returning to a better normal

StartupCo continues to be jaw-droppingly different. Large numbers of employees congratulate each other over email, not just the occasional muckety muck, and deployments of my code to the live site happen at blinding speed and without necessarily any involvement from me.

On a related note, I've completely changed my mind about what I want to do for my Halloween costume. Cryptic paragraph is cryptic.

I'm apparently turning into my mother: lately I find myself thinking an awful lot about ways to improve my apartment like more tasteful guest seating.

Lest you think I've forgotten about Project Girlfriend, let me assure you that I haven't. I have to make things happen before I can post about them, though. Screw this Zen business, at least for now. You can't meet women while you're carrying furniture.