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[shagall]

So I've only been to California for three days and I've already met the stage manager for theatre productions, had lunch with the head of parent relations, found an apartment, bought a bed, got my school ID, waivered my parking space on campus, and got a connection to Paramount Studios. Gee...that was quick. I guess being a New Yorker comes in handy. I'm also pretty tanned. It's very strange because it looks more like foundation then an actual tan. It's just so evenly distributed on my face and the color is actually lighter along my hair line so it looks like make-up. Oh well. Looking forward to going to the beach once I actually move so I can tan my whole body. Yay!!!

 

[shagall]

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches. Are they looking at me?
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

 

[shagall]

It’s a little bit funny this feeling inside
I’m not one of those who can easily hide
I don’t have much money but boy if I did
I’d buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it’s not much but it’s the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one’s for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it’s done
I hope you don’t mind
I hope you don’t mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you’re in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they’ve got me quite cross
But the sun’s been quite kind while I wrote this song
It’s for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen

 

[shagall]

I feel like I've fallen behind in life. I'm 22 and basically had my parents do everything for me till now. I don't even have a credit card. To officially become independent it's gonna take me about 2 years, at least. Saving up money,, getting a scholarship, and yadda yadda. I'm trying to be a good son and save my parents as much money as possible and I hope to God it works. So I'm gonna be a freshmen in college again, trying to complete my BA while most my friends are in their last year of college and now heading out into the real world. I've been given a second chance and I can't blow it. Being a grown up sucks. To not be able to trust people sucks. To be taken advantage of sucks. To be taken advantage of by who you thought was a genuinely nice person sucks. God I hope life gets better. It should when you work your ass off right? Isn't that the rule? Time to get out my brain power. Ready...set...GO!!!

 

[shagall]

So I was having a bit of drama with my apartment. After me and my mom came back to NYC, the superintendent called my mother and told her that we have been denied with no explanation. The purpose of the entire trip was to find an apartment and this certainly outraged both of us. We signed the lease, we paid in full, and they welcomed us with open arms. Assuming our task was accomplished, we cancelled all our appointments to see other potential apartments and even booked an earlier flight home. So how can these people do this to us?

So we decided this isn't right and got lawyers involved. We kept calling the management but no one ever seemed to pick up the phone. I had a lawyer friend of mine leave a message on their answering machine and by the next day, we received a response. A woman called us and told my mother all she needed was a bigger security deposit given the fact that I don't work. Is that all? My mom obviously agreed to pay but we can't help but wonder, was that the ONLY reason we were denied? For the simple fact that they needed a bigger security deposit? Why deny us for that? Couldn't they just have asked? Oh well. It's over. The place is mine.

I've never gotten so involved with preparing for school. I'm doing everything possible to make mine and my parents life easier. By next year, I aspire to get a scholarship. There's no question I'm gonna miss my home, my friends, my family. It's gonna be a huge adjustment but I think I can manage. My father will be coming with me to Cali. this time and he'll be staying with me for two weeks or until I get settled. I know, I'm spoiled, my parents love me to death, and all I can do is try to be the best son I can be.