I created this blog without a very clear vision - I wasn’t sure what I wanted to put here, but I knew that I wanted a place that beckoned me to supply with content. As I haven’t updated here regularly since last Spring, I’ve failed in that regard.
One thing I didn’t want to do here is compose a public diary. While it works out nicely for some, there’s a fear that I would write exhaustively for no one but myself. What I find relevant in my life would likely resonate with too narrow of an audience to warrant such a blog.
Sure, sometimes my writing here has been anecdotal. But the type of experience to spur these post doesn’t happen regularly, so the rest of this website has been constructed with quotes, links, and the occasional Improv flyer. In trying to avoid boring people with my content, I’ve prevented myself from providing a reason to regularly visit this blog.
I realize that an update might be nice for some people who know me and whom I haven’t conversed with recently. Rather that painstakingly filter everything, I’ll type out what I consider relevant in one sitting. This isn’t a guaranteed renaissance of Mr. Hustle, but it is an admission that one is both necessary and imminent.
On April 15th, I posted a picture of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University with the caption ‘Decision Made.’ Looking at this blog, one would reasonably assume that I am up to my eyeballs in case studies. However, things took an unexpected turn during the late spring and summer.
I chose to eschew law school because I - unbelievably - was hired by NBC’s Page Program. Yes, that’s right, I’m a real-life Kenneth. The opportunity arose from my search for summer internships that I could get between Graduation and year 1 at Cardozo, and I was very quiet about the entire interview process. I wanted the job so badly that the mere notion of telling more than a handful of people seemed like a jinx. I had my final interview in June, and found out I got the job days before my Birthday.
In late August I moved to New York. Withdrawal from law school left my living situation wide open, so instead of living in Manhattan, I elected to get more bang for my buck in Brooklyn. I love the neighborhood I’m in, and I thankfully had to make only a few compromises in finding my apartment.
One consideration, of course, was whether my apartment would be pet-friendly. After strongly considering options that were either intolerant of pets or just plain too small, I held out for somewhere that would accommodate a furry roommate. I’m glad I did, because last week I adopted a 3 month-old kitten. I named him Tobias, a nod to everyone’s favorite fictional doctor-turned-actor. He peed on me as I slept in my bed the first night he was home. Though the experts at the ASPCA tell me it was because he probably couldn’t find the litter box, I have a suspicion it was a power play. If it was, I’ll give him the credit he’s due - whenever he wakes me up in the middle of the night with his meowing, I get up to make sure he accomplishes excretion properly.
The job at NBC is both what I expected and much more; I am working more than forty hours a week, often six out of seven days, but the Page program has many elements that the NBC-Universal careers website does not highlight. It has crossed my mind to write about my experiences in this very cool job, but I’ve elected to consider how best to frame this information before throwing it on the internet for all to see.
And here we are: I still have every intention to write regularly, but my own excess analysis has gotten in the way. Familiar territory.
