It is really a sad state of affairs when people have to get intoxicated in order to "enjoy" time and relax. When there's so many things that one can do without resorting to alcohol, drugs, etc. I still don't understand why people insist on causing themselves harm.
And yep, you guessed it, Parsifal again today: Kna '62 on my way to work and back. At home I kicked back and relaxed with... well, Parsifal; but this time Barenboim's version. How can someone not know and enjoy this work? It is when in the presence of these great works of art that one realized all that man can achieve. Many of these geniuses are sadly not with us anymore but their spirit lives on in their works.
When compared to that I ask myself how important it really is to toil day after day so that a company can make more money. 80 years from now I will definitely not be around and by that time it will be absolutely irrelevant.