LIFE UPDATE:
I’m still in Las Vegas but, really, kinda wishing I was in San Diego. I’m gainfully employed with the same certain seller of books that I have been with for about five years. I even got a fancy little diploma-type thing, as if it really means anything. My company has been fighting an uphill battle for the past couple of years but it’s hanging on. I’m rooting for it, not so much because I want to stay employed but because I hate the idea that the corporate world has eaten up one more thing that is meaningful, and leave us with the other guy.
Mostly, now, however, I work as a barista in the coffee-shop part and am glad/loathe the day I ended up there. I’m glad because it gives me a far more realiable sense of hours, but loathe that I have to go in..every day…wear the same thing…do the same tasks…and not move from behind a counter. I do a good job, however, and am currently being “encouraged” to assume the supervisor position. We shall see.
Anyway, LV is pretty cool. I haven’t gone out much but the people in general are A MILLION TIMES better than VB. I may actually develop friendships with my coworkers and even the customer base is far more interesting! I’ve actually developed professional/casual relationships with some of my regulars. It’s a lot more drama than I’m used to but, at the same time, it makes it that much livelier.
My family is cool except I’m not used to people being all up in my business. It’s not particularly a nosey kinda thing but simply a SHARING kinda thing. It can best be described by my Family’s drinking habit: when they have dinner they only serve one cup and they all share it. Yup, instead of each getting their own cup, they just serve one. I like to drink with my own cup. I’m not averse to sharing but am not really used to it being EXPECTED of you.
Also, it’s been fun getting to know my nieces and, really, my brother a bit better but it’s also a bit offputting to find out the ways in which we differ. Ultimately, my bro leans towards conservative ideals or, at least, is pretty vocal about his dislike for lots of liberal talk. It’s not a big issue because, really, we both follow politics on a pretty casual basis but it still blows my mind.
I lean towards liberalism because it ultimately leads towards….dum dum dum…socialism! Relax, I don’t really mean it in the official term (at least I don’t think I do). What I mean by it is that, generally, liberal thought focuses on others (society as a whole) rather than just “oneself.” I like to think a government is here to help everyone, not just certain people, and as a part of that system I don’t mind providing some of what I have to ensure that others who have not will have the same opportunities. I get this from growing up the way I did and thinking that, somewhere, there is a family just like ours that I will help move forward.
My brother thinks about himself and his direct family only. He’s concerned about how things affect him and only him. For example, healthcare reform was a tough sell for Obama and I, myself, am not 100% sure it happened the way it was supposed to but, ultimately, I supported it because the overall intention was there. Yes, it was going to cost some in order for others to benefit from it but, like I said, in terms of the greater good I am okay with that. My bro is not, simply because now he will have to pay more for the health insurance he has.
Anyway, enough about that. It’s all been cool so far because I employ the tactics I’ve employed all my life: just let it go. I’m coming from one place and he another. There’s a gap countless miles long in between. He’s family and will always be and I’d rather keep a good relationship with him than try to change his mind. It may not be the proper attitude but that’s the one I have. There are far more people out there for me to debate with. I’ll leave my family out of it.
So yeah, the craziness of the move and holiday time have gone and now I’m faced with the ultimate challenge when moving to a new place; dealing with the day to day. So far, that only really includes going to work and being on the computer on this thing or corroding my brain with mindless online games. I’ve yet to actually give San Diego and LA a proper visit and that keeps making me anxious moslty because I NEEEEEEEDDDDDD to sit down with a FRIEND over coffee/tea and just talk about it all. Sorry Tumbls, you’re just not enough!
