What is going on with me.
It occurred to me that I have not updated this thing for real in quite a long time. Life is good, but challenging. So I graduated in May-clearly. It was insane. Mom, Dad, Glo, and Jerry all came up to New York for the event. I have yet to get my actual diploma, sadly. I suspect that it is sitting in Cincinnati waiting for me. The day after graduation, I moved into our new apartment. The apartment search was a 2 month long extravaganza of stress. We found a place literally 4 days before I was kicked out of the dorm. My parents helped us move in on May 12-seriosuly an exhausting week. The next two weeks was spent making Ikea trips and painting. The apartment has turned out absolutely gorgeous. It is on the corner of 9th Street and 2nd Ave, conveniently located above Starbucks. I LOVE the East Village. I am so glad I got We got white couches-not always the smartest idea, but they were on sale. It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise, since they are bleachable. So far they have had a serious run in with red wine, blood (don't ask), soy sauce, and blue curacao. Youc an see pictures of the apartment on facebook under the apartment album. It has become a real home. Sarah and Jacqui and I work very well together. We have already hosted several INSANE parties here, all of which seem to get inexplicably out of hand. Highlights include:
Me trimming Paul's happy trail in my bed with sewing scissors.
Alexander Farbstein huddling under the dining room table because he was unable to function.
Me kicking a group of pot-smoking strangers out of the apartment because they refused to stop smoking in Jacqui's room.
Cleaning up vomit in various locations and then seeing Jena Malone at the 24 hour Ukranian Diner across the street.
Life after college has been pretty tough. I have been waiting around for the real world to start, and it seems like it will be beginning in a few weeks. My part time job in the Applied Psychology Department looks like it will be turning into a full time job fairly soon. I will be the academic advisor for 100 Undergrads and 300 graduate students. Overwhelming much? I will be making about a decent salary, plus benefits, PLUS I can go to grad school for free. All of which I am excited about. The real job will probably start around the 14th of August. It is a little intimidating.
We have fairly frequent visitors sleeping on our couch. So far we have had Sarah's brother Cooper for a week, Jacqui's friend Soozy for random nights, Anne for two weeks, and various drunken people who stay for the night. Jacqui's step-sister will be here for a week in August. Hopefully Nancy will be spending a few nights here in August. And I am very excited that Josh is coming to NYC soon!
The summer has been good. Paul and I went to the Rufus Wainwright concert at Carnegie Hall in June. He was performing Judy Garland's legendary 1961 comeback concert. It was amazing. It was the gayest event I have ever experienced, in a word: fabulous.
Paul and I also attended "Broadway Under the Stars" which is this huge free concert thing in Central Park every year. A bunch of famous broadwayers perform random broadway songs on the Great Lawn. It was glorious. Everyone takes a blanket, wine, and a picnic dinner and watches the show and there are fireworks afterwards.
I went to Washington to visit the parents a couple weeks ago. Initially, I was only supposed to stay a week (the first of July). But I loved it out west so much, I extended the trip for another week. My parents are in Bellingham right now. It is about an hour north of Seattle, and 45 minutes south of Canada. On one side is the pacific ocean, and on the other there are just mountains. We spent a lot of time communing with nature. Which was glorious after being in New York for 7 months straight.
The weather here is slowly draining us of our will to live. It is so humid and so hot that it is awful to go outside. But you have to go outside to get anywhere. So whatever. I am excited for the fall. Nancy will be in DC which is a scant 3 hour busride away. I can see her more than once every 4 or 5 months. It is so nice to know that the Chinatown bus will be available to me for just $35 and I can see Nancy whenever.
I am a little disappointed to find out that BD has abandoned hope of coming here. I plan on working on her a little longer.
Hope you are all doing well.
Me trimming Paul's happy trail in my bed with sewing scissors.
Alexander Farbstein huddling under the dining room table because he was unable to function.
Me kicking a group of pot-smoking strangers out of the apartment because they refused to stop smoking in Jacqui's room.
Cleaning up vomit in various locations and then seeing Jena Malone at the 24 hour Ukranian Diner across the street.
Life after college has been pretty tough. I have been waiting around for the real world to start, and it seems like it will be beginning in a few weeks. My part time job in the Applied Psychology Department looks like it will be turning into a full time job fairly soon. I will be the academic advisor for 100 Undergrads and 300 graduate students. Overwhelming much? I will be making about a decent salary, plus benefits, PLUS I can go to grad school for free. All of which I am excited about. The real job will probably start around the 14th of August. It is a little intimidating.
We have fairly frequent visitors sleeping on our couch. So far we have had Sarah's brother Cooper for a week, Jacqui's friend Soozy for random nights, Anne for two weeks, and various drunken people who stay for the night. Jacqui's step-sister will be here for a week in August. Hopefully Nancy will be spending a few nights here in August. And I am very excited that Josh is coming to NYC soon!
The summer has been good. Paul and I went to the Rufus Wainwright concert at Carnegie Hall in June. He was performing Judy Garland's legendary 1961 comeback concert. It was amazing. It was the gayest event I have ever experienced, in a word: fabulous.
Paul and I also attended "Broadway Under the Stars" which is this huge free concert thing in Central Park every year. A bunch of famous broadwayers perform random broadway songs on the Great Lawn. It was glorious. Everyone takes a blanket, wine, and a picnic dinner and watches the show and there are fireworks afterwards.
I went to Washington to visit the parents a couple weeks ago. Initially, I was only supposed to stay a week (the first of July). But I loved it out west so much, I extended the trip for another week. My parents are in Bellingham right now. It is about an hour north of Seattle, and 45 minutes south of Canada. On one side is the pacific ocean, and on the other there are just mountains. We spent a lot of time communing with nature. Which was glorious after being in New York for 7 months straight.
The weather here is slowly draining us of our will to live. It is so humid and so hot that it is awful to go outside. But you have to go outside to get anywhere. So whatever. I am excited for the fall. Nancy will be in DC which is a scant 3 hour busride away. I can see her more than once every 4 or 5 months. It is so nice to know that the Chinatown bus will be available to me for just $35 and I can see Nancy whenever.
I am a little disappointed to find out that BD has abandoned hope of coming here. I plan on working on her a little longer.
Hope you are all doing well.