On the verge
My favorite moments in life are those where I can clearly see my path diverging. Everyone knows that the daily choices you make push your life off in different directions, no matter how small those choices seem at the time. Hell, they even make movies about it. But there are times when you can clearly see that your life is about to change. It is a little like standing on a precipice that is at once an enormous drop, and a gently sloping path to a new place.
Yesterday I made my way to one of those places. I am currently waiting on two decisions to be made, both from outside sources, that will decide how my new life will be structured. The first I was expecting, a new apartment, with one of my friends from back in Savannah who has recently moved to the city, and one of my new friends from here. The applications and credit checks have been made, and we are waiting on final approval from the landlord. It's a lovely three bedroom walk up in West Harlem, in a building that was gutted and completely renovated, so we'll be the first people to live there in its new state.
The second was completely unexpected. I have been doing a little temping to help ends meet, (the theatre is pretty slow right now) and have done a couple days of work for a lighting designer who taught a couple of my classes in grad school. Since then he has transformed himself into a new form of design, a cross between an interactive media designer and an amusement park designer. (Which doesn't even come close to describing all he actually does). Last night he approached me with the possibility of making it a semi-permanent posting. We both realize that it isn't EXACTLY what I want to do with the rest of my life, but I realize that this is an opportunity for me to learn a wide array of new skills, and he realizes that the skills I already have would be beneficial to him. He's asked me to take a few days to think about the position, though I'd be a fool to turn it down, so I get to stand on my precipice for a while and stare down the path.
I wonder where it will lead?
Yesterday I made my way to one of those places. I am currently waiting on two decisions to be made, both from outside sources, that will decide how my new life will be structured. The first I was expecting, a new apartment, with one of my friends from back in Savannah who has recently moved to the city, and one of my new friends from here. The applications and credit checks have been made, and we are waiting on final approval from the landlord. It's a lovely three bedroom walk up in West Harlem, in a building that was gutted and completely renovated, so we'll be the first people to live there in its new state.
The second was completely unexpected. I have been doing a little temping to help ends meet, (the theatre is pretty slow right now) and have done a couple days of work for a lighting designer who taught a couple of my classes in grad school. Since then he has transformed himself into a new form of design, a cross between an interactive media designer and an amusement park designer. (Which doesn't even come close to describing all he actually does). Last night he approached me with the possibility of making it a semi-permanent posting. We both realize that it isn't EXACTLY what I want to do with the rest of my life, but I realize that this is an opportunity for me to learn a wide array of new skills, and he realizes that the skills I already have would be beneficial to him. He's asked me to take a few days to think about the position, though I'd be a fool to turn it down, so I get to stand on my precipice for a while and stare down the path.
I wonder where it will lead?
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