Since I moved here last February, I’ve crossed the Brooklyn Bridge at least 1,000 times and I still marvel at this engineering feat that is truly ahead of its time. And to think that next month, it will be 125 years old, my three months as one of its commuters seem like a flicker of time.

Brooklyn Bridge

Though I made it appear to my father that I just moved to New York, I have been living in the city for a couple of months. I moved in during New York Fashion Week and made my first contact that same week. Now, I just need to make myself a typical New Yorker who is just scraping by to make both ends meet.

And a three-bedroom apartment, even in the relatively affordable area of Brooklyn is atypical for an 18-year old who makes a living as a stylist/make-up artist. So, I had to find roommates fast and the first one who applied was male!

Alright, he’s not bad looking and actually very clean cut. He says he is a photographer, but at 20, his experience seem to be way too high as in he claims he had shot for the Smithsonian and had published two photos at National Geographic?

I could not run a background check in front of him if I want to keep the typical 18-year old story. I had to trust my instincts that said Napoleon Orville Wozniak as he called himself in his application, is all right.

And my instincts were right on target. The background check came out clean returning that he dropped out of UCLA film school after his freshman year with high praise from his professors. Maybe, Napster is as good as he claims he is.

To complete the story, I need another roommate and this Milan Westin sounds interesting. The daughter of Wireless Westins, that’s how her parents are called being one of the pioneers of Wireless Application Protocol or WAP. Milan is the elder of their two children, and had proven to be more brilliant than her parents.

If there is someone who can see through me, it will be Milan. So, the only question is, when do I tell her and how do I recruit her.

[IMADGE MEKKER]