h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Lately I've been feeling restless, depressed, lonely, and bored.

Restless because it seems like there's so much more daylight nowadays, and I don't really have much to do to make use of the day.

Depressed because my days consist of only of sleep, work, and martial arts. I don't even have the energy or motivation to play computer games anymore. People always told me that I should go to college so that I can get a good job and live a good life. Well, now that I have a good job I realize that it requires me to sacrifice my life and all the strange and unusual things I could have done with it. Seems to me that the good life was college itself; if I had known what a drag real life was really going to be, I would have never left college. I would have declared a second (and third) major and gotten a masters' degree or five.

Lonely because I don't really have friends anymore. The only people in my life right now are my coworkers, my roommates, and Checkout Girl, although counting her as being in my life is kind of an exaggeration. Perhaps that's why people don't like living in small towns; there's no opportunity to meet anyone new.

Bored because after 3 weeks in the field, I'm back in front of the computer at work, where I'm trying to get remotivated to work on the project that I've been assigned to.

If there is a bright spot in my life, it's the fact that I seem to be pretty good at kung fu.