Well… I’m leaving Brooklyn tomorrow. I’m moving back to Long Island to live with my parents. I’ve lived in Brooklyn for the past year, and I’ve discovered that city living just isn’t for me. And while the prospect of living with my parents isn’t exactly appealing, I will be able to save a butt load of money, and my mom always makes sure the fridge is stocked with beer for me. So it can’t be all that bad.
Here is a tally of the events of my past year in Brooklyn:
Money paid in rent that could be in savings had I stayed home: $9,600
Number of graduate degrees attained: 1
Number of job changes: 1
Number of employers named after birds: 2
Number of times Time Warner Cable has had to come to my apartment to fix the cable and/or internet: 3
Number of cable and internet problems permanently fixed: 0
Number of stops necessary to buy what could be bought at a regular suburban supermarket in one shot: 3
Number of beers drank at the local gay bar: 12
Number of beers drank in the privacy of my own home: Countless
Number of guys dated: 3
Number of guys who broke up with my via e-mail: 1
Number of guys who broke up with me via ignoring me: 1
Number of guys who moved back to Nebraska: 1
Number of pregnancy scares: 0
Number of blogs started: 1
Number of mentions on Gawker: 1
Number of mentions on Cityrag: 2
Number of weekends the L train wasn’t running essentially trapping me in Brooklyn: 7,305,837 (estimated)
Number of times I’ve had my bags searched by the Police at the subway station: 8 (not an estimate)
Number of Girl Scout cookie boxes bought: 7
Number of Girl Scout cookie boxes shared with others: 1
Number of times seeing “The Chronicles of Narnia” in the theater: 4
Number of times seeing “V for Vendetta” starring Natalie Portman, my wife: 0
Number of times I was gonna get laid anyway: 0



