Friday, May 2, 2008

Life is But a Dream to me...Now its Time to Wake Up

When Hov said that “ Life is but a beach chair”, I can totally relate. This whole experience is and has been surreal. Some days I wake up and I can’t believe that I am here living and breathing in Italy. I have lived with out a job in another country for over 3 months , were the US dollar is damn near worth nothing, in an apartment with 4 strangers of the “ superior race“, people with different values and respects for one another, and a building smothered in thieves,. All of that coupled with my NY state of mind I have managed to have the time of my life while simultaneously regretting my decision to embark on such a lengthy mission. ( I get home sick man what do you want me to do…lol). People always say they want to live the” American Dream”, but righteously I am the poster child for “ Black” American Dreaming, and I can’t be mad at that. I mean I learned another language in another country in less than 4 months, how many people can say that?

This long awaited chapter is about to come to an end, and boy am I ready. I am ready for buffalo wings, smog, rudeness, celeb gossip, hip-hop, movies, MTV, and most of all America!!! I am graduating in June and am eagerly seeking employment in the communications field. I really want to get a job in the newsroom. Over these past 4 or 5 months I have grown tremendously and have done some major soul searching, and have concluded that I belong on TV.

I have grown, I managed to stop my self from bussing some white chicks ass when my brand new lap top came up suddenly missing and I turned into a compass to make my way from Germany to Amsterdam all on an whim. Also I have evolved into quite the chef out here! We all know that God has a plan for me, so I can’t take all the credit, however I will dust my shoulders off just this one time. Nevertheless, everything in life happens for a reason and every experience can be interpreted as a lesson, so with I say: Goodbye Pasta, narrow streets, scooters, Gucci and Cavalli, and Hello Brooklyn, grime, and processed food, living with the parentals, walking the dog, and applying to grad school.

This hiatus has been wonderful but its time to grind. I love Italy, but I am in love my career. I am just not content with working at the market by day, or a store, and then having another hustle on the side at night. I didn’t waste over $100, 000 on a top of the line education to settle for less. I am determined to do what I love because lord knows that I can’t afford to live of mommy and daddy’s money, nor do I have another year of college to BS around with. It’s finally here and after this one I hopefully will only have two more aisle to walk down ( grad school and my WEDDING of course). Wish me luck…See you on June 9th

Ciao Ragazzi,


GlamDOT

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