CALL ME SNAKE

I thought I moved around fast. On a typical day I might quit work at 5, race to the Y for a quick swim, do some food shopping and still get home by 5:30 when the babysitter leaves. But after seeing the movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness”–apparently based on the true-life story of Chris Gardner (as portrayed by Will Smith)–I move glacially slow. That guy was always sprinting, sometimes getting stuck in subway doors and occasionally getting hit by cars. He would stay up nights in homeless shelters repairing medical diagnostic devices and study for a financial exam in transit station bathrooms. Compared to the pace he set, my life seems positively sedate.