Thank you TMF!
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....mostly right now, I have to lay low because these aren't the best of times......
....and so, it is SO GREAT that I can keep myself entertained and even have a kind of a social life, here on the Forum. For one, it's saving me MUCHO money. NYC is SUPER expensive. I really pick and choose when I go out.....in part, for maximum effect! "Oh my god, look who's here!", that kind of thing, lol. But mostly, because when I go out, I spend way too much money.
10 years ago I'm living in an apartment in Williamsburg for $600 (which at the time I thought was overpriced!).....now you're lucky if you can get an apartment there....or ANYWHERE in the New York Metropolitan area for less that $1100 a month. And that's if you're lucky.
So I gave it all up, and moved into my music studio. It's small, soundproofed....cheap. There are things it doesn't have (like a kitchen), but I'm loving it. It may not have a kitchen, but it's got a set of drums, and guitars and keyboards and I can make noise whenever I want. Here, look, I'll play the drums right now. *plays drums* See?
Other things - right before Xmas, both parents in the hospital, one not making it - just made me come back to the TMF and, in a way, seek solace and refuge. I feel happily distracted by the TMF, I'm living a life of the mind, in the mind, and that suits me fine, being a brain in a jar......and studying out this fascinating thing we all share.
I've been feeling happy and alive because of the Forum and the people I've met, especially in the last couple of months. Even when I'm walking around! It's definitely lifted me out of the doldrums.
I did go out tonight, and I did spend some money, too much money, and so I'm thinking next weekend.....I'm definitely staying in! Hang out with my girlfriend, the TMF, lol!!!!
(actually, no, that's wrong! I'm going to see my old girlfriend next weekend and stay with her a couple of days.....I'll let you know if I "get her".....I'll bet I do! In fact, I think I already know how I'm going to do it too! She's going to cut my hair, every time I see her, she cuts my hair......I usually get her at some point during that. Her tummy is unbelievably toned, and the last time she cut my hair she was joking that "next time I'll wear a half-shirt for you", ha!) (this isn't my "crazy" ex, this is the one from this story: http://www.ticklingforum.com/entry.php?6241-Snapshot-of-a-memory-with-a-little-epilogue) Anyways, I'll let you guys know how it goes. 😉
PS: You know, you can see who stops by your blog, and there's a guy who comes here every day with whom I had a bit of a flame with a month or so ago.....so let me wave to him and say, hey kiddo, what's up! What are you doing, keeping a dossier on me? lol.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times....mostly right now, I have to lay low because these aren't the best of times......
....and so, it is SO GREAT that I can keep myself entertained and even have a kind of a social life, here on the Forum. For one, it's saving me MUCHO money. NYC is SUPER expensive. I really pick and choose when I go out.....in part, for maximum effect! "Oh my god, look who's here!", that kind of thing, lol. But mostly, because when I go out, I spend way too much money.
10 years ago I'm living in an apartment in Williamsburg for $600 (which at the time I thought was overpriced!).....now you're lucky if you can get an apartment there....or ANYWHERE in the New York Metropolitan area for less that $1100 a month. And that's if you're lucky.
So I gave it all up, and moved into my music studio. It's small, soundproofed....cheap. There are things it doesn't have (like a kitchen), but I'm loving it. It may not have a kitchen, but it's got a set of drums, and guitars and keyboards and I can make noise whenever I want. Here, look, I'll play the drums right now. *plays drums* See?
Other things - right before Xmas, both parents in the hospital, one not making it - just made me come back to the TMF and, in a way, seek solace and refuge. I feel happily distracted by the TMF, I'm living a life of the mind, in the mind, and that suits me fine, being a brain in a jar......and studying out this fascinating thing we all share.
I've been feeling happy and alive because of the Forum and the people I've met, especially in the last couple of months. Even when I'm walking around! It's definitely lifted me out of the doldrums.
I did go out tonight, and I did spend some money, too much money, and so I'm thinking next weekend.....I'm definitely staying in! Hang out with my girlfriend, the TMF, lol!!!!
(actually, no, that's wrong! I'm going to see my old girlfriend next weekend and stay with her a couple of days.....I'll let you know if I "get her".....I'll bet I do! In fact, I think I already know how I'm going to do it too! She's going to cut my hair, every time I see her, she cuts my hair......I usually get her at some point during that. Her tummy is unbelievably toned, and the last time she cut my hair she was joking that "next time I'll wear a half-shirt for you", ha!) (this isn't my "crazy" ex, this is the one from this story: http://www.ticklingforum.com/entry.php?6241-Snapshot-of-a-memory-with-a-little-epilogue) Anyways, I'll let you guys know how it goes. 😉
PS: You know, you can see who stops by your blog, and there's a guy who comes here every day with whom I had a bit of a flame with a month or so ago.....so let me wave to him and say, hey kiddo, what's up! What are you doing, keeping a dossier on me? lol.
