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Maybe they'd have to hold each other when it rose, all organe and full and close. Maybe that's where our romantic notions about the moon first came from. Two people holding each other to keep their hearts from breaking, because everybody they knew was dying in the cold rocks and dust piles a quarter million miles away...
The Brothers K
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søndag, august 29, 2004
I'm adding yet another thing to the List of Professions which I am considering for after graduation: airline pilot. I just got off a flight to Copenhagen, in which I sat next to this uber cool retired pilot. He spent the entire flight telling me about all the different places he's visited, and some of the experiences he's had. He speaks five languages fluently, all learned while being a pilot. He owns a 52-foot sailboat in British Columbia, where he spends one or two months every year living on the boat, fishing for food. (If he could live anywhere, he said, he's choose BC. Gives me yet another reason to go check out Vancouver.) He was in Congo, in 1961, when there was a civil war happening. He was flying helicopters for the UN, and was shot down by guerillas. When he lived in Thailand, because his 2-year-old daughter had a Thai nanny, she refused to speak Norwegian and instead acquired Thai. Now, he spends most of his time in the mountains of Andorra. How does that sound for a cool life?? Although, with my ridiculously poor eyesight, I probably would have to become a stewardess instead. He said, though, that that kind of life is hard on the family, since "it's a life in a suitcase." It's also hard on my hair, as evidenced by the static caused by the dry air which is in turn causing my hair totally frizz.
In case you were wondering, I've also considered a whole host of ridiculous professions, from cruise director to interior decorator. Wonder what I'll end up doing next year :)
In other news, Microsoft's new mouse, which is supposedly "museum quality," looks remarkably similar to Apple's standard mouse. It's just got a blue (or red) stripe down the middle, is all. Points to Apple for being cool; points from Microsoft for not. :)
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