New Zealand (and I'm out the door)
Airports are always funny. I'm sitting here with head phones on with my laptop typing away surrounded by people doing the same. I'm trying get into the zone where I can stop looking at the clock and just stop thinking at all. At least for the next 24 hours (about 22 hours of fly time with about 8 hours in layovers.)
When I checked in at the airport the woman at the counter was in the zone. She was just processing me with minimal interest until she saw I was going to New Zealand. It was funny to see it get her mind working again. She started asking me about what I was doing and telling me how much fun I was going to have. She even asked me if I had a girl friend "state side." When I told her I was single she gave me a motherly wink and hoped I find a nice kiwi girl. Why does everyone think I am going to find a girl down here?
For anyone who missed last night's just-one-drink it turned into Mikey drunkenly walking North on MLK from south of Failing Street while wondering out loud, "How the fuck did I get this south? Really?"
I still don't have a good answer. And to my taxi driving friend, I know you were working but that was not the last impression I wanted to leave with you. Though it was beautiful.
I have not posted a blog-ish for a while. Not since I was laid off from ACS I think. That was June and wow. That's about eight months!
Well, I have not had a steady job since but am somehow still managing ok. Working 4 years at the same place for decent pay gave me a pretty good severance package and ample unemployment. Really, getting laid off ended up giving me a lot of opportunities having a job would have prevented. I was able to go to my cousin, Chris's wedding in Connecticut and since I had nothing to come back to I stayed in New York with my brother, Jaime for a few weeks.
I went to South Carolina for the first time in a few years and stayed a month. I had been gone long enough to appreciate some of the nice parts about it. I traveled the area visiting old haunts. There was a morning where I was in a Huddle House so hung over staring down at greasy eggs and grits while "Free Bird" played on the juke box. I was so miserable and yet so at home. It was a blast seeing all of you whom I had not seen in five or six years. So much has changed; so much has stayed the same.
While in the South I was able to find a lot of under-the-table work and lived off that for a while. And now this New Zealand gig is perfect timing. Again, thanks to my amazing brother I have a free place to stay and may have a chance to work on the "Wolverine" movie they are filming down there. The opened ended flare to this trip is very exciting. I have a 12 a month work vise, a backpack, and a one-way ticket. I have a few expectations but I am not holding on to them too tightly.
I'll be in touch (and you do the same.)
When I checked in at the airport the woman at the counter was in the zone. She was just processing me with minimal interest until she saw I was going to New Zealand. It was funny to see it get her mind working again. She started asking me about what I was doing and telling me how much fun I was going to have. She even asked me if I had a girl friend "state side." When I told her I was single she gave me a motherly wink and hoped I find a nice kiwi girl. Why does everyone think I am going to find a girl down here?
For anyone who missed last night's just-one-drink it turned into Mikey drunkenly walking North on MLK from south of Failing Street while wondering out loud, "How the fuck did I get this south? Really?"
I still don't have a good answer. And to my taxi driving friend, I know you were working but that was not the last impression I wanted to leave with you. Though it was beautiful.
I have not posted a blog-ish for a while. Not since I was laid off from ACS I think. That was June and wow. That's about eight months!
Well, I have not had a steady job since but am somehow still managing ok. Working 4 years at the same place for decent pay gave me a pretty good severance package and ample unemployment. Really, getting laid off ended up giving me a lot of opportunities having a job would have prevented. I was able to go to my cousin, Chris's wedding in Connecticut and since I had nothing to come back to I stayed in New York with my brother, Jaime for a few weeks.
I went to South Carolina for the first time in a few years and stayed a month. I had been gone long enough to appreciate some of the nice parts about it. I traveled the area visiting old haunts. There was a morning where I was in a Huddle House so hung over staring down at greasy eggs and grits while "Free Bird" played on the juke box. I was so miserable and yet so at home. It was a blast seeing all of you whom I had not seen in five or six years. So much has changed; so much has stayed the same.
While in the South I was able to find a lot of under-the-table work and lived off that for a while. And now this New Zealand gig is perfect timing. Again, thanks to my amazing brother I have a free place to stay and may have a chance to work on the "Wolverine" movie they are filming down there. The opened ended flare to this trip is very exciting. I have a 12 a month work vise, a backpack, and a one-way ticket. I have a few expectations but I am not holding on to them too tightly.
I'll be in touch (and you do the same.)