Peace & Blessings/Where I'm Is

Welcome to all,

I'm currently in the formative stages of a journey. An adventure, rather. I'm not quite sure where this road leads, and there was a time when that would have bothered me deeply, but I'm quite content figuring some things out along way. With that said, here's a brief introduction to what's going on.

I just moved to the fabulous, just-barely overrated, dreamer's Mecca that is New York City. Fueled by the desire to succeed and a more-than-necessary, destructive almost, will to challenge myself, I decided that this was the place for me, for now.

I arrived on Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at around 9:30p, greeted only by the locked door of the 6th floor apartment that I share with my cousin. I waited for about 30 minutes or so before she showed up and let me into the place I now call home. Nicely sized, washer and dryer, fast internet. Not bad.

The only major flaw is that we're non-centrally located in Harlem, which is actually quite a remarkable neighborhood, but seeing as how most of my friends residing in New York live WAAAAY downtown, there is a definite lack of convenience. Sucks, but it's no biggie.

I got some temp work at a fancy-shmancy investment firm on Park Ave., which actually sounds much nicer than it really is (the avenue, not the job...no, I guess the job isn't that great either); it's equivalent to some of the financial districts in downtown LA, while the work is supremely boring. Currently, paying rent outweighs the yearning for creative stimulation, though that perspective is rapidly changing.

I'm still getting settled in, looking for furniture and the like, so I have yet to extensively explore the nightlife. It's coming, though, I promise--my career is counting on it! I've got a gym membership and I'm planning to check out a couple of Broadway shows, but other than that, I'm still taking baby steps. I consistently marvel at the opportunity I have been presented, I just have to get my bearings first. I want to meet people and go to concerts and secure a recording contract and get cursed out on the subway, but I have to remember to let it come to me; to let life happen. I'd like to remind myself to force the best from the world, while not forcing it to manifest itself at any particular time. Not sure if that makes sense.

Currently reading: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts On Faith by Anne Lamott
Currently listening: "Baby (Let Me Love You)" by Ready For The World

Peace