Hello Blog, Hello World!

Hi friends,

Today is my very first blog. I would like to call this a fresh start.

I am good at starting things, journals especially, but I am bad at finishing them. I usually get distracted by bigger and better things. Or just succumb to laziness.

But this summer, I have gone through many interesting, personal changes. I have realized that instead of sitting on my ass, waiting for the world to give me something good to look forward to, I would like to take manners into my own hands (literally).

This Awakening came to me first in waves. I lived for the past two months in New York City, interning at MTV in Media & Licensing.

As an incoming senior at Vanderbilt University, completely oblivious about my future career, I figured the best option was law school (me? lawyer? huh?). My parents and friends alike gave the thumbs up to this potential career choice. I signed up for the LSAT, went to my internship, drafted licenses, emailed fellow lawyers, negotiated financial deals (Etc, Etc, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH).

But then I was hit by the waves; waves of boredom, frustration, anxiety. All the bad stuff. I realized that I hated what I was doing.

When creativity is idle, it later comes crawling out in bizarre (wave like?) ways. Point in case, I had abandoned my creative passions and interests during this whole "I need to be successful and grow up" process.

After some personal realizations while running by the East River and many, many conversations with close friends and loved ones, I decided to drop the whole law school thing and am planning on Grad School, in Creative Writing or Film (in case you were curious). Not only am I anxiously working on writing samples and studying for the GRE, I am also picking up some fun hobbies. Lately I have been exploring, film, music & art -- things that makes me tick and thrive.

Basically, I have reconnected with my old artsy self.

As I prepare for Grad School, I would like this blog to be my side project. At Vandy, so many people (me included) have completely forgotten there is something outside of the Vanderbubble (yes there are cooler things to do than fratting out). There is much more than people think. Nashville has a lot to offer to those of us who are artistically curious (and daring) enough.

As a music freak, I have taken advantage of many concerts these past three years. But I still haven't explored other parts of Artsyville. There is art, film, and even more music than I probably don't know anything about. Therefore, this blog is going to be a way for me to discover those other artsy parts that haven't been yet discovered. I want to scope out the underground scene, party with the hipsters, and everything else funky like that. And I want to share it with all you starving artists and bored bloggers. Aren't I nice?

I have recruited some others to my side; this blog is a collaborative effort. I'm excited. This might be a very cool thing.

School starts in less than two weeks. Until then, I will be doing some artsy stuff here in my hometown, Miami, FL (ehem, Mee-Am-EE). I will also be tanning, a lot. Maybe eating some cuban food. Maybe a club or a bar, here and there.

Oh yeah, and I will be blogging. Don't worry, there will be no more lifestory bullshit like you witnessed in the earlier part of this post. I just needed a juicy intro.

Stay tuned.