me assigning meaning (again)

isn't it funny how sometimes life develops themes all on it's own? all you have to do is pay attention and possibly render it in meaningful form, like a resume. this year so far seems determined to give me business startup experience -- something i'm not exactly going to fight, even though i decided way back at the beginning of my business major that i would never become an entrepreneur. but life says i will at least play with it. my internship has morphed into bringing a genetic identification device to market, and my job will now (most likely) place me at the new store through the first year of budgeting and protests (and i do mean protests; some of the more... local-focused... locals are expected to adamantly oppose the continuing commercialization of our fair city -- fun times all around, i expect).

since i firmly believe that things come back, this makes me wonder how these experiences will re-materialize in the future. if the past is any clue, the future manifestation will certainly be unexpected. not necessarily large, mind you; the survey-taking that we did in econometrics, for instance, has reinvented itself as a marketing survey for my internship, but it's only a small piece of the puzzle. parts of paris have shown up, life experience-wise, all over the globe. it all cycles.

the most interesting part to watch, though, is the reappearance of people. usually not the same ones, with me, but ones that represent the same things, fill the same niche, or react in the same ways as those who came before. similarly, moving on but staying in touch lets you revisit, through old friendships, old parts of yourself. sometimes it's just nostalgia, a recognition of what used to be. others, it is an opportunity to re-develop (through the prism of new experience) a characteristic you thought you had lost but realize you once again need. most of the time, granted, this isn't done consciously. but when it is, or when you catch it... interesting is really the best descriptor i can come up with. i'm having trouble with those this week. anyways. it happens. so i guess what i'm really saying is pay attention. it sort of parallels with enjoy life as you live it -- not only because it's the only one you've got, but because you'll see it again, and hopefully it'll be easier the next time around if you've kept your eyes open this time.