Franny looked over at his back with interest. "No, you didn't!" she said. "Are you serious? What picture?"
Zooey, looking out over the macadamized school roof across the street, said, "Oh, it's a long story. Some French joker's over here, and he heard the album I did with Philippe. I had lunch with him one day a couple of weeks ago. A real schnorrer, but sort of likable, and apparently he's hot over there right now." He put one foot up on the window seat. "Nothing's final-- nothing's ever final with these guys--but I think I've got him half snowed into the idea of making a picture out of that Lenormand novel. The one I sent you."
"Yes! Oh, that's exciting, Zooey. If you go, when do you think you'd go?"
"It is not exciting. That's exactly the point. I'd enjoy doing it, yes. God, yes. But I'd hate like hell to leave New York. If you must know, I hate any kind of so-called creative type who gets on any kind of ship. I don't give a goddam what his reasons are. I was born here. I went to school here. I've been run over here--twice, and on the same damn street. I have no business acting in Europe, for God's sake."
maybe I don't have any business getting a job in London or wherever. maybe I should just get a job in the bay area and commute the hill or live there. I have no idea at this point.
But one thing that I'm sure of is how much better whatever I end up doing would be with friends. this is super corny but whatever. I love the tv show Friends. It is for sure at or near the top of my list. and the thing that makes the show great is obvious: Friends. they all live together, go to the same coffee shop, and basically do almost everything together. and I guess it helps that they are all ridiculously funny. it's beside the point that they live in new york city. I mean i guess it wouldn't have worked the same if the show was set in some small town in the midwest but you get the idea. I want to live in a situation where I'm daily interacting with friends and people I love wherever it is. Working in a great new city would be cool but if I'm there by myself with no friends maybe thats not so great. I mean obviously there's something to be said about making new friends but I just feel like that would be easier said than done with a full time job.
maybe i'm rambling at this point. hopefully this kind of makes sense.
the fact that I'm realizing this personality trait doesn't mean I'm going to try and block it out or something. (so if you have some exciting ideas and need a partner in crime...hit me up...haha...but seriously).
2 comments:
I don't know how I feel about this post. I'm so torn in the same situation, although it's different for me because for some reason despite my wanting to live abroad I instead find tons of excuses for why it's not for me. My excuses manifest themselves in a mild to severe bitterness towards those kids mentioned in the quote of the book that live abroad. I think normally I blame money and perhaps it is a valid enough reason since I don't want to be in considerable debt from vacation when I'm already 13,000 dollars in debt from school and a degree that won't do me much good without a masters or something better. On a deeper level too though I have never been able to figure out how those kids become so independent, I can't imagine leaving or at least being in contact with friends, family, and Michelle off in a foreign land. We are on our way to planning many adventures but these are only temporary because I think the real adventure in my life is here at home getting to know people like you that I'll know for the rest of my life. I can't ever expect to see all the things in the world that I want to but really what makes all those places that special anyway is a good question. I wouldn't worry about a job because I think that it will come but I also want to say (coming from someone who knows a little something about changing careers) the best thing to do is follow your true passion, and not necessarily what you studied in school or what seems reasonable. Perhaps this is the biggest challenge and similar to life abroad because the hardest part in both situations is taking a jump off the deep in, a step in the opposite direction...all the while wondering will I swim? will I stumble? With friends...no.
strait up gettin a long one from munns. Im not gona write as much..... but what i would do in your situation is ravel around for at least a year. I know you'll have student loan debt, but that can wait. Next summer work like you did that one summer, internship, then possibly got to YWAM!! or just get out into the world and be rugged. Don't worry about the future, a year isn't that long. Just get rugged with it, and atleats you have a degree to come back with. And also if you wanna pay my plane ticket i'll go with you...... wherever theres waves. Good advice?
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