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reasons to move (part II)
11. There are so many options of “stuff to do” here that it almost becomes like there’s no options. It’s hard to choose, it becomes overwhelming. And then (especially if you choose the more popular options or go at a regular time) it’s so crowded that you don’t get the full experience and it seems like too great an effort ( Read more... ) -
REASONS TO MOVE (part I)
1. Too many people here- crowds in trains, streets, stores, bars, i.e. every damn where you go ( Read more... ) -
time to move on
Here's where I resurrect the ol' LJ. And this time it's not to exorcise personal demons! (see below... er, actually, nevermind, I don't recommend it). No, this time I am planning and scheming, and at some point this may entail soliciting advice from strangers-- that's what the Interwebs are for, no?
Chances are no one is reading, but herein I ( Read more... ) -
and now for something completely different...
"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself."
~ Katherine Hepburn -
further stock-taking
Exhumed from deep iBook storage ...... 23 April 2007 ( Read more... ) -
To recap
In the last year I have:
- Moved 3 times (Washington Heights, Manhattan---> Park Slope, Brooklyn --> Prospect Heights, Brooklyn---> Union City, NJ--> ??)
- For the first time in my adult life, not lived right in NYC. It's disorienting at best.
- Lived with multiple semi-random Craigslist roommates. Decided I am too old/ornery/reasonable/not ( Read more... ) -
wilderness takes over
Yesterday in port authority this bird that looked too big to be of the pigeon variety ( Read more... ) -
choose your own adventure
Once there was this girl who lived in a happy little dreamland with a boy. It wasn't really always so happy, but they both were very well intentioned, and there were sparks and thus potential ( Read more... ) -
new & improved! addendum
Think of this new venture not as one of those desperate attempts at "starting over" by adopting new screennames & thinking that will actually change things...
Rather think of it as a new series of dispatches or as "Ashtabulafish II: Return of the Fish."