elgeeko’s blog

In Fast Company, I saw an advertisement for Chocolate Covered Bacon and thought it to be an absurdity - some kind of bourgeois excuse for indulgence. Friends have corrected me, informing me that in fact the combination of sweet and savory is delicious.

This characterization of chocolate covered bacon transcends the topic of food, and in fact loosely describes my life for the past few months. Sweet, savory, and absurd.

The sweet: great foods, great wines, great conversations. First kisses. Laughing.

Savory is a sense of completion, of success. My exceedingly difficult academic semester ended, and I performed well. Given some breathing room after a feverish pace, I spent three days skydiving. The drop zone crew is one of interesting and adventurous people who challenge and encourage me as I am brought into the sport. Friday marked my first jump out of a helicopter, my first sunset load, and my first formation (hybrid) jump. The sunset hybrid is a jump l will never forget, and it was cool of the more experienced jumpers to include me.

I have found myself recently attracted to the absurd and the surreal. In the last week, I have found myself in freefall, esoteric nightclubs, odd parties, an offshore wedding, and the zoo. (On the topic of parties, I owe a friend beer for being such a cooperative trooper when I arranged for five beautiful “take no prisoner” women to ambush him with flirts and makeup kits.) My strive for more energy and love for life drives my desire for the absurd. I will often augment these experiences with music (trance, trip-hop, or electronica pop) and great people.

Summer on!

Duchamp - Mona Lisa with Moustache (1919)