just now, i dropped a bar of soap into a pot full of dirty water in the sink. for the slightest of split seconds, somewhere in the “nano” neighborhood i’m guessing, i thought “oh crap!, get outta there, you’ll get dirty in all that filthy leftover bean water” then it dawned on me that i was about to wash my hands … that what i was so worried about was in fact soap. its soap! soap can’t get dirty, fool!!

now, about the sugar…

so, today at my first day at the new gig i’m being instructed by this wonderfully helpful guy – steve. answering my questions, giving me the low down and all’s good. except…i can see a partial desktop image which stirs my curiosity. i can’t see but a corner of it. its driving me nuts…what is it? what is back there taunting me from behind three layers of various sized application windows? is it a toy? dunno. is it a steaming coffee cup with a skull and cross bones sprinkled on top in chocolate? doubtful, but could be. i just can’t see enough of it.

the thought slips away from me as i dive head first into the shot that was given to me. i’ve got a lot on my plate as i’m learning new things. add to that the fact that i’ve been out of work for the better part of 2010 and realize that i’m hungry to work, to fit in, to be a part of something creative.

fast forward 8 hours, i have a question for steve. i head to his desk around the corner from where i was sitting. he is in conversation. i kindly squat down so as not to impose too much. while i wait for him to finish his convo and direct his attention to my squatting hulk, i notice the windows on his second monitor have moved some revealing a more complete picture of the desktop i had pondered earlier. here it is, the relief i’ve been waiting for all day. NACHOS!! it was a photo of his lunch from the weekend prior that he wanted to remember. that silly little picture drove me into wanting to have nachos of my very own, so i did…only i sprinkled mine with chipotle powder that i made from chilies that i purchased the other day while out shopping with claire.

by the way…chipotle powder freakin rules.

they weren’t kidding when they talk about greener pastures in the sense of moving on with life. i just packed my auto full of the necessities, clothes, food, computer gear, bike and hot sauce and drove north just about 10 hours. most of that drive polluted your vision with these greener than green pastures. i’m sure the polarized sun glasses had something to do with it but still, i’ve never seen ground cover THAT green before. so lush and so saturated. during my drive i’ve learned that new zealand has too much water and too much moisture. we’re over saturated. looking back, i had all these wonderful thoughts to share and things to say about my drive but now all i can actually recall is a giant speed smear of green just lots and lots of GREEN!!

i’m excited for my first day on the job. reminds me of when i was a kid and starting at a new school. where will i sit, what does the room look like, whats for lunch, who is gonna be the bully etc… good times!

was in a funk with my junk. didn’t like where i was at while i was wearing my hat. had to change the very strange vision i was seeing. nothin better than somethin wetter than where i currently resided. so it was so that i was to go on a walk to the sea to see what i could see.

claire went along and while she didn’t sing a song, we instead pointed and talked and took silly photos with stuck out tongues. 

part of me wants to go the whole year without working and part of me wants to kill that part of me that wants that. its kinda doing my head in at the moment. see that nail in the photo below? i kinda feel like that right now. but most importantly, i left that funk with my junk down by the sea where i took that pee. (i’m kidding, i didn’t pee…but it rhymed nicely)