Just Around the Corner

I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed lately. I’m getting older and of course life just keeps getting more and more complicated. Decisions are becoming even harder to make. Whatever happened to right and wrong or black and white? Those days seem so far gone. The valley of grey areas seems to be broadening. I’ve been saying that I hope to be certain person by the time I’m 25. It has always been this mark for me but a mark that was pretty far away. Now? Not so much. It’s only four years away! WAIT!!!! I’m 22-years-old this year so it’s only three years away?! This is ridiculous. I’m literally gasping for air right now. The pressure is on. WOW. Okay, I need to get it together. The future used to seem so thrilling and exciting it still is but also scary. I’m scared of not becoming the person that I’ve always wanted to be. People who are a lot older than me say, “Come on, you’re still young. You’re a baby; you have time to figure it out.” But it doesn’t feel that way to me. To me it’s like,” yeah I’m young NOW but I’m not getting any younger only growing older.” Yikes!
 

Okay, well on a brighter note. I’ve been trying to find free events to attend in the city to take pictures for my Photojournalism course so I was super excited to find out about the 9th Annual Cool New York Dance Festival at the White Wave, John Ryan Theatre in DUMBO (Down Under the Brooklyn Bridge) Brooklyn. I immediately thought that I would have gotten some great shots of the dancers. So I dragged my sissy (sister) along with me. The theatre was pretty small but nice and cozy. We arrived at the theatre just in time for the 9 o’clock show. The show was about to begin when my sissy reminded me to get my camera ready but because of copyright issues I decided to ask someone who worked at the theater if I could take some pictures. I was totally bummed when he said no, epic fail. I wanted to take pictures, which is why I was there in the first place. Although in retrospect I should have called and asked if I could ahead of time. Anyhow, the night didn’t go so badly after all. The festival was amazing the dancers were wonderful. They performed a series of contemporary dance.  I wish I had the poise of a dancer only in my head I do. By the end I was so disappointed that I wasn’t able to take any pictures they would have been beautiful. But you win some and you lose some I guess. I was just happy to have been a witness to such beauty. I vow to attend more shows such as this. I even signed up to volunteer at the theatre and recently received an email back asking to set up a meeting. So we will see how that goes. Nevertheless, my sissy and I went to one of our favorite Thai food restaurants after and grabbed some food to take back home. Since we hardly ever go out alone it was nice to spend some sisterly time together. Until next time...XoXXoXXo

The front of the theatre