{"id":209,"date":"2005-06-15T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/blog\/?p=207"},"modified":"2005-06-15T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-15T18:31:00","slug":"o-monkey-of-love-where-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ahniwa.com\/old\/2005\/06\/15\/o-monkey-of-love-where-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"O Monkey of Love, where are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an effort to mix things up a bit in my life, I recently applied for a job at the Tacoma Public Library. For those not familiar with Washington geography, Tacoma is about 30 miles north of Olympia on the I-5. It’s a city known for smelling bad, but it’s also got some damned cool stuff going on, a much better darts scene than Olympia, and is half the distance to Seattle. So hey, why not!? I interviewed for the position yesterday, after taking an hour-and-a-half written test the week before, and I have to say that I think it went very well. The commute can be pretty bad between Oly and Tacoma, as far as traffic goes (perhaps even as bad as this<\/a>), which is why I’m thinking of moving up there when my lease runs out the end of July. Whether or not I get the job. There are certainly more jobs available up there, so even if I don’t get this job, it seems reasonable to assume I’d be able to find something in a relatively short period of time. Right? Right.<\/p>\n

While I was waiting to interview (I got to the library a good 40 minutes early), I walked around a bit. The main branch of the library has an art gallery, called the Handforth Gallery<\/a>. The current exhibition is by a group called Beautiful Angle<\/a>. I liked one<\/a> in particular.<\/p>\n

Random bits:<\/p>\n

Daniel Craig is going to be the next Bond. After seeing Layer Cake<\/a>, I think he’ll do a superb job (though he needs to darken his hair). Check it out, and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

Existentialism is, for me, a simple guideline on how to live. “Be.” Or perhaps rather, “You are, so you’d better be enjoying it.” I appreciate it as a philosophy in which people have to take responsibility for themselves, something which seems to be less and less prevalent in our (American) society. I’m curious what other philosophically-minded folks think about society’s views on responsibility, and what role existentialism could play in the modern world. Granted, as a philosophy, it’s a bigger word than most people would like to deal with. Much longer a word than, say, “God”.<\/p>\n

Steamboy<\/a> is playing downtown at the Capitol Theater. I wanna go watch it.<\/p>\n

In parting, remember: the monkey represents sharing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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