Sooo. I graduated a year ago from tomorrow.
In that time I've djed in Las Vegas, road tripped to Oregon and Seattle, flew to Florida, Hawaii and North Carolina, recorded in LA, lived in Brooklyn, started a band, barely scraped by financially, been on HBO and ABC, partied way too hardy for the first about 9 months, been featured in magazines, grown my hair out, djed strip clubs (never again), pool parties, weddings (also, never again), frat parties, club nights, house parties and radio shows, read about 35 books, recorded an album I sing on, launched two new businesses, quit soda and coffee and smoking, bought a car, lived on couches, in hotels, in back rooms and in said car, bought my first tailored suits, adopted a v-neck based wardrobe and a bunch of other things too random to remember. Not a bad year at 22, still have absolutely no idea where the bills will be paid from for the next month, or the one after, but it no longer scares me.
What does scare me, is that my external hard drive turns on but no longer shows up on the computer. Mental note: no matter how broke you are as a freelance designer, a backup hard-drive for your backup hard-drive is worth the cost, because data retrieval quotes are now responsible for taking several years off my life.
At some point you begin to wonder just how much is it all worth :). I now have an unfunctioning laptop, car, and harddrive. I might just have to get an engineering degree and fix it all myself, maybe the ITT tech advertisement on the tv right now is actually...FATE.
Nah, but at least I can take things lightly, I don't need a hard drive to.... DANCE! Or sing. So that is now my primary vocation? Maybe I'll just watch Flight of the Conchordes and cry... (It's Business Time!)
Anway, digressing at a rate too fast to want to think about. Been a long year. This year I want to go to Tokyo, and go on tour, and become credit card free. Gotta have goals.
I leave you with: If that's what you're into. And thanks to vocal classes, I can do that low voice, which doesn't bode well when business meetings drag long :)
