I am now on the verge of being a fully matriculated graduate student – mere hours away from registering for my fall semeseter  – so I thought I would take a moment now to summarize, for myself, the last seven weeks since The Journey concluded.

So, in a half-hearted effort to take stock before the next thing, I am going to bullet-point certain Events that have transpired, in no particular order (please to note: the term “event” is used here quite loosely; anything, even me purchasing a toothbrush, for instance, could be classified as an “event”).

NYC: July 12 – August 14, 2009:

• toothbrush purchased (I wouldn’t have written that, but for my parenthetical above. And now, the bar has been set, super low! anything will seem significant, from here on out.).
• IKEA bed purchased & constructed in new apartment.
• first NYC LP takes place.
• 2nd & 3rd NYC LP take place (at this point, I suppose, not such a big deal).
• Very Secret Project Of Which We Cannot Yet Speak develops, excitingly. Many videos related to said project are uploaded to youtube, which the gentle reader is not privy to, as the videos are set to private.
• french press is purchased; many morning coffees are made.
• a sibling is married, quietly, but quite movingly, in Kent, Connecticut. Blurry photos are taken by witnessing sister; but some infocus ones, as well.
• pictures are framed and hung.
• a flash fiction reading takes place.
• a new guitar song is composed.
• sunlight is appreciated, as are warm summer nights.
• the highline is visited, and raved over.
• the brooklyn bridge is walked, a few times; it doesn’t disappoint, as per usual.
• patacones are consumed in Inwood. fucking delicious.
• Fun Summer Activities in NYC, like free concerts in Prospect Park and Summer Stage, are attended & enjoyed. Also, sleeping in. Also, taking pictures of car, to be sold, sadly, in the coming weeks.
• rehearsals for Lydia’s Funeral Video take place, as does a runthrough with a mini-audience in my friend’s living room.
• Passengers board, and plane takes off without crashing.

SF: 8/14 – 8/27, 2009:

• Plane lands without crashing, and passengers disembark.
• Karaoke is sung for a friend’s going away party; Great Joy ensues.
• LP private & public take place.
• Pho is consumed, and enjoyed: O, Savory Exquisite Broth Most Wondrous.
• Lydia rehearsals take place, solitarily.
• Bold Formatting is used, at random.
• Very Secret Project Of Which We Cannot Yet Speak proceeds, with mounting excitement. Still, nothing yet can be specified or described.
• Kalbi is consumed, with friends, followed by a living room concert featuring the lead singer of a Great Band of the Pacific Northwest.
• bold formatting falls out of regular use, due to distaste of writer.
• Rounds of self-promotional emails/facebook messages/status updates/twitter posts are dutifully sent out, to sender’s distaste, resulting in feelings of overexposure and self-loathing. Still, words of support & encouragement received all around.
• Lydia’s Funeral Video is presented & performed as workshop production as part of Marsh Rising series; turnout is great, and writer/performer feels gratified & grateful for supportive peoples in her life. Also, show is fun to perform.
• More karaoke takes place; thoughts about the future loom.
• Segments for Local Comcast Show are filmed; many an awkward moment ensues.
• Boxes fail to be shipped.
• Plane takes off and lands without crashing.

NY: 8/27 – 9/1, 2009:

• Another going away party happens; wtf with all the people going away? many Doctors & Other Professionals are met.
• A grandmother is visited.
• A nephew whose arrival is imminent allows one of his aunts to feel his kick/stretch for the first time; aunt is duly impressed.
• Laundry is done.
• Class registration is planned.
• Flu-like symptoms are reclassified as allergy symptoms.
• A job is applied to.
• Preparations for the next LP in Williamsburg are considered.
• A vaguely meaningless, yet infinitely profound, blog post is composed.