Crazy?
My maternal grandmother passed away in March of ‘04 and anyone who knows me knows that she was my girl. I had just come back from living in Miami when she died and two days before I was in the hospital myself having surgery for “Intestinal Distress” (my guts got retardedly tangled and they had to go in and help the kid out).
A few days after everything went down I emailed my head number one friend in miami a list of 5 things I needed to do before I turned 30. It was a combo of understanding my own mortality and doctor prescribed drugs that made me do it I’m sure.
Shit to do before I’m 30 and intensely elderly……
1. Live In a Loft apt
2. Move Somewhere outside the US for a few years
3. Have a dog
4. Start a Business
5. Be Easy.
Well I had forgotten about the list until he emailed it to me this morning with an invitation. He was calling me out on #2. He got a job in London doing arty things for a magazine group and he’s moving over in Spring. He knows I have a love of most things British so he asked if I wanted to come along for the ride. He wants to start side projects in addition to the mag. job so that incorporates #4 as well. My grams loved to travel and took me everywhere as a kid. So on paper moving around the time of the third anniversary of her death sounds like something that makes sense.
Dude must know that I’ve been feeling very crossroadish lately. Foreshadowing was telling me that October was going to be a very “Be the Change” kind of month. I was already semi looking for a apartment for January. My roommates are cool that’s not the issue. I dig my neighborhood to no end, but we are starting to get the spillage from Williamsburg and I see the pricing for rentals going crazy real soon. If I want to stay in it I would have to get locked into a lease on a place soon.
My job now has a location in London. Not that I would have to stay with the company but that would be the easiest way to be sure I would be let in the country to work ( I’ve never been a foriegner before, that would be fun[damn that sounds so American]) . Otherwise anything writing with the music thrown in would do it.
Then I read my Elle Horoscope ( don’t totally believe in them but Elle seems to be damn accurate most of the time) and I get this for October…
You’re the architect of the rest of your life, starting now. Don’t waste a moment on detours to nowhere. Figure out who and what you want to be and get going.
Sweet Jesus…Hint much?
To be Continued…..
Also here’s a clip of Charlotte Church and Nelly Furtado covering “Crazy” on Charlotte’s show (she would have to be my government issued best friend if I move)
Not big on Nelly, but I’ve heard her acoustic cover of the song before and it’s good.
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on October 3rd, 2006 at 12:20 am
Listen to that little voice that tells you to take the risk. I wouldn’t have my ENTIRE career if I hadn’t.
Travel = personal growth.
Best of luck (no matter where you end up),
–tj
on October 3rd, 2006 at 3:06 am
Go for it Patrice - what a great opportunity for you, just dive in and see what happens. Hopefully you can still contribute to Keith and The Girl cuz I know there’ll be heaps of peeps missin Gossip Thursday.
Good luck!
BW81
on October 3rd, 2006 at 4:11 am
Do what you want. Enjoy. Especially if your job would let you transfer.
on October 3rd, 2006 at 10:41 am
I just moved to the U.K. three weeks ago, a little South of London. I say go for it–you only live once! Only crap thing is figuring out what time is ok to call your friends at home …
on October 4th, 2006 at 12:26 am
Life is so short.. Good luck whatever you decide.
on October 4th, 2006 at 2:00 am
Patrice that sounds like an awesome opportunity. I agree with those who say listen to the little voice. You only live once. Best of luck with whatever you choose.
The luckiest husband eva,
Aldo
on October 4th, 2006 at 9:52 am
how cool!
Let me know how it all works out
Europe rocks!
on October 4th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Somehow London seems like a good fit for you, Patrice. Keep us updated on what you decide.
on October 5th, 2006 at 3:58 am
I agree with the majority… Go for it! You only live once and it sounds like an awesome opportunity.
stjoe
on October 6th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
Good luck with the London thing, you know you’ll love it in the UK.
But we will miss you on KATG, you’ll have to train up another gossip queen before you leave.
And when you gonna get this dog?
on October 6th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Take a chance. London sucks ass (yeh I do live in the UK) but it’s a great base to see the good bits of the UK and you’re only an hours flight from some great places like Paris, Rome, Madrid.
Lifes too short to get stuck in a rut, get out and see the world
on October 10th, 2006 at 9:52 am
London is a pretty fun place to live, i don’t think it would be that big of a culture shock from NY either. My fav things about London: Big red buses everywhere. Not one straight road - when you work out that you don’t have to take the tube everywhere there’s so many cool buildings and shops to see. Parks everywhere (except Shoreditch, where i work which could really do with some green). And some other shit that’s just cool. My recommendations of livable areas: North London - Stoke Newington is really nice, lots of young families and hippies, which makes for a pretty freindly and quite neighbourhood, Finsbury Park - Next to Stoke Newington similar but dirtier and noisier. Dalston (see Finsbury Park), Inslington (Angel, Canonbury, Barnesbury) - nice but expensive, Kingscross - Well central and pretty popular at the mo. It was a bit of a dive but has been regenerated, there’s still alot of ‘ladies of the night’ hanging out. Whitechapel is cheap and popular but has, err, some problems. I can’t say anything for South of the River, i’m a North Londoner so I generally don’t venture much down there, my sister lived down there for a year and hated it, also transport is much better in the North. If you do move, i hope this info helps, if you don’t, well there you go.