I had to go into the office where I do free-lance work
today, to change my password and consult with the team I’m working with at the
moment.
One of the
benefits of working in an office is the opportunity for spontaneous
conversations that aren’t available when one lives alone. I heard two editors
talking about movies—I heard Embrace of
the Serpent mentioned, which had been the topic of my last movie group
discussion—and I rushed over to join in. The two editors were talking up
Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some!
which I had decided I didn’t want to see after watching the trailer. “The
trailer doesn’t represent it,” said one editor in her 40s. I praised Whiskey
Tango Foxtrot, but the editor in his 30s wasn’t going to see it: “I don’t like
Tina Fey.”
It was
maybe 10 minutes having nothing to do with work, but everything to do with
feeling connected to others, and exchanging opinions. That’s the part of
working full-time that I miss, the part that isn’t working.
Because I had
free-lance work on Thursday, I had no time to do my Slice. So here it is, a day
late.
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