Freedom

So Im going to leave for my vacation on Sunday. Yesterday I was pretty happy and excited about this and the bosses call me into the office and tell me I'm being laid off. The company is cutting 10% of their employees (they did that last month too) and Im one of the unlucky ones. And I must say, this kinda sucks. But Im not gonna let it ruin my vacation. When theres a void in your life, it only means that theres infinite potential. Maybe I can start doing something I was meant to do, or something I enjoy. Maybe I can make some good connections at the Burning Man Festival next week. I must say Im not the least bit surprised. Work has slowed to a crawl lately. The price of gas has affected the economy at every level. I even bet a friend at work $100 that we'd be out of work in 6 months. A couple weeks ago I made business cards. I even saw it in the bosses face a couple days ago...he didnt wanna make eye contact. I guess Im ready for the unknown but it still sucks. Anyhow, I'll be out in the desert next week so I'll be hoping for a couple sympathy messages from my beloved deviant friends when I get back. Thanks in advance.

More Synchronicity

More synchronicity and serendipity.
So Ive been gearing up for my annual excursion to the Burning Man Festival. Its always seemed like a time rife with serendipitous events and strange coincidences. Last friday was 8/8/08 and when I went to work I found that the first 5 jobs I had were all on company server 8 ( thats # 8 out of the 10 servers we use). A day or so later, I went out to breakfast with a friend. When we arrived at the place, there was another couple of people arriving at the same time. It was an elderly couple and my first instinct was to get ahead of them so we would be seated first. When I reached the door I decided to be nice and just opened the door for the couple and let them move ahead. There were a bunch of people waiting to be seated and the old guy went up the host and asked for a table for two. His name was also Chris. So I became Chris C and he was Chris W. While eating my breakfast I decided to change my attitude about the burn. I hadn't been sure if I could go and decided that Id just try to go despite all the uncertainty. Just 4 days later, I went to get some food for my coworkers. I went in and told them "Yeah I called in an order for Chris" And they told me that they had two call in orders for a Chris. We had to go by the food ordered instead of my name. The other Chris ordered most of the same stuff as I did, but he got 2 pepperoni pizzas instead of 1. So I picked up the food and headed back to work. I had to make a pitstop first. A friend of mine was making some prints of a poster for me and I promised him a case of Corona. So I stopped at the liquor store and went to pay with my ATM card. The guy behind the counter gave me a big smile and pointed to my name on the card. "Ahhh Christopher!!" he exclaimed.
"Yes??"
"I have company named Christopher!! "
"Oh??"
"Yes I purchase from previous owner. It is called Christopher Nuts!!"
"Really!?!"
"Yes, we sell nuts" He gestured over to an isle in his store. It was the only isle not filled with booze. It was instead filled with dried fruits and nuts.
So here I am getting ready for the Burning Man 08 burn and I keep seeing Chris' and 08's. Whenever I see these groupings I used to ask "What does it mean??" But I think its less about meaning and more about patterns and structure. Whatever it is, I always see it as I said, in and around the burn. Ive got about 10 days till Black Rock City opens. Its gonna be a little hectic getting ready, but I know it will be fun.