Born Again

HELLO WORRRLDDD!!

I feel as if I have been born again but then pushed back into a womb....allow me to explain.

Spring break was two weeks ago and I traveled with D to New York and DC.  Our flight was early and so in a rush I forgot the most important thing: my cell phone.  I had already intentionally left my labtop behind because I wanted a real break away from PACT, lesson planning and anything related to school.  What I did not plan on was zero connection to the outer world and no access to my e-mail.

Yes, I panicked. But yes, it was a GREAT week.  As Alicia Keys says is so perfectly, those streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you.  I have a new life goal: To move to New York.  Only under perfect conditions of course.  But maybe God's got something huge planned....you never know.

I loved the East coast so much that I actually cried when I got onto the plane to come back. To be completely honest, I was also unwilling to face the real world again in particularly the thing that must not be named (starts with a P ends with a ACT).  But as all dreams come to a close, I came back and faced a miserable week completeing that which must not be named.  In the end on wednesday, I submitted the whopping 95 single spaced page horror that I had been working on the entire last quarter.  I had actually finished it before break and all that was left was another look over. formatting and assembling.  That alone ended up taking up a lot longer than expected. But I can now say at long last, it is finally over.

The sudden influx of technology after a week of electronic-less east coast has left my brain in sustained shock.

I breathed one breath of fresh air (the born part) and then began panicking for the next stage in this program: Job hunting (climbing back into the womb...gross but an accurate analogy).

Currently though, I am allowing myself to relax for just a second to think about something that was on my mind when I was in New York.  Yes New York is great, but Los Angeles is also!  One thing I did not like better about the east coast was the food.  LA wins all the way.  Which got me thinking, I have one more quarter living in westwood and then who knows where in LA i'll be next year.  Yes it's important for me to focus my energy on job hunting and career building, but I have made myself some goals for the remaining quarter relating to what I want to see or do to explore this diverse community:

1. ARTSY THINGS...because i love it and LA has it.
a.) visit hammer museum again
b.) visit getty museum
c.) see LA phil
d.) Attend a minimum of 4 artsy things put on by UCLA students

2. EAT LOTS OF FOOD...but healthy
before listing things....let me explain.  I am considering becoming a part time vegetarian.  I've actually been thinking about this for a long time.  For whatever reason, i have an incredibly weak stomach.  A lot of it relates to stress.  I have also noticed that some foods cause me major discomfort more than others and they are usually spicy, meaty and above all greasy.  So I am going on a new diet regime not for losing weight or anything like that but for the sole purpose of feeling good after a meal.  I have already begun this and felt great!
a.) Discover and eat at a NEW vegan restuarants
b.) Try 5 new food places (not inclusive with part a)
c.) Find and have amazing coffee at 4 different cafes
d.) Find and eat at 5 different dessert places

3.) BE A PERSON WHO IS HIP
a.) Find and photograph 7 beautiful things
b.) Shop and buy something at two unknown stores (only two because I don't want my wallet to hurt)
c.) Visit Silverlake


10 weeks.....LETS GO!! I will use this blog to keep myself accountable so look forward to posts about 1-3. (: