A Month and a Day

Kia Ora,

One month and day since I last updated you all with news from LALA land.

As most often appropriate I shall begin with the most dramatic - I have moved out of the McManus' to live with the summer interns who are here to do the Barbarian Project. I'm still part of the Protege group with the added task of living in one of the apartments to add some texture to the summer interns' lives. I'm enjoying apartment living (8 guys in a four bedroom is not as bad as it sounds), but most importantly I love the area I'm in. I live less than 10 minutes from Hollywood. I'm much more central to everything I do plus the area has a very cool edginess to it; some great cafes with decent coffee, and believe it or not some natural beauty. Check the where I live here.

Summer has arrived, and not so sub salt in open raw wounds, but its SO good.

Over the past month the realities of life have hit a couple of people in my Protege team. Though this stuff isn't pleasant it has lead to deepening of friendships. Furthermore, I feel convinced that our reactions to experiences and the introspective learning that has resulted is the biggest take-way for us.

I'm at the point where I am contextualising everything in the mindset of how will this apply back in Welly, NZ. I feel very optimistic about our cities future and Mosaic Wellington's influence on it.

I guess one of the biggest themes of the last month is the amount of learning and insight I have undergone about myself. To no surprise of some I'm sure, it has been through listening to others' stories that I have learned more about myself (as opposed to focusing on myself), both the good and bad of my character and temperament.

If some of you have a spare moment - read this on ENTP's and let me know your thoughts - you can comment directly to this post.

I'm sitting in a really cool low key cafe on Sunset Blvd and Cahuenga Blvd, overhearing a conversation about the makeup for a music video though I can't work out who for...wait I think it might be Jessica Simpson. Either her or Britney or Madonna - definitely someone very white. Can't really work it out. Guess I'll have to wait for the music video to come out. Update: just heard - Jessica Sutta from the Pussycat Dolls - don't worry I had to Google her as well.

One other thing very quickly. The idea of New Zealand being the staging ground for a number of Mosaic people is becoming a frequent topic of conversation. In part due I think this is due to the fact that I have been suggesting the idea to a couple of people but mostly due to something greater - some thing important is going to happen in NZ in the next five years.

I'm going to post a few photos collected from the a last month later tonight so please come back for a visit. I'll let you know when they're up.

I'm off to Vegas tomorrow for a day and half then off to the Grand Canyon. First time out of the State and first real blowout. Going with two other guys from which I expect a lot of high-jinks.

C U sooner.