how wonderful I feel right now.

In other news, I'm fairly amused by California politics. I'm seeing all these commercials on TV for gubernatorial candidates -- basically, it's a smear campaign. One wants to move the Republican party more towards the center, the other is criticizing him for it and extolling the virtues of Reagan and Bush. Personally, I didn't think they had any virtues. Plus, the whole church-and-state line is being blurred with the candidate's declaration of how he's such a great guy because he believes in the all-healing spirit of God.