Back home now, and realize just how much stuff we have. Now that we have an idea of the space we’re moving into we (I) have to dispose of many of my things. Some of it will be relatively easy – the junk that I collect because it MIGHT be useful one day. Harder will be the old things and old work that can’t be replaced.

I’m sifting through my old gear from the studio to see what still retains resale value. Hopefully a BetaSP recorder is still useful to someone…

I’m in a weird space, between the excitement of a new experience and the lament for things coming to an end. I’m reminded of the December 1999 cover of Wired magazine (or was it January 2000) which has a cover photograph of a winged figure leaping off a cliff with the caption “here we go…” I liked that cover.

we found a new place in brooklyn. it was quite exhausting to keep searching daily, away from home…but we’re happy with the new apartment.

now it’s time to get packed up to move…just a few more days before i have to think about that.

i have my NYU id and have gotten notice that my loans have been approved, so it seems like it’s really happening…

i’m far too distracted to maintain a respectable blog….i never aim to sit down and write a proper article….but i can bust out the one-liners like nobody’s business (well, that’s probably not even true, either). thank goodness for something like twitter….perfect for someone like me that needs to have an audience for every inane witticism…even when there’s no one physically around…unfortunately, i’m the person that just HAS to lean over to a friend during a movie/tv show/performance and make some quip….i can see myself doing it but just can’t hold back…(i also have trouble with ellipses…)

why hold back!? i’m probably sending a tweet about my writing a blog post, right now….

spent the past two days hunting for apartments in brooklyn…this has been a rough process made more difficult by the current heat wave…smarmy.

the iphone and it’s access to craigslist and google maps has really helped, but the battery dies about the same time that my stamina goes out…so i suppose it’s only fair.

another day tommorrow…and each day until something promising comes up…

…sitting here looking for apartments 100 miles away. i suppose it could be worse – it could be 200 or 2000 miles away. regardless, weeks of filtering out all the noise in the available listings is taking it’s toll. understanding the situation in my neighborhood i fully expect brooklyn to be similar in that things can change from block to block…and without an intimate knowledge of the area i feel a bit blind.

relatively new tools such are google’s street view and various mashups have helped, but i still feel lost in all this. the difference in rental prices between philadelphia and new york also smart and are making it difficult to think objectively about where i want to live versus where i can afford to live….come on jackpot!

there has to be a better way….i’ll be giving the old methods a try tomorrow by <gasp> heading up there to ask to look at apartments in person…crazy, i know! wild times we live in…

i’m trying out the flock browser…since it seems that a large focus of my upcoming semester at ITP is going to be on the implications of the rise of the social web…i figure i might as well jump in whole heartedly.

i’m still reconciling privacy issues in the wake of the myspace generation but i’ll just have to treat my online identity in a similar fashion to my physical one. i’m accessible yet private and responsible for my actions. it seems as though the anonymity enjoyed as i’ve grown up with new telecommunication technologies has given way to the hyperpersonal…but most folks don’t seem to have come to terms with the inherent causality of this shift….

…take a deep breath…