NYC

Staying with my friend Myles in Brooklyn exploring the city day and night. Been here 2 full days and already I'm exhausted.

More traveling, more time with friends and family, falling in love...

In Iowa visiting family and friends. heading to NYC in a couple of days to visit more friends and hopefully show my portfolio around. I'm quickly trying to update my website which is in DIRE need of it. My idea that it would only take a "few hours" has become a much bigger overhaul. The most important thing that's happened since I've last written is that I've fallen for a fantastic woman in Seattle. She's beautiful in so many ways and we seem like a really good match. Suddenly my life feels entirely blessed once again...I only wish I was getting more photo work and had a place to live. Since she is in Seattle, I will be too, at least for the time being. I won't be heading down to San Francisco in August as I'd rather be with this woman than anywhere else in the world. Being with her feels like traveling.

In Limbo

I know, it's been too long. I had no time to write while I was traveling, and upon returning to Seattle I found myself needing some time to settle. I'm still not settled. In fact, I feel like I am in some strange limbo between places that I don't really like much at all. I am currently staying with my friends Chris and Kate. My summer sublet in San Francisco just fell through completely a few days ago so I am trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I am searching craigslist for places but have yet to land a room to live in. I also have discovered that I have gotten Lyme disease while I was in Italy. There were lots of tiny ticks around when walking through the forest and I picked off about 5 while I was there. Apparently one of them was a carrier and now...well I just started getting the tell-tale red target rash on my leg. This is still the early stage of the disease so I just have to take antibiotics for the next month or so. 85% of the time this will take care of it if it's done early enough. Otherwise, it could become a serious problem. Fantastic! What else? I'm getting audited on Thursday, so I have that to look forward to as well. Bad luck comes in threes right? I'm not really down about any of this, just a little...humored, I suppose, that life can take such turns so quickly. I still feel like one of the luckiest people in the world for having the life I've had, and the people I have in my life are all a big part of that feeling.

10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2..1...

Good morning! Today is the day! I find myself being aware that everything I do is the last time I'll do it in the house. Had my last night of sleep, took my last shower, made my last cup of tea, and now I'm writing my last blog in this house. I have a lot to do so I'll keep it short with a quote from W.H. Murray given to me last night by Miss Michaela Murphy:

“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets: 'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.'"
-W.H. Murry, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition

Off I go into uncharted territories...

2 more days till lift-off!

Almost finished packing! I've been packing for weeks and am surrounded by boxes. Soon I will walk out my front door for the last time. It's bittersweet, this huge change. On the one hand I know it's for the best, as I've been stagnating here for years... but on the other hand, I love this place. It's been my home for so long. I have so many memories here and returning to Seattle without a home to come back to is going to be...difficult. So, for all my friends who are wishing me a bon voyage... please call me when I get back on APRIL 24th, and check up on me because I WILL BE FREAKED OUT about not being able to come back to 419 12th Ave East. I'll try to write once more before I go start the new chapter of my life. If your name is Kourtney, I'd especially like to hear from you. You are why I started living here in the first place, and I miss you.

March: Much better thank you

Ok, T-minus 13 days and counting. I am moving out of this house officially on March 15th. I leave the next day for Europe. How's it going? Well, since I've got no work, I've had lots of time to pack. This is a good thing, as 16 years of my life takes time to purge and pack, purge and pack. Slowly, slowly, catch the monkey. It's a phrase I heard in Nepal. Very useful. So, what else is going on in Greg's life besides he's jobless and soon to be homeless? Well, I just had a photo show along with by neighbors upstairs and it went fairly well thanks to all of my generous friends who purchased photos from me. After Saturday night's show, I've officially paid for the expenses of framing all of those photos. Now if I can just sell a few more, I'd actually be making money! Ok, trying to break down my office today didn't work out. It seems I have work to do before I can pack my big daddy computer up and just work on my laptop. Anyone who knows anyone in San Francisco whom you think I should meet, please email me.

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It's a non-profit book. Price is only a few bucks more than the cost of printing, and those few bucks go towards U.S. Campaign for Burma and WildAid.org.

February: So far, not so much.

Just got the news that Macy's is closing it's photo department. Lots of people getting laid off. What does this mean to me? My only steady source of income is gone. Northern Light Agency is currently without any clients. I suppose given that I'm being kicked out of my home, it's only appropriate that I should lose my business as well. Any last reasons to stay in Seattle? I won't mention them for fear that something might happen to them. Perhaps it's best if I just leave quietly...