Today was the first day of work.

At my new job.

It ownz your lesser, mortal, not as cool as mine, job.

Well, no, but I like to pretend. I'm happy here; I was happier at EA than at Sony, but this place has something that EA and Sony lacked. Career potential. Real career potential. And if that fails, so be it. I can go back to school.

I'm kind of relaxed with regards to the future at this point, though. Things could go wrong, of course, things could still go horribly wrong.

But I'm relaxed, calm.... I think this is more of what contentment is.

So, to go to work, I have to walk, essentially, four blocks. I walk across the parking lot of my apartment complex to the train-overpass, which happens to be conveniently located. I walk across the parking lot for a Home Depot on the other side of the tracks (I come from the wrong-side of the tracks, baby). I walk one block to an intersection. Cross two streets. Walk to an expressway (I take the pedestrian underpass), cross the two onramps, then cut through a parking lot about another block down the road and I'm there.

Total walking time is about twenty five minutes, but I don't mind. After I've managed to square away some of my debt (which is, honestly, minimal; I'm really trying to save up enough money to get people presents for Christmas this year, since I've blown it for the last three-four years due to being terminally poor) I plan on getting myself a bicycle, then my commute time will be cut in half. Fifteen minutes to and from work.

The morning commute will be especially nice, as it's going to be completed at about 5:30 AM. The home commute will be at a much sunnier 3:00 PM, but that's fine by me. That gives me two banker's hours to go to places that keep ... well ... bankers hours.

Though, I'm noticing more and more places seem to be gearing themselves towards being open during odder hours. Not that I'm complaining. Used to keeping somewhat strange hours myself, it actually suits me quite well.

I wonder if the government will pose that x percentage of people in major metropolitan areas should do their work on an inverted schedule to try and alleviate the traffic and overcrowding issues some places are experiencing.

Nah. It's novel, but really, poorly thought out, ultimately.

Anyway, sleep and SSX 3 are vying for my attention. Shiny....