My hair doesn't actually grow quite this fast, but it does grow fast. My hairdresser...barber...whatever you call them these days, is always surprised at how ridiculously fast my hair grows. I think it's because I'm super manly.
Moss doesn't have it quite so well.
-Ash
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Another Day Another Year.
I have now been living in the small town of Alfred, NY for more than six years. I spent five years in college and have now been a part of the real world for a whole year. Yay for me. Alfred is located in what is generally considered the western portion of the state, far beyond the reaches of civilization, though not quite as far as Buffalo, where a world akin to that of Road Warrior thrives in the post-industrial rust belt.
I never really understood how someone could spend their life out here. It is a gorgeous place, but, after a while, you start to get a feeling of isolation. It's not so bad when you're a college student. You have friends and girlfriends and boyfriends; anything you want or are willing to work for regardless of gender or sexual preference. But when you live here and work here as a college graduate your options become limited. Do you spend time with your coworkers even if they have nothing in common with you? Who do you date if you're not in a relationship? What the hell do you do in your free time?
The answers are "no", "no one", and "Beats me. Maybe I'll go play videogames."
And so I start my seventh year here in the wondrous town of Alfred, NY where the "favoring sun ever shines" as the university's alma mater is so keen to remind us. The cycle starts anew with freshmen and freshwomen all of whom are fresh from high school and their summers. And a brand new year's worth of work awaits me. Oh joy. I hope it's a good year.
Hmm...looks like rain...again.
-Ash
I never really understood how someone could spend their life out here. It is a gorgeous place, but, after a while, you start to get a feeling of isolation. It's not so bad when you're a college student. You have friends and girlfriends and boyfriends; anything you want or are willing to work for regardless of gender or sexual preference. But when you live here and work here as a college graduate your options become limited. Do you spend time with your coworkers even if they have nothing in common with you? Who do you date if you're not in a relationship? What the hell do you do in your free time?
The answers are "no", "no one", and "Beats me. Maybe I'll go play videogames."
And so I start my seventh year here in the wondrous town of Alfred, NY where the "favoring sun ever shines" as the university's alma mater is so keen to remind us. The cycle starts anew with freshmen and freshwomen all of whom are fresh from high school and their summers. And a brand new year's worth of work awaits me. Oh joy. I hope it's a good year.
Hmm...looks like rain...again.
-Ash
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