New York, New Step, New Life...

Well I didn't keep to my promise of keeping this site up to date. I guess I've just grown accustomed to keeping a running blog in my head. But I figured with some major changes coming down the line, it would be nice to record some of it into the void that is the internets.

So last Friday, I flew out to visit Chris for the first time in Connecticut. It was part vacay and part trial run. Like a kid dipping his toe into the shallow end of the pull before diving head first into the deep end, I felt I needed to be there, to see it and feel it before I could fully commit to the idea of actually picking up my so called life and moving out there.

I guess in comparison to strapping on a backpack and hiking across South America for eight months, it's not as drastic. But in some ways, it's even more so. Gordon said that at least I always knew I was coming back after the trip. Maybe... but, at least for now, I fully intend to return to SoCal. I just need a break from the mundane and the familiar. I've grown too complacent again, as I'm often prone to do and the only way I know how to break out of that is shake things up.

I met up with all the Socal people at a club called Manor in the meat packing district and spent some time talking to both Matt and Shirley about the adjustment of moving from Socal to NYC. Both told me the experience had been completely worthwhile. Sentiments that Chris has echoed to me for some time now.

So now it's just a matter of sprucing up the resume, cramming up on some programming know-how, and rolling the dice on the latest crazy idea that ran through my head. When that last happened, this website was created to document the adventure. I guess we'll call this Round 2.