workin for the weekend

So this is the weekend, and what have we done? Frolicking about and drinking, so the world can live as one.

I saw Spider Man 3, and I enjoyed it. The criticisms of it that I've heard have been accurate, but unduly weighted. The sited drawbacks of the film weren't important enough to detract significantly from my thorough enjoyment.

I've been watching Firefly, the space cowboy series created by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, and I've also thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm very surprised that it only ran for one season. I'm trying to catch up on Heroes, too.

It's very important that I discipline myself to watch more television.

I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed by this whole "working" thing. For a lot of reasons, it's been incredibly stressful. For one thing, it's really amplified my being-aloneness. After a day of work, I could really use some love from a warm, soft, pretty, sweet smelling woman. I've been pretty fortunate to be able to largely fend off feelings of loneliness during the past few years of single-dom, because I have had a few very close friendships. But as much as I love my friends, they can't provide the snuggle-fests I'm craving these days (also, sex would be nice).

One of my good friends is my roommate, who's moving out this week. This will initiate at least 14 months of living alone. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle it. By August, I'm betting that I'll be having long conversations with myself every night. Maybe it will spur me to be more aggressive and pro-active about dating and meeting women. I will also have more room in the fridge, which will be nice. I'm going to take out the shelves and cram in as many giant, wholesale containers of yogurt that I can find. That's what I'm gonna eat from now on. It's so creamy and refreshing.

The other overwhelming factor is feeling like a grown-up for the first time in my life, in both good ways and bad ways. The short term goals and progressions of academia suit me well. I've always been very good at and comfortable in school. I just hope that I can both survive mentally and succeed at my job in an endeavor that has more cyclical and long-term goals. I didn't express that very well, but you know what I mean, right? Academia is more like a series of sprints, and the job seems more like a marathon. I've always been naturally suited more for the former, both literally and metaphorically.

Ok, enough thinking about work when I'm not at work. They don't pay me to do that, so I shouldn't, right?

I'll try to write more. Sorry for my sloth.