misterB: ok, here's a dumb question...
misterB: how much longer are you going to keep the "Itinerant outta NY" title on the site?
JPennant: eh, havent thought about it
There is a reason Ive kept it.
Remember those signs where you can tell how far you are from any piont in the world? A point from where you can orient yourself.
Even tho was born in jamaica, grew into adulthood in Chicago, lived in Florida .. it is from new york where I orient myself.
New york is where my nascent dreams and passions turned into desire, stoking and crystallizing the direction of how i wanted to live my life.
New York is where this is coming out of.
Im not simply an Itinerant. I am Interant Outta New York. :)
Plus, i like the phrase.
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New York makes you driven.
It makes you want to achieve, to use yourself to the best of your capacity.
I dont think I really tapped into my ambitious side until I got there.
Julia Child once said being in Paris was an awakening for her. Many places have that effect on people. San Francisco is such a place. New York, to an extreme extent, is another.
I worked hard in New York. But eventually, I realized I wanted more. Much more.
And what i wanted, for now .. wasnt in New York.
Thats why I went outta New York.
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