Parthenon and on and on...

"This is the year to come out of recent hiding, Aquarius. Your standing in the world takes on great importance, especially during the latter half of the year. It's time to come out of humble reclusion, and let yourself shine!"

My horoscope for 2012 is telling me to get out of hiding and I couldn't agree more. 2011 felt like a stalemate. 2012 is the year ideas come out of my brain and into this world. I had to go herman's hermit for the second half of last year cause I needed to re-calibrate my mind. Every now and then you have to unplug yourself for awhile till you get back on track. In ancient times when a man was disturbed or feeling out of whack he would isolate himself from the village and live in a cave out in the wild until he felt better. These days men do the same thing, except now these caves are called studio apartments.

Living in a studio apartment is an exercise of will and determination. You might be determined to save money, but your willpower to sacrifice space for dollars can only last so long. The weirdest thing about living in a studio is having people over. When you only have one room, its a bit strange to have a guest see all your belongings all at once. "Welcome to my humble abode. Here's is everything I own, let us sit among it and discuss." I guess I took for granted using a living room as a buffer zone between your bedroom belongings and other stuff. Also the bathroom or kitchen smells can overpower the whole house. Combine that with guests and you have some precious awkward moments. Also whenever I showered my entire apartment went damp. Seriously it felt like a rain forest in there.

Studio Apts < other places to live

My living in a studio apartment experiment has come to an end but I have relearned one thing. People need space.


I now consider myself a drifter. It is difficult to explain my migrations all over the west coast but one thing is for sure, I was getting my Lewis and Clark on. I have packed up my little car with everything I own and hit the horizon a few times and I see why a drifter has gotta drift...too many people asking too many questions. Like... When are you going to get a job? Or...What are you doing here? and my personal fav...Where are your pants???

I am not excited for 2012... but I would concede to a cautious optimism.

Random video of the day...Get your Parthenon on cause 2012 is the year for big ideas...