well, its that time of the month again. no, not like that. ew. i gross myself out. what i meant was time for me to write my monthly blog. maybe one of these days it will turn into an annual thing, but for now this going well to just have a monthly edition.
im awful at rereading my old blogs so i dont really know where i left off. so i will attempt to hit some highlights and maybe go a little deeper where applicable. oh, i remember what i was writing about now! though painted desert. i dont mean to sound sexist, but i think every guy should read it. its sooooo good. through all of the blue like jazz hype that has transpired over the past decade, i kind of held d. miller on a pedestal (which i find i do to a lot of people….) in the Christian world. come to find out, d. miller stumbles just like the rest of us. he enjoys a good beer (even sometimes in excess…..). he is just like everyone else. i dont want to get into this too much. just read it. it’ll make you want to go on a roadtrip. and if you read it and want to go on one, come pick me up. thanks.
i recently finished all 4 seasons of weeds. it was glorious. i never thought i would enjoy it until that first episode. next thing i know, im staying up till the wee hours of the morning telling myself “just one more episode…” if you’ve seen it then you know what i mean. and its cool to see hunter parrish (silas) act in a show series rather than on broadways spring awakening (which closed recently 
) where i have seen him play melchior gabor a couple times. what a stud; in both weeds and spring awakening.
next, there was recent death in my family. a couple of weeks ago my grandfather passed away. it was somewhat expected, but still sad nonetheless. the funeral was in pennsylvania which was convenient for me. it was good to see my family. and i got to see my sister which i havent seen in like, um, 10 years and my 2 nephews who are awesomeeeee. even though it was good to see my fam, there was some drama between my father and the rest of the family. so that was fun to be in the middle of it. i dont feel vulnerable enough to go into detail, but just know that it sucked and was/is hard for my brother and i to be caught in all of it and practically being forced into choosing sides. no fun.
last week, some friends from auburn were passing through on their way to visit a friend in boston so i met them at a cafe in park slope brooklyn. the cafe was AWESOME. its called roots. if youre ever in the area, i highly recommend it. try the turkey avocado sandwich. seeing old friends was very refreshing. especially these people. all of them were huge influences in my life; whether it was hanging out with them on the other side of the world changing the lives of adolescent asians, drinking coffee and eating cinnimon toast on their front porch contemplating life, or cooking dinner and sharing life with our peers. gah, i miss those auburn days. the time spent together here in brooklyn was short lived, but it was much needed. thanks john for convincing me to take a break and meet up with ya’ll.
hm, what else is there… oh ya: I GOT A JOB! well, actually, its an internship, but still, its very exciting. I am simultaneously taking about 10 hours school. 7 hours at the school of visual arts and 3 hours at wallace community college online. my internship is with a new video production company. there are 4 people total in the company counting me. there are 2 executive producers and 2 interns/production assistants/runners/bitches (not really, but kind of) including me and my friend whitney who got my the position. its so good. both bosses are extremely knowledgable in the business and know what they are doing. we are currently working out of one of their apartments in brooklyn because, like i said, we are a new company and do not have an office yet. we do have, however, about 4 jobs lined up including filming 2 pilots for a reality show that we will then in turn try and sell to a major network (and then we’ll all be RICH). speaking of rich, internships are unpaid, but because my boss so awesome, she feeds us [vegetarian] food while we are working (she made this AWESOME cucumber sandwich yesterday, btw) and we get paid on shoot days which is good money but wont happen too often.
it feels as though my life has changed completely. the past few months i have been doing nothing. wondering why im here, whether i will be able to stay, what am i doing with my life, etc, etc. now there is finally some direction, hope, and more importantly, there is peace. everything seems to be falling back into place. i cannot wait to see what the next few months hold for me. life is good.
::nathan
ps, come visit me.
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