There were many things I could do for two or three days and earn enough money to live on for the rest of the month. By temperament I’m a vagabond and a tramp. I don’t want money badly enough to work for it. In my opinion it’s a shame that there is so much work in the world. One of the saddest things is that the only thing that a man can do for eight hours a day, day after day, is work. You can’t eat eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours — all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy. –William Faulkner
Nishi has been going into work very early all week, arriving at the shop by 0600. I’ve started working full weeks too, and Nishi commented today that all we do anymore is work. Lately, when people ask me what’s up, I just reply with ‘work.’ I’m beginning to remember why I tried so hard to avoid this.