Current mood:	contemplative
Current music:	Chopin, "Prelude No. 10" (Argerich)

Who on earth are Crockett and Tubbs?
Slightly odd occurrence today. My eleven o'clock had called to cancel, and I decided to get out of the office for a bit. I went around the corner to a counter restaurant and ordered some fish and chips, or rather French fries, if that's still the proper American term. Struck up a conversation with the chap next to me. We ended up having a great deal in common; we were both expatriates (he was from Canada originally), we'd both moved from a small operation to a larger company (he'd been in some manner of dot-com that had gone under a couple of years ago), and we'd both had recent troublesome episodes with our assistants (his was protesting having to work overtime, and demanding a copy of his job description from the head HR office). As we were talking, it occurred to me how completely ordinary my life had become. In all my years of training, of being a Watcher, of fighting alongside Angel, I had always been involved with things that were difficult, if not impossible for the general public to relate to. The effect was not without its isolating factors. Now, I'm a research consultant at a law firm. What could be more commonplace?

Of course, not all of my office-related anecdotes are suitable for public consumption. After all, most research consultants don't have the power to order the death of someone millions of miles away. I have no doubt that the course we chose was the right one. I think, however, what Spike said to us the other day paints far too simplistic a picture of what's happening here. Perhaps being at Wolfram & Hart will change us, all experiences do, after all. But I think even Spike knows that leadership matters, that even if we can't change everything overnight, having someone at the top with a different mindset does make a difference. While I think we're all uneasy about the choices we've made, if we falter now, if we accept Spike's judgment as fact, we will be just as lost as he expects us to be. And his insinuations are entirely inaccurate; with the resources we currently possess, we're perfectly capable of handling any potential complication. We simply felt it would be helpful to have a second souled vampire on the team. It's not as if they grow on trees.

Speaking of complications. I'm not sure what Angel plans to do about Eve. If she truly is connected with the Senior Partners, it will be difficult to dislodge her. However, if she did indeed double-cross the Partners in question, we may have our dilemma solved for us tout de suite. Whatever the outcome, we must keep a close eye on her until the matter is decided. I will certainly make it top priority.