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On a warm summer’s eve, on a train bound for nowhere, I met up with a gambler. We were both too tired to sleep. So we took turns just staring out the window in the darkness. The boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, you are obviously going to be a big cheese down at the cracker factory diamond lab and soon you will have your GG (Graduate Gemologist degree) and then you'll be wildly successful and have your own cabana boy whose wildest dream is to give you massages whenever you want them. And, of course, to wear short shorts and nothing else.

This made me happy, so I decided to stay in New York and take a position with GIA because even though the pay sucks now the experience is invaluable and will open doors I didn't even know were closed.

I did so love that gambler.

Also? I'm a Gemini.

Edited to add: I no longer work for GIA. But I'm having problems coming up with a bio I'd like more than this one. So we'll just go with that. And I will always be a big cheese at the cracker factory.