hello goodbye

being back in an office that had been all but abandoned for the greater portion of 2006 is not nearly as comforting as i had imagined. i felt, at least in certain moments, that there was a longing for my return to the world of routine, that there were items of consequence in rekindling such a lifestyle. but irony, as it often tends to do, did not fully reveal itself at the time of those thoughts. after all, regarding the union of myself and my office (and this city in general), it has been quite some time. being here at home, things feel altogether foreign. the city herself may make a fine mistress someday, but in the interim, she's a whore of a long-distance partner. good riddance, i say. my cynicism was beginning to breed jealousy.