Back in Business

"It must be weird," my brother said to me. "You go from 0% to 100% back to 0%."

I scratched my days' old beard growth and thought to myself, I need a job. It is the sad truth of this existence I lead. When I am working, I am non-stop for about 3-4 months. But then when I'm not working, days go by without me even realizing it. It's the weekend? Oh cool.

I've been out of the workforce for almost 2 months now, and while the first couple days - weeks, I'll admit - were sorely needed and gratefully welcomed, the time since has been agonizing. I've beaten every video game I own, I'm through Season 1 of Breaking Bad, I've begun writing again, anything to occupy my time.

And finally my patience paid off. As of Thursday, I know now that I have a job on the horizon. While I obviously can't go into specifics about what the job is, I hear it's going to be a lot of night shoots (yikes), on a lot of rooftops (eesh), and my "weekend" will be Wednesday-Thursday (ugh). But it will be a break from this current monotony, and I welcome it with open arms.

The job does not start for another few weeks, but the prospect of employment has galvanized me to become a more productive person. I've reconnected in the past couple of days with old work friends over lunch, drinks, what have you. I've been boning up on my geopolitical acumen - watching the daily gamut of political punditry unravel unfold on my TV and computer.

And last night, I ventured out to Columbia, to catch the penultimate Ivy League game between Harvard and the Lions. Harvard's looking to snap a 65-year NCAA tournament drought, but Columbia was itching for an upset. In front of a packed-house crowd, which included such luminaries as Spike Lee and Jeremy Lin, Harvard pulled out the win, showcasing dunks and overall gameplay uncharacteristic of the Ivy League games I used to watch.

So I'm back, o blogosphere. With so much to look forward to - spring, baseball, March Madness (con Harvard, fingers crossed), and a job - I'm breaking out of hibernation. Unfortunately, so is the mouse that lives in our apartment. But I'll leave that for another day, I've got too much going for me right now.