New to New York (2014)

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Site hosts a lot of cool shirts. This specific side of the site is for my home city - Houston. Pronounce "You-Ston" for all you New Yorkers who don't know any better :) My favorites: Astrodome "Insignia" YouSton (again for you Yanks) Astrodome Seating

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Been a minute. I post this picture because... Why are people waiting in lines to get taxis? And not just walking a block away from Penn Station to find one? Boggles my mind.

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Rapping in 15/8 meter by Andrew Huang.

Description of video and Andrew found through link. This just reminded me of one of the reasons, though there are more, of why I wanted/needed to move from Houston. Just getting away from what I know to stick myself in a new "world" and figure my own self out. Everyone should take a step back once in a while to realize what they have, and figure out what they want. It goes a long way.

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We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

Japanese proverb (via ballroomiscool)

A lesson I learned Sunday night. No matter how stupid you dance, it's better than standing/sitting/watching.

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Day 12 of ? - 16 MAY 2014

Not really sure what I want to add today. Experiences a lot of foods, parks and different parts of NY. I'm sure there's still a lot more to see and do. But the food here is amazing. Though, being from Texas, I was not impressed with my one tex-mex experience so far. Had it delivered, eh. Finally found a job to sustain me, for now. In the same industry I was in before, but now in the north east. Not my ideal situation, should be a good challenge for me though. Other wise my expansion on my self has been pretty good. Learning new things about myself. Forcing myself to get out a bit more. Tired. Good night.

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Rainy Days

I think one of the greatest things about a surprisingly rainy day here, is that it becomes an instant wet t shirt contest. What more could you ask for? Ok, so you could ask for less rain. But seems like I bring rain to NY every time I visit.

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Still Day 4 of ? - 08 MAY 2014

So there was a lesson I learned the other day, that I forgot to mention. I learned that my dress shoes are NOT walking shoes. A blister on each foot will help you realize this. And folding your non-comfy dress socks to add cushion on your feet, doesn't help either. I would pass by homeless people when I lived in Houston. Every once in a while I'd spare a dollar or if I had an extra snack on me I'd give it to them, or even a cigarette now and then. In New York they are seemingly at every other corner, street or avenue. I truly feel guilty walking by them and not giving anything. But at the same time, I don't have too much to give right now. I saw, what I believe was a homeless, crazy man. As I walked into the subway, he was waiting right after the entrance (slash exit area). As some girl was exiting he was yelling at her "Step in dog shit! That's what you're going to do if you stay on that cell phone! How much dog shit have you stepped in!?" I didn't even see her with her cell phone. Definitely avoided making any eye contact for fear of engaging him, though he continued to talk to everyone walking by. So down south a pack of cigarettes is between $5-8 dollars, depending on brand. Up here it's at least $10, the kind I like and bought today was $13 a pack. Which is why the other day a man at Washington Square Park was a bit surprised that I even shared a cigarette with him. We had a short talk about where he was from, where I was from, prices down south or even in South Carolina (one of the places he's lived) wasn't near as much. New York is god damn expensive, not sure how some people survive here. Without the help of others, I don't think I could. I'm on the job hunt. Today I made a few calls to potential places, but nothing too great. The help from friends of friends is really where I think I'll end up finding something. Just crossing my fingers I can find that good job match. Almost like looking for the right girl, except I'll never kiss or sex my job... at least I don't think that will happen, but hey, it's New York. EDIT: Just to note that I got good walking shoes - Sketchers. These things are comfy as a cloud. And they look nice.

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Day 4 of ? - 08 MAY 2014

After witnessing the Rite Aid thief, I moved on. Past the thief. And in to the rest of NY. I've been confining myself, my choices and my daily activities to one room. So starting tomorrow (procrastinator's anthem) I'll get out more. I'll try to wake up in the morning, since I've been waking up at almost noon each day. I'll walk around, go to the park, maybe go shopping - need better walking shoes. It's as I'm walking that I feel weird sometimes. When you walk near someone and they begin either walking the same speed. Can we say awkward? My life is fairly awkward most of the time anyways, I don't need you walking right next to me. Then I ran in to this video: http://www.wimp.com/walkstranger/ It clearly explained how I felt. And it's funny. I want to be more proactive, but I stay up late, doing nothing productive really. I can't sleep at times. I try to think about something boring, but it leads to feeling bored, and I fill these bored times with games, which definitely doesn't help me sleep. Tomorrow. Tomorrow I break free from this lousy feeling of laziness. I promise?

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Scary animal decorations near Ave A and 3rd St. You’re welcome?

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Day 1 of ? - 05 MAY 2014

So this is truly my first day, or at least that's my story. I've been in New York for just about two weeks now. But today was my first full day on my own (sort of). I walked around. Saw some weird animal heads, made up as decorations - maybe for your front door? I'll post a picture after this. Before that I ate a delicious biscuit, at Empire Biscuit. Then lounged, read, lounged some more. If you get anything from this, I lounge around a lot, probably way too much. After all that lounging, I went to Rite Aid just to grab some basic items - soap and batteries. As I walked back down the isle to switch out my soap, I walked by what I believe was an Asian man staring at all the body wash options. He didn't seem to know what he wanted, I squeezed by him in the narrow isle and switched out my soap. Grabbed my batteries and to the line I went. I was about three people back from the check out, and there was an older lady, who for some odd reason didn't understand her card didn't have money on it. Then she proceeded to have a conversation with the checker on excuses as to why she was confused she didn't have money on it - while all of us in line rolled our eyes. One person back from check out, and another man rolls his eyes at the checker handling the old lady just as she (finally) finished at checkout. Here's where it gets interesting - if I didn't blow your mind already with the old lady taking forever. Oddly that same Asian man, who couldn't decide on his body wash, began setting four of the same type of them on the check out counter. Confused, I look around and see a bigger man, who was unloading items, tell him "Nah, you're not leaving." Asian dude, confused looking, opens his bag and goes "That's it, that's all of them, I'm goin'," but nope, he wasn't. Bigger dude, let's call him John, starts telling our Asian thief "Nah, you don't get to steal," thief "Just let me go," attempts to walk by and exit. John pushes him back, "No, you stole - yo call the cops," he says to one of the checkout ladies. Our thief tries to barge past him, but eventually gets taken down, laid on, and has his arm twisted behind his back. They call the cops. I check out, after waiting for an old lady and this thief situation to go down - literally. "Fun day huh?" I say to the check out girl, "Oh yes," she smiles. The thief and John are now lying in the middle of the front entrance. I have to side step them and squeeze back out of the store. I guess that's my welcome to New York? I'll try to keep these more interesting, but that was pretty much the highlight of my day. And the scary animal decorations (see next post). I've moved to New York for some change and to expand my horizons, as corny as that sounds. So hopefully more action to come.