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its been a while since i updated this blog so im hoping i can stick to my 5 to 6 posts per month. For the potential 3 people that read this, its not due to lack of activity its mainly my laziness. Keeping in mind this is the longest i have ever stuck with a blog i am secretly proud that i have over 25 posts so far, i think at the one year mark it will be great to be able to look back and read things that i forgot even happened.

Ok so its now the end of week 3 at work, or as i like to call it ‘one week away from my next pay’. So far im loving my work, its a great mix of analytical, creative, project management and marketing. Its weird being on the agency side but i think im adapting to it. The biggest challenge is not to forget how many people need to be ‘looped in’ to every conversation that you have. The amount of hands involved in making any project work is quite strange and something i not particularly use to, coming from a small company. But if i have to say how i feel about my job then overall im happy, the pay is good, the people are fun and the working environment is easy and exciting.

Halloween has come and gone and oh my god do Americans celebrate in style. The amount of zombies, monsters, cheesy tv characters and cliche vampires running around brooklyn last weekend was a sight to be seen. My girlfriend and i went dressed up as zombies, with amazing makeup supplied by her. We genuinely looked quite scary, here is a glimpse of what i looked like . We ended up going to a warehouse party in bushwick after waiting in line, in the rain for atleast what felt like an hour. Once we got there we had fun, dancing around surrounded by people dressed up head to toe, i saw at least 5 Michael Jacksons and 5 obamas including my housemate which added a french variation to the president. Got home around 4am with sore feet and a sore head, definitely one of the best Halloween’s i ever had. Reminded me of how much fun i use to have as a kid growing up and going trick or treating.

This weekend should be huge. Tonight (friday) im going to watch my first ever NBA game, to say im excited and giggling like a school girl is a massive understatement. The tickets were a touch pricey but to go watch Shaq, Lebron and the Cavs probably destroy the Knicks i think its worth it. The game starts at 8 and im sure ill enjoy it much more than the yankees game i went to, however both sports can be very anti climactic at times.

Following the basketball is my girlfriends birthday on Saturday, ive run around half of Manhattan looking for presents and just the right cake. We are hosting a cool dinner and drinks at my house on Saturday night for all her friends. Im looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her for the first time.

Sunday will more than likely be a recovery & relaxing day, hopefully i will have my xbox back from the repair shop by then as i would love to just sit around and play it all day. I have 2 games ive been waiting over a month to play! the suspense is killing the inner geek in me. I’ve already pre-warned my girlfriend that Sunday could be an entire day spent with my xbox, once again she proves just how cool she is by saying ‘ i’ll just sleep all day’. ahah instead of the normal… ‘i thought we were doing x, y or z”

And last but not least, i have restarted an old passion of mine. I use to DJ everynow and again for about 3 years or so. Realising it was just too expensive to continue buying vinyl, i had to stop. Years later everything has now changed, the introduction of cheap midi controllers and the launch of beatport has made tracks and equipment much more within reach. After buying some of my prog house gems and plugging my new midi controller in, i expected some rusty and rough mixes. To my surprise i actually wasn’t that bad. Don’t get me wrong, Sasha would not be threatened but overall i was pretty happy. Anyway, i recorded a quick 1hr mix of my fav (and only) tracks i have so far and put it in a new section of the site found under “mixes’. Feel free to click play and sit back and laugh, enjoy, critique whatever it may be.

Another week passes and the more i think im catching up to this city the more i realise im not even close. The sense of always feeling tired, mixed with the fact that there is always something to do is both exciting and scary at the same time.