Well, Coye sort of asked how I was doing in another thread, so I thought I'd do an official update.
As many of you may or may not know/remember, last April I moved from Grand Rapids to Los Angeles to start working with a small company that handled the Beach Boys archival library. All was well for a time, and getting to know the culture of LA has been fun. What kind of place is this? It's like another country in some ways, or perhaps another universe. For instance, the phrase "no, you can't bring your dog in here" is not understood by naitive Angelinos. A mile in the rest of the country is equal to roughly 2.7 miles here when using powered transportation. People don't understand the concept of "snow".
On the other hand, LA is a place like any other, with lots of completely regular people and such.
It ended up being kind of a tough experience for me in the end now, about a month before Christmas, it became apparent that the company I was working for was about to break up. And, just after the new year, the company formally split up and became a non-entity, and I essentially lost my job, though I still am on call for the occasional errand from my former bosses.
All of that kind of took the wind out of my sails. I don't really feel like living here anymore. I like the area a lot in terms of geography and weather and interest, but I just don't want to be here right now.
I sold some guitars and am living off of the money from those sales. Contemplating my next move. As much as I dislike academia (sorry, Dr. everybody) I'm pretty close to trying to get some degrees and some qualifications. One problem with that is I still don't really have any idea what I want to do with my life, making any sort of specific pursuit difficult to choose.
Anyway, I think I may return to Grand Rapids for a while, do some music-related recording, and whatnot. We'll see.
Any of you DC guys know somebody in the FBI? I wouldn't mind being an elite special agent if somebody could hook that up.
Peace out.
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Does it count if your roommate works for the FBI?
I think the NSA listens in on my phone calls... I'll pass it along that your interested in a "special agent" sort of job.
It counts if that results in me being set up with a sweet position at the FBI involving fast-paced, intigue based fun.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I think we all could use a little more intigue these days. I can't even remember the last time I had good intigue. whew!
I'd pass along a resume if you're serious.
I'd long to resume seriousness if you pass.
Well, I am serious, but I don't really have any "qualifications" unless the FBI is looking for College-Drop-Out-Beach-Boys-specialists...
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