Thus far…
3 Sep
Vintage shopping with my friend Mallory
I’ve officially been in New York (well, technically New Jersey but only the truly obnoxious would ever really give a crap) since May 15th. Tomorrow bookends the highest number of consecutive days I’ve lived here. True, I moved back in May, but I have been out of town for the majority of my residence. It feels good to actually feel like I live here. Since I’ve been back, I started working and auditioning regularly, showing my out-of-town friends the city, and taking Donut on long walks in Central Park. We are healthier (and skinnier!) because of it. Ran into a couple of crazies, of course, one of which called Donut the N-word a couple of days ago while we walked down Madison Avenue. Ridiculous. Who calls a dog the N-word?
Gidget and Donut watching TV
My apartment and roommates are lovely. We’re getting another little roommate soon named Baxter, who happens to be a toy poodle belonging to my roommate, Kim. How Gidget and Donut will handle this new addition to their lives, we’re not sure, but it should be quite an adventure. And quite noisy. From what I’ve been told, Baxter loves to play with toys. Donut does not like to share his toys. We’ll see.
Bryant Park
I’ve been waiting for something to piss me off since I’ve been here. Having moved so much within the past 5 years, there’s always something that goes horribly wrong in the beginning that makes me question every decision that led me to my current situation. Last week, there was not one day, not one that went by where something didn’t make me want to jump in front of a train. I went through each day saying to myself, You knew this was coming so just deal with it, you big baby. By the end of the week, all I wanted to do was stand in the middle of Times Square and cry my eyes out. No one would notice, they’re too busy looking up. When I found out my grandfather died almost two months ago, I was in Bryant Park, bawling. While my friend Nick went to fetch me a margarita to calm my nerves, no one stopped to offer sympathy. That’s asking too much, I guess, especially on Movie Monday.
Babies on the bellies! Sarah, Gidget, Donut, and I
Anyway, the bad things have thankfully passed and now things have started to settle a bit. I’ve been working on my music and have recorded one track already which will be available soon as a free download. Writing new material has been a bit of a challenge lately. My muse has been misplaced for the time being. Inspiration comes in snippets these days and I do my best to write everything down so I won’t forget. I hope my muse returns soon…I miss it.
Maybe later it will all come together. I hope so. I really need my muse back. And I really need to update this blog more. I blog in binges, I apologize.
Till next time.
