Issues

I’m about to get serious about the “where to live next” search but GOSH have I set myself up with a lot of rules from the get go.  I’ve been living alone now for almost two years and really have grown accustomed to it, so, roommates are out.  Which makes things easier and more difficult at the same time.  Whatever, I highly recommend any of my friends who might read this to try it out if they haven’t yet.  It makes things simpler.  And I’m 27 and I’m single.  So maybe I want to be able to work on a science project¹ at 2am on a weeknight….or…whatever else those of us do who don’t have girlfriends and do not play networked video games.

I’m at home in the ‘burbs now.  But that will change.  I want to be here again:

Or here:

Because Michael McDonald is on the stereo right now.  And that’s a problem.  But I put it on it’s automatic.  One of the other conundrums about living alone:  Michael McDonald is allowed at anytime, because anytime is my time, Spicoli.  And then Michael McDonald leads into Lionel Richie and the world is once again in balance.  Somehow I’ve grown a Walter Becker situation in the span of two songs.

[um, I know...my talents are going to waste]

Actually, what I’m getting around to is that I want to be somewhere that I can walk to somewhere else.  But I don’t want to do it and have the trade-off where I have to live like a college student.  This makes me think about making more money.  Which inevitably leads me to thinking about making more money while not working that much harder.  Which wouldn’t be…hard?  Basic problem #2.

I want a garage².  I want a kitchen that’s not the same size as the bathroom.  I would like for heating and air conditioning systems to work as they are expected to work.  I want all this:  because I want what I currently have.  But just not here.  But I can only afford all that here so, shoot.

(Jeffrey Osborne’s Stay With Me Tonight…let that bass guitar do some talkin’)

Compromises:  Crappy house/downtown city life.  Shoebox apartment/the same.  Nice place/nowhere.

Compromise of said compromises:  Decent place/a little bit out of the city center.  That’s what I’m trying to find right now.  Well, what I’m about to try to find.  Because, in review, my issues right now are:

• uncontrollable Michael McDonald crooning after dark
• I want more money but wish I didn’t have to work at it

And what I’ve learned from this is that yeah, things are gonna be alright.  And I’m thankful for that.

^1,2 Science projects and garages go hand-in-hand and usually involve trying to make two things that are inherently incongruous to become not so.  Example:  rack amplifier in the glove compartment.  Example:  1″ reel-to-reel machine where the kitchen table should be.  Example:  internal combustion Lego engine.

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