The Departed

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Anyone still here has gone long past loyal and arrived at creepy. I appreciate it, nonetheless. I made mention before of my traveling plans and now they are commenced. Actually, they’ve mostly happened. I am in New York City, just returned from a road trip to California. Today I started a brief stint at my old workplace, Caravan of Dreams.

I should write something, but I’m tired and I really just want to watch the rest of Slings & Arrows Season 3, which I am terribly fond of and may just motivate me to finally take a Shakespearean acting class. So here, this post counts as an update and an entertainment recommendation.

My day starts too early tomorrow. I have not worked in eight months and now I have offered to wake at five A.M. to begin work at six. I do not miss this life and my brain is lockjam and scraping metal as it moves to figure out how to make the sabbatical last forever. If anyone is still reading this, you obviously love me enough to give me a grant of, oh, say, twenty thousand euros.

Actually, I know who is reading this. Hello, Apollonia. I love you and miss you. Enjoy Italy. I’ll be home soon.

Comments

Courtney C said…
Thanks guys. I missed you all. Good luck. I love you too, A.
August 20, 2007 at 5:14 AM
Coleen said…
hey Reilly, just wanted to let you know I reading. love ya marmee
August 20, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Coleen said…
love you A, marmee
August 20, 2007 at 7:28 PM
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