Hey friends! I am about to write my first serious attempt at a blog. I'm sort of excited. So my internship at a public accounting firm in Birmingham is coming to a close, sort of. I have two and a weeks left without actually going anywhere to work. What this means is that I am chillin at an office and if I'm lucky will get 20 minutes of work each day.
I'm reading this book called "Life of Pi" (thanks Ryan for the recommendation). If you haven't read the book, it's about an indian boy who has to survive on a life raft with a bengal tiger. It gives a detailed account of how he fills his days on the sea. It's really interesting but you get the feel of how monotonous and draining it would be living out on the sea with a tiger. Pi organizes his day giving himself small things to look forward to. He fishes in the morning, checks the raft, feeds Richard Parker, the tiger, journals some, ect.
I sort of feel the same way here on my internship. I altenate between reading internet news articles from NPR, checking my email, drinking the free Yoohoos, and playing solitaire. It's not too bad and it's nice to get paid.
For those outside of Bham who want to know about what's going on with Elaine and I, we put down a deposit on an apartment last Saturday. It's part of a house that was split up. It has lots of window and is fairly spacious. It's near Roho in the highlands. We're busy with wedding stuff but we feel we're making headway and are excited about the showers coming up.
I need encouragement about whether my post was sufficiently informative and interesting. Tell me how I can improve. Elaine you can give me editing suggestions. Matt, the Yoohoo thing was for you.
I love you guys and am thankful for you all.
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8 comments:
yay! you guys are so grown up, with a job and house and all. that's exciting!
ps. it was a good post.
babe, that was great! i'm so excited that you posted on the blog!
now, for my editing.."two and a HALF weeks" in the first paragraph, lots of windowS, and Rojo in the last one.
not to bad ;)
I thought it sucked. I've already heard all of that before. Tell me something new next time.
Excellent post. I loved the connection between your life at the office and Pi's out at sea. I felt as if you posed a challenge to your readers in suggesting they decide who it is we best identify with. Thank you. You're an inspiration to us all.
great one! i think i read life of pi in a post waaaay back when...it was a good book. let me know when you get to the end and we can have a book group talk about it over skype. glad all's well with you!
babe, im so excited that you are making so much money doing nothing! im proud of you and taught you well. and tigers are awesome, so way to go.
now, for my editing... got nothing. but if you are pi on the raft, i wanna be the tiger with you all day. and you feed me. well, i love you, too, elaine, thats why i dedicated my comment to you. imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. ok, talk to you soon.
nice work keith. unlike the a-hole next door, i thought your post was, well, precious.... and was that Yoo-Hoo on my bed from you? I don't know if I've been so excited to go to sleep for a long time
matt, who you calling an a-hole, a-hole? we will settle this in 2 weeks if that was directed towards to me...if it wasnt, and it was directed towards one patrick sewell, well then, forget this ever happened and count your blessings...or we can still wrestle for fun in 2 weeeks, yay!!!
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