NYC: Part 1 of many

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Well where to start?  Since my last post I have moved to New York City.  
Brooklyn to be specific.  
Bushwick to be more specific.  

No amount of coffee has helped me get focused so I’m hoping writing will help.       

A few observations and lessoned learned so far:

• The rain here is how I imagine rain in the Amazon to be.  No umbrella is enough to keep you dry.  I love it or hate it depending on the task at hand.    
• The subway system is easier than I expected.  Except on Sundays.  After my jaunt to Target yesterday, I might opt to just stay close to home on Sundays for a while. 
• Riding the M train is a great way to see Brooklyn because you’re above ground and literally cruising past the tops of buildings.  

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Drinks at clubs really are $15.  Possibly worth it when your favorite whiskey is concerned, but yet to be determined.  

I’m shocked by how difficult it can be to find free wifi in this city. 

I eat once or twice a day at most, drink way too much coffee, it’s humid as hell, and my muscles are screaming at me.  I suspect this is why so many New Yorkers are angry. 

I already have two new all time favorite meals.  One here and one here.  

I would feel pretty lost and lonely without some amazing people.  

I don’t want to ever stop marveling at this city.  

Leaving Salt Lake was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Moving here is the most exciting and frustrating thing I’ve ever done.  

Yoga has never been more necessary for me.  

I can’t wait to have a job!

I want to SCREAM much of the time, but I’m fully choosing this city and that’s a nice change.  

I have never loved my beloved Tom Waits more than now.  

  

Your life is your life. You are marvelous.

I have a lot of big things to share, but in due time.  I need to sit and reflect a bit this weekend and then…consider it blogged!  For now though, a few things to remember for your weekend:

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“I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future.” 
-Rilke

This gem was passed on by my beautiful sister.  Thanks, Em!…

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Really great posts by Sarah Wilson on meditation: here and here.   

“You know that sucking feeling when you stick a Mac powercord in the socket?  That’s how it feels when you slip into the meditative state – like it all fits snugly, nothing is missing, things are firm and certain.” -Sarah Wilson

I love this description!  I am NO expert on the meditating front, but I have been delving in much more lately and the things that have taken place are still boggling my mind (refer to opening sentence of this post).   

What happens when a favorite musician reads a favorite poet’s work?  Magic and wisdom!

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

-The Laughing Heart; Charles Bukowski

I hope your weekend feels like this: 

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Song of the Week: Hold On

The Song of the Week is coming atchyou pretty late, it’s true.  But a few days ago it was going to be Listen to Your Heart and can you imagine what kind of strange direction that could have taken us in? 

When I woke up this morning however, this gem immediately came to mind.  From my heart to yours, enjoy :)