The corporate escape artist

Is someone who comes into work at 9.30 a.m. because he won’t get parking space for his car otherwise. His motivations for coming early, like his motivations for most things in life, are driven by time and practicality. He is a dedicated employee to his employer and a reasonably nice colleague to his colleagues. He does not really need to walk around, even within his office. He does not really need to talk to many people either.

His back turned to the world at large, the corporate escape artist looks at his laptop screen with a love he probably reserved for the eyes of his first girlfriend. Because his laptop screen is, like the eyes of that girl, a portal into a world he can get lost in. Here, he has made travel bookings and plans for a vacation he has not had since his honeymoon. He has bought the trekking gear he will use someday. Most importantly, he has resigned from his job. The corporate escape artist sees things beyond the sight his spectacles show him.

for a 26 year old, the ideal situation is to be in a cafe off the crowded roads, reading murakami or faiz ahmed faiz. her hair piled up on her head so the breeze cools the back of her neck. she could be drinking anything at all -  she would not think about it as much as natalie did in "delicacy". maybe a cigarette would sit on an ashtray nearby, smoke curling out of it. she probably is listening to music. she probably isnt, if the place is quiet enough.

why must this 26 year old live the life of a character in some french movie? because she can and because she doesnt need to be anywhere else.