Cool Mum knocked her casting video out of the park, yes? Well, Project Mom posted that they’re accepting submissions from dads, too, and I remembered that I’m a dad. A cool one, as a matter of fact. So, I’m contributing to the “Put the Cool Fam on TV” cause.
WHO I AM
I’m Eric Corpus, better known as Cool Dad around these parts. I blog because I want to move people, often to move them to laugh, but also to move them to think or even move them to move, as in take their lives to a completely new place.
OUR STORY
CM elegantly summarized our New York story in her video. It’s been a rollercoaster. (Here’s a fun slideshow of our first year.) The miraculous way that I got a job, living in a 200 sq ft studio apartment for six months, moving between six different apartments in the first year, quite possibly being the shortest man on any given subway car. In our brief time here, we’ve been touched by birth and death. The inconvenience and discomfort of the city makes the two years seem much longer, but we are far from done.
MY SIDE OF THE STORY
Long ago, I earned a degree in engineering, but I chose to chase my dreams and played in a rock band for 10 years instead. Now, with a wife and two kids to support, I have to figure out what I want to do for, oh… the rest of my life.
The opportunities of New York are unparalleled, but so is the competition. The city is exhilarating and exhausting. These are the questions that I live with:
How do I:
- Keep up with the fast-paced working world of NYC?
- Find quality time with my two sons?
- Devote time and energy to Cool Mum?
- Support CM in maintaining the household?
- Find time for myself, especially when our family is squished into one bedroom?
AND can I still be cool in the process?
BUT IT’S ALL GOOD
These are deep life issues, and I love it. The conflicts are heavily outnumbered by the moments of love and community and laughter and silliness. When you look at videos like this and this and this or read posts like this and this, you can tell that we’re having a good time. We want a fun life, and we thank God that we have it.
LAS MADRES
I’m proud to feel welcomed by the moms who follow our site. They’ve been sources of encouragement and help. And it’s been fun finding kindred spirits through Facebook and Twitter.
We hope that our story will inspire anyone leaning forward to take some leap of faith. At the very least, we hope that we’ll get an LOL out of you. That would be cool.
A kinda cool picture of Cool Dad (aka Eric Corpus) that was required by Project Mom.
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Very cool picture. Although that may be due to the graffiti behind you. So, if you picked that location for that reason, good job. You’re cool, too.
CM’s video was super cute! (And I love her hair. But I think I already said that.)
Last but not least, I’m afraid you’ll never get an LOL out of me. Because I’m distinctly anti-LOL. It’s on a short list of things I’ll never do, like wear Birkenstocks.
found you via this project – always great to meet another day in this space