in a hotel room somewhere in america it was exactly 12 years ago that i found myself writing down the path towards that january day, trying to understand how i managed to land in a hotel room near times square. jetlagged, ready, happy. and here i am again, in a hotel room. jetlagged, ready, happy. a very different kind of everything though. and i am also not near times square but in west hollywood. learned so much in the last 12 years. not enough yet. tomorrow will be a great learning day again. so glad about it. very glad. i hope the plant i rescued from the gutter somewhere in beverly hills today is going to make it. gave it its own window. i also will give it the next seven days or so to decide. it feels like it might make it.