I've been working the same job for five years, give or take a few days. It's hard to imagine, when trying to think about it as one big chunk. I'm trying to think of anything else in my life that i did or had or whatever, for that long. A list of close contenders....

• live in one place : nope, don't think so. Usually only make it a few years. I was in college for 4 years, but i lived at 4 or 5 different addresses over that time. One of the homes of my childhood might have made it to 5 years, but i've blocked out alot of that, so i can't really recall. Deal with it, it's a nice coping mechanism.



• crush : there was a girl that i met at summer camp that i had a huge crush on, for almost 5 years. on my way out West after high school i spent a few days at her house, and learned more about her than i ever could have hoped for. Still wanted her to run away with me to California, but it wasn't really her that i had a crush on - it was the idea of her. that one's pretty close but since we didn't really do a very good job staying in touch between summer camps, i don't think it counts. Haven't seen or heard from her since.



• attended a school : longest run was a small Christian school that i went to from 4th grade to 8th grade. I really didn't want to go there when my parents transferred me halfway thru the year, but it turned out to be a great school. If there was a school reunion that i would travel great distances for, that one is it. And then there was USC, but i only went 2 years with one major.



• owned a car : i don't think i've ever gone more than 2 or 3 years with the same car. Not that i don't like them or treat them badly, it just seems to be a fleeting affection. Currently, i think my latest car and i have been together for 3 or 4 years. She's not going to last long though. (and yes, it's a she)



• married : this one's a maybe. been married for eight years now, but we took a break for a year there in the middle. So do we count that year in the anniversary logs? Sure, it was good in the long run.

and then, there are the long term afflictions. Mostly thoughts, not things. Funny how that goes.

• movie ideas : there are a few ideas that i've been bumpin' around in my noggin for 6 or 7 years. Maybe they're just fermenting. Maybe i'm just a chicken. Maybe i'm just waiting for the right opportunity.



• musical obsessions : there are few musicians that i've been listening to thru the good albums and bad, for 10 to 15 years: U2, REM, Tori Amos, Pearl Jam, Sarah McLachlan.



• career / job : i don't believe in careers, so it's hard to believe i've been doing the same thing (basically) for the last 6+ years. Somebody please have the kindness to stop me while i'm ahead! There are times where this whole web programming thing is just not enough of a challenge so i wanna quit and do something else for awhile. And there are other times where i wonder what i could do with something that i've really mastered.



• best friend : ten years and counting. ya, still crazy after all these years.

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