- Tomorrow is my birthday. I wanted to spend it in Cleveland, but plane tickets were an extra 140 dollars just to fly the 23rd or any day before that instead of the 27th. Not worth it, but more on that in a second. No special plans really, but perhaps I'll get around to seeing Inception or go bowling in the evening.
- Lydia concert on Monday! The whole day will be pretty busy, really. I have to work at 5 in the morning, come home and get my stuff packed, and then head to Montrose to hang out for the day until the show begins. After that, I get to rush home and try and get a bit of sleep before I have to...
- Catch my flight to Cleveland on Tuesday morning. I hadn't counted on visiting again this year, but since Ringling isn't happening, I can spare a bit of money to go with my family and attend my uncle's wedding. I am heading up a week before everyone else in order to devote too much time to drinking, and maybe squeeze in a road trip or two. Columbus? Chicago?
- I also plan on jamming with some good friends while I'm there. We all have some songs that we've been working on independently in the last few months, so hopefully we'll get enough time to iron them out and maybe even commit some stuff to tape. I have a pretty good deal of songs to bring to the table, some more malleable than others.
- Wedding is on the 7th. I really hope there's an open bar in order to alleviate some of the tensions between family, and the awkwardness with which I associate with them. There's some people I'm really looking forward to seeing, but others... not so much. I'm sure it will be good though. Still need a suit!
- My flight back is on the 10th. After that, it's time to really begin perpetuating some change in my life.
First things first. I need to get myself a new job. Time to get back to at least full time, and maybe pick up a second job so I can ditch this one. As of last week, I am cut down to 2 days a week, and they're both at 5 in the morning. It's really not worth my time anymore, so I'm moving on as soon as I can. I have too much stuff I want to buy, but I need to begin with just a couple of really important things, and just pocket the rest for now. First, I'll probably get myself a new laptop since I can do that in a couple of good paychecks. After that, I'll be working towards getting my own car. At the moment I usually use my dad's car, and have access to the other cars in the house, but I'm going to be needing my own for when I move out. Oh yeah, and I'm moving out.
I've been thinking about this for a good while now, and I think it's the only way I can get myself back on track to whatever it is I'll be doing for the next 10 weeks, months, and eventually years of my life. Ironic as it may sound, sometimes you have to burden yourself with responsibilities in order to know what it is to be free and independent, and it's time I did that again. I think that being responsible and self sufficient is exactly what I need in order to not feel like I'm wasting time and withering away. College isn't out of the question entirely, but I will be putting it off until I have the drive and sense of responsibility with which to tackle it again. In the meantime, I think writing music, working, and just being alive will do me well. The biggest unresolved question for me at this point is where I'll be moving out to. I can't wait to get out of Houston, but there's a few different cities I've been really thinking about, and hopefully in the next few weeks or month I'll scrape up some insight as to which one is a good fit for me. You know what that means? TIME FOR MORE BULLETS.
- Cleveland. This is the most obvious and natural fit for me, as it is still the place I generally refer to as home. I'm familiar with the vast majority of the city, still have friends all over the place, and know what the housing market is like. It's also home to the Cleveland Institute of Art, which has always been one of my picks for majoring in Industrial Design. They have a well renowned programme for it, and it's located in an excellent area. That said, Cleveland is also one of the most economically depressed regions in the country, and it houses the embarassment to music that is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Really though, it doesn't seem like a very long term solution for me, and the friends that I still have there spend most of the year in college, or are graduating and moving on with life. It might be time I left the place for good. Also, Lebron just left, so I assume the entire economy will collapse in the next 4-6 weeks.
- Chicago. I've always been a fan of Chicago, and even though I've only been there twice, I think it would be a great place to be. It has a vibrant arts and music scene, the excellent Art Institute of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago (unaffiliated with the Art Institutes chain), and I have a friend who's been thinking of moving there for a good while. He wants me to split a room with him either there or in Philly, This, of course, leads us to...
- Philadelphia. This is probably at the bottom of my list, and really only on there because I know I'd have a guaranteed roommate. That said, it does seem like a cool place, and it is very well located geographically. I will say that there aren't any schools I'm really be interested in there, so perhaps college wouldn't be as much of an option as other cities.
- Austin. Given the city's reputation as the musical epicentre of the region, and as a liberal haven in an otherwise red state, this seems like the only place I'd like to be that isn't at least 1500 kilometres away. The proximity to my family definitely helps make Austin a plausible choice, and one I could most likely plan out more thoroughly than the rest.
So there it is. I think with the right amount of motivation, I could make any of these places my new home, and at that point I think I'll see where life takes me from there.
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