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this is where i've been living the past couple of days:
yes, that is an ap stylebook on my couch. shut up. here's the other angle:
it's not very big, but i like it a lot. here's the view:
so, not optimal.
anyway, i spent most of the afternoon walking around central park and the area surrounding my apartment. here's a few of the things i saw:
rockefeller center. the city's crawling with midshipmen ashore for fleet week. maybe i can go see one of the ships after i move closer to the ports.
a statue of atlas across the street from st. paul's cathedral.
my first in-person philip johnson building: the museum of television and radio. (i couldn't get far enough away from it to get a good angle of the whole thing.)
living statue in central park.
tiny piece of skyline.
this is by far my absolute favorite thing from today. it might look familiar if you've seen 'angels in america,' but it's better known as the bethesda fountain. it was included in the original plans for central park and it's surrounded by a great courtyard. i love this fountain.
i also walked up to the metropolitan museum of art, but i didn't go in (i get my times ID soon and all kinds of perks and free museum admission and fun things like that) and there was scaffolding covering most of the facade, so that was a bit disappointing. on my way home i also saw a very dark and empty-looking carnegie hall.
i spent most of my afternoon walking, but i did spend quite a bit of time reading the times in the park next to a statue of robert burns, which was delightful, thanks to the lovely weather today. after tomorrow, i'll be separated from all this by not a few blocks of walking, but by a subway ride. i don't want to move again, and the very idea makes me tired. but i'm trying to stay upbeat and not get too nervous about starting my actual job.
garrison (from bootcamp) and i had a good conversation over dinner (same cafe we ate in last night.. that waitress is going to think we're strange) in which he told me i wouldnt' be here if they didn't think i could do it, which was sort of what i needed to hear. it's still so hard to believe that in just a few days i'm taking a giant step into the professional world.
i'm going to end this now before my internet connection dies again, but there'll be more updates later. i'm struggling with taking pictures.. i have to do it quickly so i don't look like a bloody tourist, so they haven't been turning out as well as i would have liked. i'll work on that. next update will come from greenwich village.. exciting.