Life Drama - Part II

I've been getting some e-mails and some phone calls wanting to know what the hell is going on with me. On the blog last week, I indicted that I was going through some "life drama," then just left you hanging.

Let me try and explain a few things now. Apparently, some of you care about it. For that, I thank you.

For now, I’m no longer living downtown. I liked living in the city just fine but where I was living turned out to be a horrible experience. In my mind, I literally felt like I had to leave immediately – that’s how bad it was.

I’ve found some temporary housing on the west side of town and I’m grateful to have it. I feel safe. I’ll stay there until I figure out what I want to do next.

Hanging out more at CityBeat has been a blessing. I’m not sucking up to anybody when I say there are some damn nice people there who know about the bullshit I’ve been going through.

I guess I’m ready to ring in the New Year. I can’t say 2007 ended on a positive note, but in trying to be that way (positive), I’m thinking that 2008 can only get better.

- Larry Gross

(Graphic found on Mr. Google)

Comments

[Terry]

At least you're still hangin' downtown for work. Sucks that you had to get out of a place so quickly.

[Matt]

Get back downtown soon, man. We need you down here.

[Jeff Dorsey]

Likewise, I appreciate seeing you around the office and the opportunity your "Life Drama" seems to have provided us to begin getting to know each other.

For those that don't know it, I replaced Larry as Accounting Manager at CityBeat after he left because it was "time for a new challenge, a new direction" as he wrote in parting in the employee newsletter.

I think my sense of humor my have been misconstrued by people when I, upon seeing Larry's parting contribution to the newsletter, made a sign to hang on my office cubicle:

"...new evil bastard named Jeff..."
"... accounting manager from hell."
- Larry Gross

Anyway, your recent "Life Drama" has allowed us to get beyond "Hi, how are you doing?" I am glad of that.

[Karen]

Jeff,
Once you get to know "scary Larry," you'll find he's not so scary at all :)