Week 1:

I've been here for a week now. As my family can attest to, the first few days were, to put it delicately, "rough." I wasn't quite sure what I got myself into and also realized that I'm a little more attached to my family than I thought I was. Since they left here on Monday, I've discovered a great place:

1. I have really nice apartment and I have a really great roommate! Craig's List works!

2. Anything goes. I saw Edward Scissorhands walking down the street today.

3. I'm going to get a graduate degree here.

4. The Cake Boss is ten blocks away, ready to take care of all my custom cake needs.

5. Hoboken is really nice. It is also the birthplace of baseball and Mr. Frank Sinatra.

Every day, I've been walking around and checking out the area. I've literally walked until I can't walk anymore. Another first today: purchasing blister band-aids.

Myself and about 1 bazillion other people took advantage of the free admission at the Museum of Modern Art today and I got to check out some neat exhibits and photography. After that, I walked around Rockefeller Center and scoped out the Today Show area. I am now well equiped to guide anyone to the plaza so we can see Matt Lauer. I thought I saw Tonya Harding on the Rockefeller ice rink, but thinking back, I'm fairly certain it wasn't her.

My camera broke during the trip here, so I'm going tomorrow to get a new one. After visiting the museum today, I've decided I definitely need to become a photographer and have a photo displayed in a museum. Or displayed at the fair. Whatever works.