Great Disappearance :: February 22nd, 2003 ::
Wow, wow, wow. Excuse me, I’ll just mention that I got accepted to law school, then promptly drop of the map, then reappear nearly three weeks later to let you know I’m in Seattle and having a great time with Jessamyn.
Man, it’s been good to see her. It’s funny how much more comfortable and at ease I am when we’re in the same zip code. While Vermont is great, there is definitely feel a certain incompleteness there when I’m on my own, which I am more acutely aware of after spending the better part of three days on the other coast with her. Which leads me to the conclusion that, contrary to the cliche that absence makes the heart grow fonder, it is instead reunion that makes you remember everything you’ve been missing. Now, I’m not exactly sure if that means anything in the long run, but it seems somehow apropos to me at this point.
Addressing more trivial matters: I realized yesterday that this was my first coast-to-coast plane trip, which has a much more significant effect on my perception of time than a trip out here from the Midwest. So I’ve been getting really tired around 10 p.m., and I’ve been waking up at 4 a.m. ready to start the day. Which makes me wonder if one might be able to draw any comparisons between getting older and being jet-lagged.
But, like my first observation, we’ll just have to wait and see if that suggestion means anything.
