Alright, so yesterday I met with a candidate. She was great. Today she called to let me know she'd accepted another offer. Such is life. I'm a bit bummed.
"Well it was a pleasure meeting with you."
I hang up the phone and think for a moment about nothing. I focus, re-focus. Something catches my eye, a bright streak of wrinkled light. It's me. I shift my attention to the strange, reflective envelope that has been sitting on my desk, partially obscured by other resumes. I peel back the flap and remove the substance, nothing much more than the superficial, than the exterior: another reflective sheet, a rectangular mirror, eight by six. I hold it up, its shorter edges between index fingers and thumbs. I stare. It's me. This is what I look like.
This is what I look like. I slowly bend the mirror backwards and watch as I shrink away, becoming narrow and sharp. Then I bring the edges in towards my body and I grow large again, becoming fat and blurred. Until I explode. Suddenly, I am three. There am three of me. There are three of me. Suddenly, there are three of me. I stop there and think for a moment about nothing.
If there were three of me, we wouldn't need an intern. I consider bringing the magic reflective sheet into John's office.
"John! Hold this in front of you and bend it until you are three."
This way, we will accomplish so much more. There will be time for the recording projects, there will be time for the concerts, there will be time for the magazine, there will be time for friends and family, there will be time to eat and clean.
I focus, re-focus. I turn the sheet over to inspect the other side. It is not magic. It's an invitation to Milan for the unveiling of the new Muon Loudspeakers:
An exciting collaboration between Ross Lovegrove, one of the world's foremost industrial designers, and KEF, the world's most technologically innovative audio manufacturer.If they're so technologically innovative, I think to myself, they would teleport me there. I can't make it to Milan on my own. Maybe if I were three. *** I was only somewhat interested in these odd-looking loudspeakers, until I listened to Ross Lovegrove speak. Then somewhat became entirely.
