Second Life of the Call Center Girl

First, because I love the stories, I wanted to be a writer. But I found that I can make great plot lines and settings, but not very compelling characters. So I studied information technology just in case, and learned to code a little. While I'm not a programmer now, I work in a call center in Quincy. Refer to last post.

Instead of feeling like I didn't accomplish something, it's more like the dream changed. I can still learn to write compelling characters, but instead, I feel like I became a compelling character in a larger story. That trip to New York for the Mysteryland electronic dance music festival came and went.

EDM is fascinating, at least at first. The beat encompasses your whole body, and it becomes a second heartbeat in your head. The voices, whether male or female, pour their emotions into the simplified lyrics, while different overlapping rhythms supplement each other in an orchestra of adrenaline and urges to move your muscles. It feels better to give in to it, and once you do, then you'll find that your own body is in synchronization with pulsing music, your heart is pumping too, and the adrenaline will take over, and it'll all just feel good. When it finally gets repetitive, some people take drugs, but I didn't, and I won't.

The family cruise trip to Alaska was also interesting. No drugs there, but lots and lots of meat and sugar. There were different kinds of meat for the main entree every night, followed by extremely luscious dessert, served by these two Indian guys by names of Deva and Avinash. There are 4 courses: appetizer, soup or salad, the entree itself, and dessert. There's bread before appetizers as well. I thought I would falter in "high" society, but the many forks and knives were pretty intuitive to figure out. Fish is great as an appetizer. I felt guilty the whole time I was eating the delicious veal.

We visited 3 places in Alaska: Icy Strait Point, Juneau and Ketchiken. The first was an island where we were supposed to ride on ATVs and zip riders, but it got canceled due to a storm. Juneau was a giant glacier with mountains sticking out of it, and there was this really pretty waterfall that we all took pictures of. The hike to it was about 20 min, and I enjoyed making my way through the trees. In Ketchiken, we had a forest tour where we looked at different trees, fungi, then bears, and eagles. There was also a guy sculpting totem poles, who you could tell is a huge Native American rights activist. When someone asked if the paint is all natural, he goes, "We're just like you - we take a trip to Home Depot!"

Those were the big adventures. The smaller adventures included rock climbing and sky diving. I have a pair of rollerblades now. I can't use them very well, because I need to actually let go and trust myself to glide, but I mean, I keep my balance and kind of shuffle around.

Rent was raised, so I may be moving again. I know I'm only 28, but I really want to settle down already. Then again, I can't really make a career of taking technical support calls, so I might have to keep going anyway. This means the story will obviously continue, even though I don't know what the next step is, why or how. They say this is what being a twenty something is all about, isn't it? Wish me luck.