Sol Invictus

Today is the darkest day of the year, the start of Winter. Going forward every day will be longer, pushing back the darkness until the wend of the solstice comes around again. My feelings on this day of darkness are mixed. My Fall was exciting, but now that is all over. I'd hoped to be employed by now, but my intent on finding a larger, profitable company to work for rather than another startup has meant a longer hiring process. Prospects are still bright and moving forward on the jobhunt though.

I woke up this morning with a Jimi Hendrix song on the tip of my tongue to Cara with breakfast from McDonald's. She's such a sweetheart sometimes. Four hashbrowns and a strawberry banana smoothie were quickly gobbled down by me before I got ready for the day.

Odd thing just happened to me at Starbucks. I'm sitting at a large table were there are two groups of plastics and where there were seven empty seats. A woman just sat down right next to me rather than any of the other 6 seats which would have put her next to one of the plastics. Apparently giant bearded flannel man is less scary than plastics? How odd...

Lately I've been reading a lot about eastern philosophy. I blame Dr. Strange for putting me on this kick. I also blame the movie for the kids no longer enjoying dad driving fast on windy roads. And I mean roads with dangerous curves, not particularly breezy ones.