Tuesday, May 27, 2008

From an email to a friend in Bethlehem

Yeah, I'm slowly acclimating to life here. I went to see the Boston Pops on Friday night. Some of my parents friends were there, and asking me if I had graduated and what my plans were. I didn't feel like telling them like, "Well I got offers but I didn't like them so I am an unemployed bum, since John Deere didn't like me that much." So I told one of them I was moving to western Tennessee to become a country musician. I told another one that I was practicing for the Olympic horse-shoe throwing Team tryouts. I'm not sure such a thing exists though. Whatever. Anyway, I have an interview with **** ***** on Wednesday. I'm praying (like honestly, in a church and stuff) that it goes well. The job would be in Allentown, so I could keep living in Bethlehem, which would be totally sweet. That way I could pretend to still be in college.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

From an email to a friend in Colorado

Hey. I've been meaning to email you since a couple days after you left, but today is the first day I've really been able to. My life for the past week has been a Pollock painting of activity, alcohol, and the awkwardness of meeting your friend's parents. Knowing that its the last time you're gonna hang out with a certain group of people has a way of making that time just dreary and awful. But Graduation was yesterday. So we've all been churned out into the world, ready-or-not, here we come. And now, after all that build up, nothing. Nothing to do except for apply to jobs, and use email and facebook to try to scratch and claw my way into the life I used to hold as a college student. Its fucked. I know I sound mopey. Its not that bad. Its just a big transition.