if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere

you know what, mr. sinatra? i believe you.

images courtesy rodney smith

it's almost time for me to start looking for jobs. no excuse me, i should start using the word career now that i'm a soon-to-be college graduate. as frightening as that is, the days of part-time work, interning, and classrooms being over, the primary emotion i'm feeling isn't fear. well maybe a tidbit of fear, but the overwhelming emotion would be classified as uncertainty. more like annoyance at the prospect of uncertainty. i just want to know exactly what i want to do, where i want to do it, and how to go about achieving that. and not knowing any of that is throughly irritating. i want to skip past the stage of weeding through possibilities and come out landing at the beginning of my future.

how does this tangent relate to new york? the city of all cities? well it's always been the plan to move there post-college to experience something you just can't get in california. and yes, it is intimidating with it's reputation of chewing people up and spitting them out. especially transitioning from sunshine and smiles to people who are notorious for being cold to foreigners who they can pick out with one look. aside from all of that, i can't deny that new york has charisma. it has energy. now if the stars align and i can get over the inconvenience of moving across the country, maybe i will finally be able to taste it for myself.