Work Prospects

Hello Everyone:

I'm really starting to envy the people in the cooler climates.  While the weather in Los Angeles remains unseasonably warm and sunny, it's playing havoc with my allergies.  So much so that I feel like I'm walking around with a perpetual cold and I'm not sick.  My eyes are watery, puffy, and red.  My sinuses are throbbing and my throat feels scratchy.  Now I really wished I lived in New York. Speaking of which, I applied for a writing job at The Guardian yesterday.  The Guardian is a left of center British newspaper based in London.  They have a U.S. edition based in New York City.  The position is for an editor in their culture section.  Really, I'm hoping the at least want to talk to me.  I strongly believe that their readers would be interested in architecture, historic preservation, urban planning and design.  I also applied for a couple of other jobs, one at USC and another with a non-profit in New York City.  Living in New York City is something I've dreamed about for a very long time.  I would only do it if the auspices were right, meaning have a job and a place to live.  I blame Woody Allen's movie for making New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, and Rome so freakishly beautiful.  His cinematographer just has this way of capturing those cities that make them appear so glamourous, even when they aren't.  I have family in New York so I wouldn't feel so isolated.  I suppose I could learn to make new friends and stay in touch with the ones I have now.  What about the bf?  Good question.  Honestly, I don't think he's going to move again so quickly.  I think he's happy living near his mom.  Strange though, on the one hand I get the feeling that he wants a family of his own but on the other he doesn't want to commit all the way.  I would like a long-term stable relationship and with the right person, I would be willing to commit.  The bf has the potential to be that person but I have no clue why he's afraid to make the leap.  Actually, I think it's all of his anxiety issues and his need for everything to be "just so."  I'm willing to be patient with him but to a point.  I think he understands that concept.  I love him dearly, no buts about it.

In the meantime, I'll just keep going after the writing jobs that fit my interests and skills set.  I think this is the right (no pun intended) direction to go in.  Instinct and interest tell me this.  I just keep writing and build the blog so I have something to show.  Besides, who knows where it will lead.