Escorts with PhDs.

So, since I have been ill, I have allowed myself a few breaks during work and re-watched some episodes of the Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It is a TV show about escorting in the UK. Two things:

-it is based on a book written by a real call girl. I was surprised to find that the author actually has a PhD in forensic science and is currently a researcher. She says she needed to support herself when she wanted to become a researcher in London after finishing her PhD and escorting was the way to do it. Kinda broke the image of a prostitute one would have in mind.

-in the version I watched few years back there was a very strong scene with a great song playing in the background. I remember it, because I spent some time googling that song and consequently started listening to other music by the same singer. So imagine my surprise, when I watched the same scene and the music was completely different. I was not sure, if my memory was that bad, or if I had gotten crazy. What a mindfuck..
(I have searched for other copies of this scene and others had the song I remembered, so I am not a total nutjob.)

I thought that Christmas will be this magical time. Suddenly all my troubles would go away and all I would think about would be decorating the Christmas tree (we got a really fabulous one this year), cooking and celebrating.
Working for an NGO combined with a demanding master's studies, a high volume of lab work and a job has been taking its toll on me. So I hoped I would be able to take a step back, relax and just do nothing for a few days. I was stupid to think that. Now I'm sick (virus received with compliments from my brother), there is plenty of work to be done by the end of the year and no time to do it. Gotta love the "holidays".

It is easy to become attached to someone. Either you instantly click or you spend some time together and before you know it, you get to know and understand the goals, ideals, hopes and dreams of the other person (at least to some extent). They stop being a stranger, a part of the faceless mass, and start being a part of your world.
And yet, what matters the most and what defines everything is your motivation for getting close with someone and their motivation for getting to know you.