Denver Art Museum.

Also: Watch 500 Days of Summer!! One of JGL's best to date...

When home isn't home anymore

As I was driving down Colfax Ave. on a recent weekday afternoon, I was struck by the drastic changes that have undergone the formerly run-down, prostitute-ridden Avenue. New ethnic restaurants were up and running, the street was cleaned of litter, drug addicts, prostitutes and many homeless folks. Several prominent music stores and venues were also in full operation.

Driving down Old Pearl street, I noticed tons of repaved streets, new signs and even a new stretch of highway. It seems like everywhere I look nowadays, I see something new or different than what was living in my mind.

And suddenly, it hit me: I haven't lived in Denver for five years, so really, how can I expect for it to be exactly the same? The suburbs to the north are more developed, there are tons of new immigrants from all over Asia, and the "cool" hangouts from my high school days are as hip and popular as MySpace. It shouldn't shock me that everything is different, but I can't seem to shake off this feeling that home isn't really home anymore. The things that I used to miss about Denver are completely different now, and it's almost like I've moved to a new city that I'm discovering for the first time.

Oh baby, baby it's a wild world

Welcome to Marcy's Wild World, my new blog meant to keep those interested in my newest adventure, gaining employment in the US, in on the loop. Since I've left Madrid, I decided to keep my Madrilena blog as is, without continuing it. A new chapter in my life means a new blog, and that way I can go back in a few months' time when nostalgia hits and re-read passages. I've always loved doing that with my journals.

So what have I been up to since leaving Madrid? I've moved back to Denver and am living in my parents' house while I search for a job. I'm actually quite torn in my job search, as I would really like to continue on my with journalism career. But that industry looks darker and gloomier each passing day. So I'm applying to pretty much any job that can pay the bills for the moment. Nothing's bitten yet, but please keep your fingers crossed for me.

Additionally, I set up a blog with wordpress.com to showcase some of my journalistic work, and I must say wordpress blows the socks out of blogger! If you're really looking to do some amazing things (and set up your own mock website), wordpress is the way to go. But blogger is so user-friendly and much, much quicker to set up so I've come running back to Google. They're good to me anyway.

In the meantime, enjoy a video which I enjoy! The only T.V. I'm attached to is this show, So You Think You Can Dance. It's true, what friend Scott says, "Wednesdays are the new Fridays."