Spent

It's Sunday afternoon, Redskins are down by a touchdown against the Kanasas City Chiefs, but MOSS JUST CARRIED THE BALL 80 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN!!!!! YAAAYYYY!!!!!!!! Now we're tied. This has been a typical Washington Fall. Olympics passed, everyone returned to work, and now we are all caught up in the whirlwind rat race that is our lives. I've slowly discovered that my new job is possibly more demanding than my days at the ANCA. The difference is that doing it for the ANCA was out of passion rather than obligation. There are a lot of new faces in DC again, but luckily a lot of the old faces are still around, and slowly but surely people are coming out of their shells and socializing.

Me? I am just trying to keep my head above water with my day job and with all the side projects. It seems like every day there is a new project someone wants me to do for free. I usually don't mind designing for free when I don't need the money and the projects are simple. In fact, I wish I could do that all the time. If only I had another source of income that allows me to focus on this stuff, I would forever work for Armenians for free. The hard part is when I start telling these people to either pay up or don't bother asking. That transition is always difficult because they get used to expecting you to do it. But it is inevitable. This is my skill that puts food on my plate and eventually I have to rely on it to survive. For now, I think I'm good, but I might just have to start turning people away before I burn out completely.

As for happenings around DC, This weekend was the Church Bazarre at Soorp Khatch. I went last night with some friends, caught up with other friends, played with the many hamov kids, newborns to toddlers, swarming the place! Bazarres are always good when you just need to feel connected to the community on a social level... and when you need good kebab in your belly. The Catholicos is coming soon, for which I will be taking photos. Halloween is around the corner and I'm hoping to go to the Rufus Wainwright show that night at the 9:30 club. Rufus is by far one of my favorite "non-Armenian" singers/musicians/artists.

There isn't much else right now, and thank God because it is giving some of us a chance to breathe and enjoy each others' company, rather than in a meeting or something out of obligation. That's rare around here. I believe there are things going on, but for once I am happy not to be involved. There's a choir conccert today that I NEEDED to miss, just to know I have that choice. And now the Chiefs just scored a touchdown, so I have to focus on positive energy to the Redskins for another score... they can do it... if they turned things around on the Cowboys, they can do it again... especially with Brunell leading the way!