anywhere but here

[kaydeefalls]

So I did the thing where I randomly burst into tears in the bathroom this morning because I'm so unhappy with my life and feel like a failure for no reason and shit like that, but I'm not going to write up a long emo post about that. Instead, I'm going to channel my energies into getting the hell out of DC in the next six months, because while I

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[pocky_slash]

Well, I don't have a lot of experience with theatre in Boston except that there's, you know, a lot less than I was used to, growing up and going to school in and around NYC. The public transit isn't that bad, depending on where you live. I know a lot of people who don't have cars and get around just fine using the MBTA (my roommate was one of them before I moved in with her). It's kind of a pain that it doesn't run after like 1am, but I am an old person who is generally in bed by then anyway.

It all depends on where you end up living, I think. We live in Somerville, just outside of Union Square so there are a zillion buses with easy access to two of the subway lines. I have a former co-worker who lived a little further out on the Orange line in Medford and had more of a problem getting places unless he took the Orange line into Boston and transferred. But, overall, while I bitch and moan because I'm used to a zillion subway lines/buses that run all the time, Boston is a comparatively small city so it's not actually that bad.

Job wise, I'm not sure I can help, given how long it took me to find a job in the first place. I know a lot of temp agencies! But I don't know that I would actually reccommend any of them.

But mental health wise, I say go for it and I'd reccomend going somewhere you know people already. Having that built-in network really helped me feel comfortable in a new place right off the bat. But, even when I was jobless and miserable, I never once regretted moving here because I knew where I was--even though I had a job I tolerated and a steady income and a roof over my head and connections--would have been worse. Sometimes, even when it seems crazy, you have to make that break to get rid of an environment that's not doing you any favors. ♥

(Also, my roommate used to do theatre here and I can ask her if she still knows anyone in that industry.)

[kaydeefalls]

Yeah, the DC Metro shuts down at midnight on weekdays, so I've pretty much resigned myself to the lack of 24-hour transit. Hmph.

I am a bit worried about being able to find work in Boston -- there aren't very many regional theaters in the area. And I'm not very familiar with the city itself (visited a lot when I was a kid, but not recently). But, yeah, the built-in network is a big pro -- one of my best friends from high school lives there now, and the (relative) proximity to NYC helps as well. Hmm.