So, when I first moved out of the dorms in college, I moved into an apartment on East Huntingdon Street. It was an amazing place, and a lot of my friends said it was their favorite apartment in Savannah.
Jump a few years later - I am heading back to Savannah in March, and I've been looking for place to live. I'm 99.99% set with a place... the apartment right below the one I lived in for three years.
“I have just returned from Boston. It is the only sane thing to do if you find yourself up there.”
-Fred Allen
It won't exactly be like I never left. I mean, most of my college friends from undergrad have moved out. But some remain, and I'm excited about working with them on their current artistic projects if possible. I'll also have a new set of roommates, whom I haven't formally met, but seem pretty cool from their Facebook profiles and the brief communication I've had with some of them. I'll be the lone graduate student in the house, so I'll try my best not to feel old when I tell them stories about friends climbing the cell phone tower (completely sober), and almost buring down Keys Hall.
And one of the best parts about moving back to Savannah: paying 1/2 of what I would pay for an apartment in Boston. Which is good, because one of my goals is to save up money for my eventual move to Los Angeles.
The prospect of getting back to doing what I love leaves me overflowing with excitement, to the point that I need to keep reminding myself that it's still about 4 months away, and I need to keep focused on things I have to do now. I want to make sure that whoever takes my position at work doesn't inherit my workload. I need to make sure I'm obtainging my short term goals of finishing some scripts and song recordings I've started. I've also been wanting to get in shape, but that may have to wait until Savannah - I have no physical motivation when it's freezing outside.
On a somewhat seperate note, I feel like distance tends to throw off the possibility of collaborating with friends on certain projects. You think "How can I write songs or plays or create something with my friend who lives on the other side of the country?".
There's an awesome thing called "The Internet". You're currently on it, and apparently, it's all thanks to Al Gore.
The Postal Service is a band that even managed to collaboration using old fashioned techniques, hence the name of the band.
I like to write in solitude, but eventually, I need feedback, input, and collaboration if my writing is going to be any good. And I have a lot of talented friends who have the same passions as I do, and like me, most of us are "working on stuff". I've been "working on stuff" for about 2 years now. I think once I actually send that stuff to people and get feedback, that I'll actually be able to go from "working on stuff" to "finishing stuff". You can check out my website here:
There's a link to my public online storage. I'll start posting my music and writing on here, and feel free to let me know if any of them interest you. Also, there's a dropbox if you want to send stuff to me to check out or collaborate on.
I've also started using Skype again, as they have a great video chat service (it always a bonus to see and visually interact with your collaborators. If you have it as well, feel free to add me. My username is topherstanley.
With today's technology, we really can't use distance as an excuse. So let's start creating things!
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed”
-Charles Darwin
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