Have you ever sat down and looked at the series of events leading up to your current situation and wonder “How the hell did point A lead to point Z?”  Well, the other afternoon, I sat down and figured out that I am currently living in Istanbul because of a class I took at Los Angeles City College at the end of last year.  Here’s how:

I took a few classes at the local community college in the fall semester of ’08.  One of them was Art History from the Ancient Near Eastern to the Gothic period, and coincidentally my favorite architectural piece was the Hagia Sophia.  Also at the end of last year, I promised myself I was going to travel, I didn’t know where but I was finally going to Europe at the ripe ol’ age of 24.   I decided on Istanbul because of my strange infatuation with the Hagia Sophia, Paris because I love food, and London to go see my lovely little sister, but then even more good news!  I spoke to my friend Rob for a quick second and his show was going to be in Istanbul.   Sweet, now I have a place to stay.  Last step involved coming to Istanbul and as you all know the rest is history…

So thank you Professor Blackwell, for unknowingly playing a huge part in me now living in Turkey.  Who could have guessed?

My daydreamin' all started with a picture that looked something like this. Except this picture is way cooler because I actually took it...