stretch

empty. things have picked up a little bit... some bright spots on the horizon, but it's important to be patient. hopefully once this bloody exam is over, i can put "Get A Life Plan B" into action. thinking of:

- working with the alien, widow, fatherless, etc.
- get in shape
- relearn to drive
- learn about the really fun finance stuff ~ i.e. build some models of my own
- some kind of outdoorsy stuff

still working on the relationships (not The Relationship - that's been put on the back-burner for now... possibly to stew =p). but its probably gonna be hard to rebuild the old structure from college. and the old-old structure from wayyy before isn't relevant anymore. not many worth cultivating there. it is important to cultivate a wide variety of people, and yet not sink into the mire of plain "networking".

what's necessary will be confidantes. with a home base you can take on the world. but they ain't easy to come by. and very few people make good confidantes.

it feels quite odd. i guess it's the suburban rot setting in. away from the squalor (sp?) of West and North Philadelphia, poverty feels distant. even in the Neighbouring Country, the areas which i frequent don't really have poverty. yet it is a very real issue that was one of those which caused the government great losses in the last election. where are the deeds? replaced by an empty "let them eat cake" mentality, when i give from the wallet (not nearly enough) but not from the heart.

a lot of economic-type thoughts floating around, with good analysis, but somehow they don't quite make it to writing. maybe someone can suggest a topic for commentary?