So, I got invited to the final EMI Film & TV Thirsty Thursday to take place in Hollywood. The department is being evicted from the tower and moving out to Santa Monica in two weeks (twooo weeeeks), and will continue to chug along indefinitely as members of the publishing office.
I don't know if I'm gonna go.
I've said goodbye so many times, its starting to get ridiculous. Each new goodbye hurts just as much as the first goodbye, yet- it feels increasingly more meaningless. Aside from those that have already moved on (and Jake), I'm not particularly close with the remaining department. Visits with them feel forced and fake and awkward. I'm not 'happy' that their commutes will suck and EVERYBODY gets cubicles, but it does feel like karma has come around.
I came up with a new metaphor for EMI: its like having a dear auntie with horribly unchecked type-2 diabetes who keeps refusing to change their diet and monitor their blood sugar. They still ignore common sense/ medical warnings and chow down on processed crap and skip insulin shots. You love them despite their refusal to help themselves... but as the disease progresses, you start to lose pity and wonder why they don't just change their ways. My diabetic EMI has multiple limbs amputated, and still continues to operate same as ever. They ignore the OBVIOUS signs and march forward towards death.
But what if I had one last chance to walk through the lobby and see all the gold records.... and take a few more pictures... and ride the elevators around one last time.... and remember how much I loved it there. It might be worth it for that.
The true pity in this whole situation is that my beloved tower is also on its march towards death. Its an icon that outlived its meaning, and no longer houses its peoples. The recording studio is still functioning- but there is no way the studio could fill up all 12 floors with enough employees to make leasing the office space worthwhile.
Next stop: Condo town. I can only hope to be rich enough to move back in one day.
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