Friday, June 20th, 2014
Ten Years Ago Today
Ten years ago today I celebrated my first full day in New York after moving to Williamsburg, Brooklyn with $400 and 98 pounds of belongings. Since then, these are some of the things that have happened:
Worked for Apple in SoHo
Worked for myself
Was told I needed to leave Williamsburg
Watched Sex and the City for a few months
Turned 27
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Moved to TriBeCa
Turned 28
Worked for MTV
Moved to the Lower East Side
Turned 29
Worked for Tekserve
Moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Worked for MTV again
Turned 30
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Rode my bicycle
Turned 31
Spent time on the West Coast
Invested in Beer Table
Went to Italy
Got a motorcycle
Summered on Fire Island
Turned 32
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Went to England
Turned 33
Summered on Fire Island again
Turned 34
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Turned 35
Somehow made it through 2012 (but just barely)
Went to a lot of weddings and sadly, but thankfully, only one funeral
Worked for myself
Worked for NorthPoint
Turned 36
Went to Spain
Celebrated ten years in New York
Started plotting my escape