Hold Steady

I'm pretty sure blogs are not really my thing. What do you think? Ok, maybe it's just timeliness that isn't my thing.

Side note: I really don't like Ashton Kutcher. It's unexplainable and probably completely unfounded but I just don't.

I just got back from Portland, a place I'm certain I will live in eventually. It is pretty amazing. I'm not into cities at all but I really enjoyed my time in Portland. I checked out two art schools and a couple of apartments. It's crazy expensive to live there (at least in comparison to Columbia) and since I'm remarkably bad with money, I imagine I'll have quite a time in Portland. BUT I really think it's something that I need to do for myself. I'm just...scared I guess. I mean, I'll be how far from my family? They are my safety net. So, no they won't be gone but it's hard to be caught when the net is a 4 hour plane ride away.

All that neuroses aside, I still do believe moving to Portland is something I can accomplish; something I need to do. To, you know, be an adult.

It's creepy to think that I'm supposed to start up my own life now; something independent from my family. I mean, in a way, sure, I've already got that. But not really though. My life is an appendage to my life with my family. It makes sense, my family is my life now. Well, I"m making the move away from that and I think that's the cause of a lot of my issues (if you can say I have issues--I think I do, not that that makes me special or something).

Another side note: I. Graduated. From. College. Whoa.

While I was in Portland, I saw the tv show Leverage shooting. I didn't get to meet any actors or anything. I was on a campus tour of the Art Institute of Portland when my mom and the Assistant Director of Admissions almost ruined their shot. Tehe. It was pretty cool though. I recognized one of the guys but for the life of me I couldn't remember his name. I wanted to go up to him and say "Hey, I loved you in Summer Catch" because it would have been funny. Not that Summer Catch was a "bad" movie, I'm sure it's just not something he's used to being remembered for. His name is Christian Kane.

Evidently Leverage shoots in Portland regularly. Another plus for moving there.