First Job...

Wendy called on Friday and said she had work for me starting Tuesday, temp, just for a week at Getty Images, 75 Varick Str. The pay is pretty decent and its basic data entry, research, spreadsheet, blah blah; she called this morning and said it'll take another day or so for the background paperwork to go through, so I'll start the job on Thursday now instead, fine by me! Monday Night football and some beers sounds in order. But I'm ready to start work, its been 3 weeks now and the Bank Account is dwindling--Monday Night Football doesn't help! I'm anxious to start Thursday, but calm as well--Now worries---my newest credo when it comes to dealing with the world of work, etc..stay calm, this isn't a big deal!!! and away we go...


Lets bounce Red Sox Nation out the door, Lets Go Rockies!

My mind has changed... but God I like it!

I have been transformed, by sorts, I mean coming back to New York has really lit a flame inside me that just makes me happy to be living in the everyday; the Now realized, in parts. Yeah, New York is still full of rude, annoying, no eye contact making douche bags, but thats part of the charm; charm equal to disgust, but God I like it.

In the Moment
(new poem--10/19/07 5:40 pm)

This is clear,

this vision,
this version

this is calm

but not so calm
that nothing moves,

there is forward
and anywhere
movement

this is excitement

let it spill onto
your shoulders,

let it make

a rift
in the gritty
spasm of things

as it has
done in me

this is clarity

there is
enough to
go around.

So, am i off to Brooklyn tonight to see Fredo, or maybe to the Livingroom with Nelly, Robert and Priscilla, or maybe Seany Rotes and posse will call and we'll do whatever he does these days, maybe I'll do a few other things completely, or two or three in one night... I love that my life has more options these days. Its good to be back where you are part of a collective...It does me mind and soul plenty well... We are Borg, resistance is futile!

We're howlin foreva...

On the job hunt, howling at the midday Manhattan sky, the sun, lost in an opaque film of who cares and get out of my ways,, beautiful, back in New York, loving it. Went on a temp agency interview, no big deal, nothing to lose, basic stuff, but I've never been as calm in an interview as I was with this woman Wendy. If all interviews, big or small, could go like that, I'd be CEO of Mike's Cogs tomorrow; that makes no sense at all, but you see, I'm high from elation at how smooth I felt in what is usually an irritating and extremely uncomfortable setting for me. I finally have the attitude of 'who cares if these people don't hire me', and of course in a manner I do, but it doesn't show like it did 2 years ago. I'm happy with my experiences and I know i can adapt anywhere I'm put so I suppose thats the stuff that confidence is made of... Oh and after coming all the way back from Austin, TX, working across the street and surrounded by UT students, it turns out this woman Wendy went to UT; unbelievable. Texans and New Yorkers, it seems, are everywhere. It was great for me of course, we had something to talk about and that human element in the interview process is the thing I'm better at than explaining my experiences under certain unforeseen situations... Ok, Lets hope the phone rings soon. Until then, I go to Robert's so he can teach me the ropes of expediting and hopefully, that'll be the big move in the right direction.. alright, back to sending out resumes and playing the hit the streets and waiting games...

satisfied!!
The Mallet

Back in New York...Left Austin, TX around 1:00pm Saturday and arrived in Queens at 2:00pm Tuesday. Feels good to be home, saw the folks, making my rounds; must find something more interesting to say, this is bunk! I mean, I'm no Diana Lang with her brilliant boxes within boxes concepts...fabulous!