For the past three months I’ve been living in a guest house in Shar-e-now, and while it was a great place – it was always a temporary home. I pretty much lived out of one of my two bags. The other just sat in the corner unopened. So I never really felt settled in.

But now I have a new pad! And it’s nice to be settled in.

My place is in a generally safe part of Kabul and I live with a good group of people. I have my own room with a nice space to work and edit. Off the main room there is a large balcony for live shots.

Most of my live hits for FNC will be at night – probably in the 3a.m. time period – so it will take a lot of light to brighten the backdrop. The natural light of the city just won’t cut it.

Fortunately, my neighbors know I will be shinning extremely bright lights in their rooms during the middle of the night, and while they might not like it, they’ve said it’s ok. It helps that they are also my landlords!