San Francisco

So since I have had absolutely no idea what to write about on this LJ for a very long time now, I will give it a direction. Kind of like those cool blogs you see on the internet where people write about interesting things? Well this will be like that, minus the interesting part.

From this point forward I will write about what I'm doing in the city of San Francisco.

A few weeks ago, when I had no idea what I wanted to do with three months of free time, I decided, "What the hell!" and made plans to move to SF for the summer. By made plans I basically mean that I found a place to live and a possible job.

I have absolutely no clue what I am doing here.

Perhaps it is a good thing to try and live a little more capriciously. Conversely, coming here for the summer makes a lot of sense, especially when I am making very vague plans of living here after I graduate college... I need to see if I have the cojones to actually make it in this city, as expensive and fringe as everything is around here. I will also be able to scope out the theatre scene. Craigslist is awesome. I've already sent my tech resume (more for shits and giggles than anything) to an opera company that had a job listing for an Electrician. I do have a job, it just doesn't start until a week and a half from now. I will be working for my uncle (he's a contractor) building a house boat in Sausalito. That is the part that sucks. Obviously I couldn't bring my car with me on the plane to CA, so I have to figure a way to get to Sausalito to work (It is across the Golden Gate bridge, maybe 10-15 miles from where I am staying.) I could bike there, it is very feasible, but its down hill to sausalito, and a gnarley ride uphill on the way back to SF. Maybe I will lose some weight.

But what if this is also what I need on a much deeper level? I think I have a personality that hasn't completely found itself out yet. Maybe time in the city (away from HPU, and every one else that I know except some family members) will do me some good. I need to live for myself a little more, be let off of the apron strings (HPU's apron strings. I'm not comfortable with how dependent on the Caf I was for meals. The food sucked there anyway) and meet new people. It will be interesting to see if I will meet new people, and interesting to see what kind of impact they have on me. People here are WEIRD, I promise. People watching in SF is so much more intense than anywhere else I've done it. Hopefully all of this will lead to some personal aging and maturing, kind of like wine.

Speaking of wine, I'M IN FUCKING CALIFORNIA. Kind of excited to try some new wines while I am here. Maybe I can write about that too.