All my friends seem to be taking this "moving to New York thing" (by way of New Jersey) very well. I've yet to hear that I'm an idiot for moving out there without a job or to be asked how I could possibly leave behind all that is the Midwest.
However, I happened to hear from a friend today that another friend of mine who has recently moved to Montana (which makes all of her opinions null and void) had a certain vision of what my time spent out east would be like.
"She said she thinks your life is going to be like Rent."
Now what am I supposed to do with that. When I hear Rent I think of AIDS, a stripper whoring herself out for crack, and fighting with an evil landlord for an apartment that doesn't have heat. Really? Is this what you envision for my future?
But after my rant it was explained to me that she meant dancing in the subway, spontaneous musical numbers, bohemian-style clothing, and hanging out with what she described as "artsy" people.
That I'm down for. Actually that's pretty much how I assume it will all be, minus the dancing on the subway. Believe me I already tried to put what a Coloradan once described as "midwest charm" to work on the subway and it does NOT work. The only dancing in the subway I foresee is the two-step shuffle to avoid pickpockets and being shanked.
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So I see you have talked to Julie. I can just see you dancing your way down to the subway already. Instead of talking to people you will sing to them and there always be someone around you to video tape it (and then post to your blog)....Just like the movie. haha!
Oh, there will be dancing. Heck, there may have been dancing on subways already and none of us remember. But we will sing and we will dance, and we will be artsy and not AIDSy.
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