B O N D P H O N E.
Words and pictures by Chris Lamb.

Four days off in a row for the holiday is the longest bit of time off I've had since... I'm not really sure. Sometime in the early Summer, definitely, but I'm pretty sure the last time I went this long without working was when I wasn't working at all. This sort of sudden stop, particularly after the long slog that began in August and never really ended, can't help but provide time to reflect on everything that's happened. It feels like several year's worth of work have been crammed into the space of this one, like I've stolen a few extra off the end of my life. Five jobs in the last eleven months, and two of them realizing life-long goals - that's not a good year, that's a pretty decent life.

I remember talking to Patrick back in January and us deciding that this would be the year that made us grow up, at least in the ways that actually matter. If '03 was us and ours owning the world and '04 when it was all taken back as we'd never really earned it, '05 would be when we got down to the business of proper conquest. Nearly there, now, and I'm not sure what's the stranger feeling: to have so much of my blind and dumb stumbling proven right, or to still be around to see it.

posted by chris  # 7:57 AM