The Old New Apartment

So I've had these pictures up on my desktop for a while now, but keep running out of time to post about my new apartment - and the apartment doesn't really seem "new" anymore. I've been here for almost a month now… and like it a lot. I keep telling people that it's probably the nicest place I'll EVER live, which probably just says more about the kind of lifestyle I expect to have as a starving musician. But maybe if I visualize hard enough I can live like this forever. ;)

Anyway - the place, as I said, is nice (at least for me). It's down on Wall Street, a couple blocks from the NY Stock Exchange, so I see a lot of suits and get to be part of a lot of reverse commutes, which is nice. There's a 24-hour doorman who knows all our faces and names, and there's got to be a lot of us since there are 15 or so rooms on each of 30+ floors. They have all these valet services that I'll likely never use, and there's a pretty new gym that I hope to use more than I'm sure I will. Anyway - here are a couple other perks…

The lounge, complete with couches, wireless internet, pool tables, card tables, private study rooms, board games, and a grand piano.

The roof-deck… would have a nicer view if ALL the buildings out here weren't so tall…

And the movie theater where they show movies every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday…

Anyway - so that's where I live. Other than that, school is going well… I'm only taking two classes, one on Digital Audio Processing and another on Music in Film. They are technically and theoretically over my head, respectively, but I'm enjoying the challenge, and meeting a lot of really interesting people, many of whom are older and already have a lot of the kinds of work experiences I would be stoked to have.

Aaaaaand, I'm still working at Grand Central, though we're hoping to be done-done by the end of October. I still think it's a good gig, but I've had just about enough of my windowless dungeon to last me for this life.