It takes a lot of chutzpah to take a risk and follow a dream. It's very easy to sit back and stay in a place of safety and judgement and watch and comment on others than it is to actually put yourself out there and be ballsy and go for what you want. Well, my good friend Krystyn is doing just this. After many years of kicking ass in not only being one of the coolest people I know, she is putting aside her formerly-cushy office job and moving to North Carolina to work in the video game industry. She has participated and created ARG's for a long time, so her sense of how to put a game together and how to play games are pretty advanced. It's an entry position, but we all gotta start somewhere. And the fact that she's willing to take a pay cut and move to a new city to follow her dreams shows she is truly made of strong stuff.
Krystyn and I will hit our 20 year anniversary of knowing each other this year. 20 years. It seems like yesterday we were in the chorus together in Oliver! at OPRFHS. We've had our ups and our downs, but mostly, Krystyn, it's been awesome. You introduced me to Erasure. You were there on those lazy summer nights during high school and college as we'd drive around town, listening to Depeche Mode, talking about Saturday Night Live and group dynamics (THEM and The Girls). You flew out to Los Angeles to spend my birthday with me when you totally didn't have to. You have been a constant support for me when I was low and when I was a total ass. You have been and you continue to be a fantastic friend and an awesome person. Congratulations, dear. I am so proud of you.
I have emerged from a gigantic pile of boxes to say thank you, and what a wonderful thing this was to read this morning. Funnily, Evan told me about this post, so here I am.
You are a great friend, Jon. Your support has meant a lot over the years. Man, I feel so fortunate to know so many creative people - I think knowing you so long has truly influenced how I approach art, and see myself as an artist.
*huge hugs*
You're the best.
Now I gotta get back to packing. I just packed up all of the holiday mixes from you and Tom, and they made me smile.
Posted by: krystyn | March 27, 2007 at 04:43 AM
Hi, I read your wisdome teeth entry from 2005 and found it helpful. I got removed two of those molars two days ago, and im following the treatment just like the Dr. said.
I as particularly interested and thankful that you wrote about your complications in dec 28. Did you eat a lot or how come those food pieces were deposited into your healing whom? I'm taking forever to eat, I chop it small and then smash it with the fork until is almost gerber, food even gets cold :p
well thanks for posting that.
Posted by: Andres | March 28, 2007 at 04:11 PM
Congratulations, Krystyn. You're very brave. :)
Posted by: katied | March 31, 2007 at 04:27 AM