Window of Life
(Christopher Cross – Swept Away)

Last week I went to a seminar on new wireless business phone systems at Nortel. On the way back I get a crack in my windshield from pebble that came from a truck tire. I call my insurance company and find out that it’s covered under comprehensive damage and I would have to pay my $300 deductible to have it fixed. Not as bad as I had thought but still $300 out of my pocket. So I mention this to my boss at the water cooler and he told me to have it fixed and to bring in the receipt so that the company could reimburse me for the cost since it occurred on company time. My company rocks!
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Back in high school I had a friend who liked this girl. Though the girl was nothing special and personally I thought my friend was too good for her, he still pursued her like there was no other woman in the world. Even after being rejected numerous times. He pursued her for about 2 years before she finally gave in and went out with him. Last I heard they were still going out in university. I lost touch after that. It’s not too uncommon to see a guy pursue a girl relentlessly like that, is it? You see it in the movies all the time. Have you ever seen a girl pursue a guy like that? What is it about us guys that allow us to have such a high tolerance for rejection?

What’s the longest you’ve chased after a girl/guy you’ve liked? I believe my longest pursuit was 2 months. I’m like a cheetah when it comes to pursuit of girls, I can run really fast but distance is a problem for me.
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I have a laptop running by my desk with a screen saver that runs a slideshow of pictures. Vacation pictures of a co-worker of mine. It’s refreshing. It makes up for the fact that I don’t have a window to look out of. It’s like a window into someone else’s life sans the rainy weather, rush hour and the annoying people. Probably too idealistic but it beats watching real life sometimes.

One day I’d like this slideshow to be pictures from moments in my own life, including the occasional bad moment. Hopefully it’ll still be as pleasant to look at as someone else’s vacation pictures.