saturday afternoon in new york city
again, i have postponed the new york city job search. hopefully, tomorrow will be the day that motivates me to search the city more thoroughly. i've compiled a resumé of my past employment, but i've still gotta call up my former GMs at bennigan's and j. alexander's to see if they're comfortable with my listing them as references (which i intend to do immediately after this entry). i'm hoping that this resumé will bring an end to this search (even though it hasn't actually started yet).
i spoke with josh, the guy i'll be interning with at miramax, yesterday, and it seems like everything is pretty much set for me to begin on tuesday. i've gotta come in a little bit earlier to fill out some paperwork with the human services department, but typically, i'll be working from noon to 5 p.m. or so, 2-3 days a week. i'm excited, but i'm still hoping that the internship will actually be as involved as they made it out to be when i visited in early may.
so far, it's been a great day. i got up a little before noon, and while i had my heart set on attending an open house session at the new york film academy, as per usual, i ended up running a little bit late. i think they've got a number of open house sessions scheduled throughout the year--here, los angeles, chicago, and pretty much every other big city--though, so i'm not too worried about missing it. instead, since i convinced myself to make an effort to attend what was left of the open house, i ended up walking around the city again. i didn't end up buying anything, but i did check out a bunch of thrift and antique fairs around midtown and stop at a pretty nice goodwill store. i came back to the apartment to fix my ipod then headed out again to work out.
the weather has been great since getting back from cape cod--i don't even need to keep the fan on in my room (even though i still do) since it's been pretty cool out. the constant state of sweat that was once so familiar hasn't been around much.
backtracking, cape cod was a great time. the house greg got us was better than we could have imagined--kaitlin and mandy had their own rooms, and mandy's had two beds--and even though the weather had ironically dropped to 50 degrees or so for the first time the entire summer (and during our long-awaited week on the coast), just seeing everybody made it worthwhile. it was so good spending time with chris, rob, greg, mandy, and kaitlin again--although there's no doubt that we missed nick, meesh, danielle, and our other ithaca favorites throughout the trip.
i came back yesterday, and upon checking my e-mail and such, i was pretty excited to come across a little e-mail from lelah sitting in my inbox. i talked to bluvie yesterday, and as far as i know, she's still coming to stay over here a week from tomorrow... i've still gotta figure out if i'm going to the dave concert up in saratoga with greg and chris at the beginning of july... i'm hoping to figure out something good for july 4th with kaitlin... chris is still finding a weekend to come to the city... michelle told me that it's now very likely that she and clare will be up near the end of july... danielle and i should be pulling something together soon... i'm still working on jared and lelah... and of course, hopefully, a certain kate levinson can make it out.
this running through my head--along with simply talking to my favorites from BG and ithaca--i realized that i can't imagine what it'd be like not seeing or keeping in touch with the people who make it all worthwhile--my family and my friends. another thought that brought this to mind is this: after two or three more summers, doing what we all do now will be a little more difficult to pull together. we won't be kids anymore. it's all a little hard to take in (and strange to think about).
that's enough contemplation, though. it's all good, i miss ya'll, i'm hungry, and i'm heading out.
i spoke with josh, the guy i'll be interning with at miramax, yesterday, and it seems like everything is pretty much set for me to begin on tuesday. i've gotta come in a little bit earlier to fill out some paperwork with the human services department, but typically, i'll be working from noon to 5 p.m. or so, 2-3 days a week. i'm excited, but i'm still hoping that the internship will actually be as involved as they made it out to be when i visited in early may.
so far, it's been a great day. i got up a little before noon, and while i had my heart set on attending an open house session at the new york film academy, as per usual, i ended up running a little bit late. i think they've got a number of open house sessions scheduled throughout the year--here, los angeles, chicago, and pretty much every other big city--though, so i'm not too worried about missing it. instead, since i convinced myself to make an effort to attend what was left of the open house, i ended up walking around the city again. i didn't end up buying anything, but i did check out a bunch of thrift and antique fairs around midtown and stop at a pretty nice goodwill store. i came back to the apartment to fix my ipod then headed out again to work out.
the weather has been great since getting back from cape cod--i don't even need to keep the fan on in my room (even though i still do) since it's been pretty cool out. the constant state of sweat that was once so familiar hasn't been around much.
backtracking, cape cod was a great time. the house greg got us was better than we could have imagined--kaitlin and mandy had their own rooms, and mandy's had two beds--and even though the weather had ironically dropped to 50 degrees or so for the first time the entire summer (and during our long-awaited week on the coast), just seeing everybody made it worthwhile. it was so good spending time with chris, rob, greg, mandy, and kaitlin again--although there's no doubt that we missed nick, meesh, danielle, and our other ithaca favorites throughout the trip.
i came back yesterday, and upon checking my e-mail and such, i was pretty excited to come across a little e-mail from lelah sitting in my inbox. i talked to bluvie yesterday, and as far as i know, she's still coming to stay over here a week from tomorrow... i've still gotta figure out if i'm going to the dave concert up in saratoga with greg and chris at the beginning of july... i'm hoping to figure out something good for july 4th with kaitlin... chris is still finding a weekend to come to the city... michelle told me that it's now very likely that she and clare will be up near the end of july... danielle and i should be pulling something together soon... i'm still working on jared and lelah... and of course, hopefully, a certain kate levinson can make it out.
this running through my head--along with simply talking to my favorites from BG and ithaca--i realized that i can't imagine what it'd be like not seeing or keeping in touch with the people who make it all worthwhile--my family and my friends. another thought that brought this to mind is this: after two or three more summers, doing what we all do now will be a little more difficult to pull together. we won't be kids anymore. it's all a little hard to take in (and strange to think about).
that's enough contemplation, though. it's all good, i miss ya'll, i'm hungry, and i'm heading out.