summer in the city
September kicked off with a beautiful show at Millennium Park by Andrew Bird that I attended with Joe.
We were all still giddy about discovering our new city, but getting restless about not having jobs. Soon I got offered not one, but two positions and had to make a tough choice between the two: Do i take something marginally within my field that has a very stodgy office environment and 9-5 hours, or do I try something totally unrelated, in a field that is quite opposite of what i'm used to, but has a hipper, younger crowd... but also has much later hours (2-10pm)?
In the end I chose the first. And besides being really bad pay... (seriously, it's the lowest paying job I've ever had and this is my post-degree skills working for me... frustrating...) it is just nice to have stable work and something mildly interesting when so many people are struggling even more than I am right now in this economy.
We scouted out coffee shops, made massive trader joe trips and picked our local hangouts.
On September 10th I snuck back to California to see Annie and we decided to stop fooling ourselves and be together like everyone else knew we were. It was a nearly perfect adventure- even in its imperfections.
* I got to see Ask Alice perform at the Que Sera, sharing the bill with the phenomenal, amazing band: The Youngs.
* We went to the Santa Monica Pier, for a barbecue festival... and despite standing in line for an eternity (HOURS) and not getting ribs (and being subjected to a LOUD, BAD Hair Rock cover band), we still had the best time.
* Just sitting @ Hot Java with the requisite diet coke & jalapeno bagel, reading the district was lovely.
(... and so much more that is blurring in my thoughts as I look forward to being there again in just 14 days)
The day after I returned I started my new job @ MNI. Being the only one tied to a normal work week in the house was frustrating for a while, but it was nice to have something to throw myself into at the point where i was becoming quite homesick.
We were all still giddy about discovering our new city, but getting restless about not having jobs. Soon I got offered not one, but two positions and had to make a tough choice between the two: Do i take something marginally within my field that has a very stodgy office environment and 9-5 hours, or do I try something totally unrelated, in a field that is quite opposite of what i'm used to, but has a hipper, younger crowd... but also has much later hours (2-10pm)?
In the end I chose the first. And besides being really bad pay... (seriously, it's the lowest paying job I've ever had and this is my post-degree skills working for me... frustrating...) it is just nice to have stable work and something mildly interesting when so many people are struggling even more than I am right now in this economy.
We scouted out coffee shops, made massive trader joe trips and picked our local hangouts.
On September 10th I snuck back to California to see Annie and we decided to stop fooling ourselves and be together like everyone else knew we were. It was a nearly perfect adventure- even in its imperfections.
* I got to see Ask Alice perform at the Que Sera, sharing the bill with the phenomenal, amazing band: The Youngs.
* We went to the Santa Monica Pier, for a barbecue festival... and despite standing in line for an eternity (HOURS) and not getting ribs (and being subjected to a LOUD, BAD Hair Rock cover band), we still had the best time.
* Just sitting @ Hot Java with the requisite diet coke & jalapeno bagel, reading the district was lovely.
(... and so much more that is blurring in my thoughts as I look forward to being there again in just 14 days)
The day after I returned I started my new job @ MNI. Being the only one tied to a normal work week in the house was frustrating for a while, but it was nice to have something to throw myself into at the point where i was becoming quite homesick.