an update. for reals.
i have nothing to do, and lj isn't blocked at this temp job. yesssssssss.
so. it's my 4th week back in the city, and i'm still not used to things. i have temp work today. it's the first full day of work i've had since i've been back. if it goes well, i might have something for thursday and friday, at this office. it's a hedge fund. the "partners" i'm supporting are all guys who look about my age. the other assistants are all women in their 40s or older. it's...weird. but it's just for today, and it's a paycheck. and my view is pretty sick. so it goes.
next monday i am tentatively starting a longer term position (like at least through june, if not the end of the year) at another fancy office. so my fingers are crossed. i almost wish i could just lie about my "singing career" and take a perm position. insurance would be nice. but the permanency freaks me out. and i do feel guilty about potentially shafting some nice company. therefore, temping it is.
my roommate and i adopted a 20-year-old kitty yesterday. her human parent died unexpectedly recently, and was a friend of the roomie. so we're hoping we can give diva (the kitty) a nice home for the remainder of her life. so far she is adorable, and seems to like her new digs okay.
in lieu of having money-making time commitments, i've been spending lots of time with friends and going to concerts, etc. which is problematic, as i have no money. but it's keeping me sane. last weekend i went to see simian mobile disco spin at the natural history museum, which was really cool. i went by myself, as i don't have many electro-music friends out here. but i think i made some new ones! then, this past week i saw "falstaff" at city opera, which was okay, and a recital put on by my friend's music festival (www.5bmf.org) which was really fantastic. upcoming: a few more djs this month, and a few shows at the met, including a new one by philip glass that's in sanskrit. sweet.
one thing i haven't been doing, is working out and eating well. gotta get back on that.
no exciting singing stuff coming up. this has been bumming me out in a major way. i'm not entirely sure why i came back to nyc...when a person doesn't really know what's next in life, it's an expensive place to try to figure that out. but i think, as soon as i'm acquiring a regular paycheck again, which will allow me to have voice lessons and do other fun things through the spring and summer, i'll be okay. :)
so. it's my 4th week back in the city, and i'm still not used to things. i have temp work today. it's the first full day of work i've had since i've been back. if it goes well, i might have something for thursday and friday, at this office. it's a hedge fund. the "partners" i'm supporting are all guys who look about my age. the other assistants are all women in their 40s or older. it's...weird. but it's just for today, and it's a paycheck. and my view is pretty sick. so it goes.
next monday i am tentatively starting a longer term position (like at least through june, if not the end of the year) at another fancy office. so my fingers are crossed. i almost wish i could just lie about my "singing career" and take a perm position. insurance would be nice. but the permanency freaks me out. and i do feel guilty about potentially shafting some nice company. therefore, temping it is.
my roommate and i adopted a 20-year-old kitty yesterday. her human parent died unexpectedly recently, and was a friend of the roomie. so we're hoping we can give diva (the kitty) a nice home for the remainder of her life. so far she is adorable, and seems to like her new digs okay.
in lieu of having money-making time commitments, i've been spending lots of time with friends and going to concerts, etc. which is problematic, as i have no money. but it's keeping me sane. last weekend i went to see simian mobile disco spin at the natural history museum, which was really cool. i went by myself, as i don't have many electro-music friends out here. but i think i made some new ones! then, this past week i saw "falstaff" at city opera, which was okay, and a recital put on by my friend's music festival (www.5bmf.org) which was really fantastic. upcoming: a few more djs this month, and a few shows at the met, including a new one by philip glass that's in sanskrit. sweet.
one thing i haven't been doing, is working out and eating well. gotta get back on that.
no exciting singing stuff coming up. this has been bumming me out in a major way. i'm not entirely sure why i came back to nyc...when a person doesn't really know what's next in life, it's an expensive place to try to figure that out. but i think, as soon as i'm acquiring a regular paycheck again, which will allow me to have voice lessons and do other fun things through the spring and summer, i'll be okay. :)