Well, I am back in action!
Some of you may have realized that I left my left coast post for a few days and went back east. I had an amazing time seeing so many of the people I miss all the time(much apologies to those I didn’t get to see… I’ll be back in August! And you should visit here too!)
I had to get back to L.A. ASAP because (trumpets) I had my first east coast visitors! My friends Ian and Cynthia were on a little vacation and stayed at the apartment of the stars, aka my apartment. It was thrill to be a host, and I felt very accomplished being able to take them to some choice spots. (Special thanks to their Guidebook that helped us find my new favorite restaurant Fred62 - we’re talking peanut butter banana chocolate chip pancakes and a sandwich named after Charles Bukowski !)
So act now and start booking your visit to the Southland…
Getting back into gear has been a little slow going. There is only 6 weeks now left in my first semester back in school, and then I have to find some gainful employment for the summer. I suspect the next 6 weeks will fly by.
Now that the weather is starting to become perfect on a daily basis, spring training is in full gear, and the Stanley Cup playoffs are a week and half away, it’s time for me to start living it up.
There are a few things I’m still waiting on… 1) Celebrity sightings. I’m kind of shocked I haven’t seen one or two out and about at Starbucks or the gas station or the super market… but I have a large net and harpoon ready!
2) Earthquakes. I’m kind of happy and shocked I haven’t felt one of these yet. Actually, I hadn’t really thought about them until I was on the tram to the parking lot at the airport. This older woman was talking to me, excited that I was from New York. She asked if I had felt an earthquake yet and not to worry, blizzards were much worse. I really don’t see how you can explain a massive shaking of the earth compares to wind and snow and a day off from school. But maybe I will be pleasantly surprised.
3) Cockroaches in my apartment – oh wait, scratch that. I guess I’ve been lucky in my life of renting and dorming not to ever run into these disgusting monsters. (There was the spider scare of Twisting house a few years back) but really, find a cockroach is so disturbing. It’s like I know you aren’t alone. I’m not going to go into details on this, but please know – my apartment is very clean, hence my shock, and that tomorrow, the landlady has an exterminator coming in to take care of business. Which is good, because I’ve learned that one of my life goals is to not have to ever deal with this problem again. Gross out!
Okay, talk to you soon!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Yipes! Haven't updated in a while!
I'd like to say it's because life has been moving fast and weaving through the speeding cars on Freeways out here...
But really, I've just been swamped at school. It's strange, last year at this time, I was in the midst of teaching - getting 5- 6 hours a sleep a night- taking a grad class and passing out at 3:30 pm for ULTIMATE NAP ATTACKS on Fridays. Here, I'm doing lots of work, but I don't feel the lack of time to get things done like with teaching. Maybe I'm more focused? Like, rather than work on lesson plans or grade, I'm not cyber-stalking on myspace/facebook? Who knows. Last year, I also felt like I had to balance my work time with my time, which meant stretching my exhausted nights into "productive evenings" which meant going out with friends, watching films, reading for fun (a concept sorely lost on most English teachers I met) writing, etc.
It's strange thinking back to last year - especially last year February - Mid April. Most of that time seems like a blur - I must have been in my groove finally. I think it was when I was having the most fun teaching, and I know I was actually being productive with my writing for my personal essays course. That's probably why I don't recall any memory milestones.
Enough about the past. Even the recent past can grip you by the elastic of your underwear and pull!
Besides, I should be talking about my L.A. experience...
Hmmm... Busy with school... shooting films, writing - both excellent things... er...
Okay, maybe this is a different sort of groove, a transition groove? In a movie we have montages (MONTAGE!) fades, dissolves - title cards saying "3 Months Later" and in writing we are taught phrases like, "Therefore", "Meanwhile", "Quintessentially", and "in essence" to make smooth transitions in our ideas.
Basically, I don't feel my transition phase has ended. I still don't feel 100% myself.
I realized this even more on my wacky 2 day trip to Buffalo, NY for the wedding of the
iconic Michael Behr and his vivacious new wife, Annie. It was quite a travel experience - red eye to Philly - charter plane ( the thing had 20 seats and propellers and you had to actually walk outside and walk up steps into the plane!) to snow encased Buffalo.
I mean, I had just been up to Buffalo a few times in the Fall, and actually it was returning from Buffalo in early November that I received my acceptance letter changing the course of my life for now. It just made me look at who I've been living as the past two months, and realized, I'm still not me!
I'll have chance to reexamine who I was, or am supposed to be this coming week, where I will be visiting "the homestead" for a few days. So if you are nearby, give a call.
Unless you are actually leaving the East coast to visit the West coast the same time I' m doing the opposite. Leaving us the quixotic chance to meet back in L.A. the following weekend for hijinks and In and Out Burger. (cough).
In conclusion,
I haven't updated in a while because I haven't had too much to report. I still need to reveal myself to this town ( by reveal, I mean my personality, not what's in my pants). Most of all I need find that comfort level to not even notice such things.
Either way!
But really, I've just been swamped at school. It's strange, last year at this time, I was in the midst of teaching - getting 5- 6 hours a sleep a night- taking a grad class and passing out at 3:30 pm for ULTIMATE NAP ATTACKS on Fridays. Here, I'm doing lots of work, but I don't feel the lack of time to get things done like with teaching. Maybe I'm more focused? Like, rather than work on lesson plans or grade, I'm not cyber-stalking on myspace/facebook? Who knows. Last year, I also felt like I had to balance my work time with my time, which meant stretching my exhausted nights into "productive evenings" which meant going out with friends, watching films, reading for fun (a concept sorely lost on most English teachers I met) writing, etc.
It's strange thinking back to last year - especially last year February - Mid April. Most of that time seems like a blur - I must have been in my groove finally. I think it was when I was having the most fun teaching, and I know I was actually being productive with my writing for my personal essays course. That's probably why I don't recall any memory milestones.
Enough about the past. Even the recent past can grip you by the elastic of your underwear and pull!
Besides, I should be talking about my L.A. experience...
Hmmm... Busy with school... shooting films, writing - both excellent things... er...
Okay, maybe this is a different sort of groove, a transition groove? In a movie we have montages (MONTAGE!) fades, dissolves - title cards saying "3 Months Later" and in writing we are taught phrases like, "Therefore", "Meanwhile", "Quintessentially", and "in essence" to make smooth transitions in our ideas.
Basically, I don't feel my transition phase has ended. I still don't feel 100% myself.
I realized this even more on my wacky 2 day trip to Buffalo, NY for the wedding of the
iconic Michael Behr and his vivacious new wife, Annie. It was quite a travel experience - red eye to Philly - charter plane ( the thing had 20 seats and propellers and you had to actually walk outside and walk up steps into the plane!) to snow encased Buffalo.
I mean, I had just been up to Buffalo a few times in the Fall, and actually it was returning from Buffalo in early November that I received my acceptance letter changing the course of my life for now. It just made me look at who I've been living as the past two months, and realized, I'm still not me!
I'll have chance to reexamine who I was, or am supposed to be this coming week, where I will be visiting "the homestead" for a few days. So if you are nearby, give a call.
Unless you are actually leaving the East coast to visit the West coast the same time I' m doing the opposite. Leaving us the quixotic chance to meet back in L.A. the following weekend for hijinks and In and Out Burger. (cough).
In conclusion,
I haven't updated in a while because I haven't had too much to report. I still need to reveal myself to this town ( by reveal, I mean my personality, not what's in my pants). Most of all I need find that comfort level to not even notice such things.
Either way!
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