9/16/05

My Acension from Los Angeles Into New York

Soooooo, I've been in NYC for exactly 1.5 months today. A whole lot has happened since then, so much it makes me tired to re-hash it in my brain so here's the Undergraduate Cliff-Notes version of things:
I moved to New York via United Airlines with 6 oversized pieces of luggage, experiencing 1 flight delay, on an overnight flight, before which I smoked the second and third cigarettes of my life, on one of the hottest days of the summer. The day I arrived I carried those 6 pieces of my life up a 5-story walk-up, and then ran off to an audition. I found an interim sublet within my first week for $375 in the city (yes, on the island of Manhattan), only to find out the girl wanted 3 months security deposit (which was all the money I had at the time). I found a job my 2nd week here at a "famous cafe" as a waitress on the uws, but to my disappointment (and i'm sure many a customers') the place was infested with roaches; big, small, brown, and black. So of course I was like hell to the naw, and was out. My 3rd week here I found another job as a personal assistant for a rich lady on CPW (a referral of a friend), who offered me a place to stay at her apartment when she moved back to her L.A. pad. From the beginning I could sense that the lady lacked basic organizational skills, but I didn't knock her for it. It turns out 3 weeks later into the job, the lady is off her rocker. She talks in indecipherable circles about the most random shit, she doesn't know how to delegate, she reneges on her suggestion that I move in her place, she tells me I should intern to be a assistant, blah blah blah. My references told me that she was off, but I didn't listen. So like Method Man said "Keep it Moving". In between "Central Park Psycho" and my next job, was a week of temping at a production company for a office assistant. My next and current gig is at another production company where i'll be fulltime until November (I'm only working fulltime temp. so I can buy myself winter clothes, furniture, and the basics I sold/gave away back in L.A.). In the midst of all that I've been to Brooklyn a few times (Bed-Stuy, WBurg, BK Heights), go to the Bronx to get my dominican blow-outs, go to at least 1 club a week, been offered a full-time job at the 1st production company, crashing at a friend's place until my room is available on Nov. 1st, audited an acting class, joined Crunch, and become a huge fan of Cafe Mozart, hot dog vendors, and the "A" express. I still have a long way to go towards my career, but I feel very confident about the prospects that NY present. I do miss the L.A. sun, Fatburger, La Salsa, Jack In The Box, and Trader Joes, but i'll find replacements.