the [mostly stationary] travelogue of a New Yorker in London

Sunday, January 13, 2008

a little strange

it feels a tad odd to make myself write. i just dont really have any motivation to write. but i know that writing, like most things, is habit. once i get into it, the words will flow and the motivation will come.

i returned friday morning. so groggy i felt insane. fell asleep on the tube, woke up terrified that i would get my stuff stolen or that i would miss my stop. but neither happened. i got home just fine, exhausted and a little high, but home.

i then crashed out like i have never crashed out before. then dragged myself up and out to Barfly to see the Stayaways

[ myspace.com/stayaways]

play. met their significant others

[wonderful amazing fantastically fun girls]

the gig was a tad disappointing, no fault of the boys, the sound tech was really off and they knew it. it was hard for them to get back onto their feet. but i sold some of their singles and got more names for the mailing list

[whoever recorded them this time was fantastic, the sound was so much warmer, not so tinny and cold, just really really good.]

and hung out with very nice people. so it was a good night. im glad that my first night back wasnt one locked in my room, that it was with people. it feels like a change, a good change for me. truly a new year.

then...the past two days i have been sitting here in my room watching Lost. yes boys and girls, i am now into Lost. i have come to care about all of those crazy people on that crazy island

[with the exception of michelle rodriguez. man i fucking hate her. dont know why, i think its that chip on her shoulder, she just isnt cool enough, for me, to pull that off.]

while those two days have been good to me, i am now beginning to get a little restless. i am eager to get back to work of some sort. i have some calls to make, and i guess some emails to send, but i am just hoping, praying that someone will call soon and hire me. i need to feel useless.

otherwise, what am i to do tomorrow. i guess i could clean up my room. go to a museum or something. thats probably a good idea. get up early. be a motivated consumer of art.

its strange living

[i was going to say here, but thats not really what i mean]

living without any real purpose. at college i had papers to write something to work towards...my degree...but here, there is nothing to work towards. just the next job to look forward to, the endless contemplating my

[non-existent and quite potentially pathetic]

love life.

[the previous sentence was not entirely true but im feeling a tad down so i cant listen to the monty python boys in their infinite wisdom]

ok it is time to combat the onset of depression. time to create something for me to do while i while away the hours waiting for someone to call.

now to find what exactly that will be...

1 comment:

Nithead said...

i feel we suffer from the same disease known simply as "lack of school work"
crazy when you are so use to busting ass that when someone isnt giving you tons of deadlines things seems, well... dead.
but
i shall soon join you in the pursuit of amazingness and looking for a kick ass job either in london or new york
we shall hang out more frequently and talk more deeply than in past visits and it will be lovely

ps writing is always good. (and you are indeed a good writer, as i have told you before. or at least should have, but i assume it is always alright to hear it again.)
i had forgotten that (the writing is good thing) for a while
i have sorted that
and in a strange way your blog helped remind me to write more
so thank you once again hannah for your infinite wisdom however unintentional it was this time

i wonder if it notifies you when i write on this thing
hmmmm

anyways its me dave

x