A Life to be Discovered

   The summer is now half way over and not much has changed.  With the exception of my new position as substitute for my brother at Hin's Garden Chinese Resturaunt, I continue to spend countless hours at home either playing X Box or sleeping.  I do read some, watch an occasional Seinfeld rerun or head to Starbucks but that's all my life is really comprised of at this moment.     
   Micah just moved into his apartment yesterday so I went down tonight to christen the his new abode with a bottle of chardonnay I stole from my dad's collection.  His apartment is a really swank loft in an old mattress warehouse.  The complex renovated the warehouse and made the rooms look very nice.  The walls end just short of the high ceiling and the floors are concrete.   With the help of Jacy, their new home has a very modern look with its track lighting and sleek looking kitchen appliances.  The whole place comes together with the vintage Wurlitzer piano by the t.v. 
   We had some wine and then went for a quick swim.  After the sun went down we drove over to my new favorite dig in Houston.  It is a cafe called Brasil over on Westheimer.  Its a pretty young crowd with half studious college kids and half lazy bastards that smoke too much.  I love it though.  Its the only place in Texas that I've ever been where someone my age can get away with drinking a bottle of wine on a Tuesday night.  Along with the vino, they also have some decent coffee and some of my favorite beers on draught.  The food is not bad either.  All its missing is a young lady on the other side of the table.
   Anyway, Micah and I chilled there for a few hours and talked nonsense and went back to his place.  We messed around on the Wurlitzer and talked music some.  This is when I started thinking.  I have envisioned an lifestyle where I live in a place like his and go to places like Brasil on a regular basis.  I read good books and write in my spare time.  There is always jazz in the background no matter where I am and in a perfect scenario, I can play some of those songs on the piano.  I imagine having a girl wich is a friend that I meet on the weekends and she lets me buy dinner.  I have a job but it doesn't dominate my life, rater it is just another chapter of this bachelor lifestyle in which I live.  All of this is in my head of course.  In reality, I live in the burbs with my parents.  I have no full-time job.  I deliver Chinese on the weekends.  Micah is my only friend in this city of four million and he'll be gone in three weeks when he marries.
   I am experiencing none of what I dream of.  When will things come together?  How do I get to this city of fate?  and When?