January 9, 2009
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turns.out.im.moving
"So where are you moving?"
It's a strange thing for Michael to be asking me, and it takes me by surprise.
"What do you mean?"
"Saul Tomorrow (editor's note: that's not quite his real name) wants to know when your going-away party is."
"Why is Saul so crazy?" i ask.
"He just is," Michael sighs, impatiently. "So you're not moving?"
And then it clicks. An hour or so ago, Saul had posted some cryptic comment on my Xanga blog, asking if i had a job yet and is he the last one moving to NYC, or some such nonsense like that. I realized he was actually commenting on Gal Cock's blog post about Natalie moving to the Big Apple Core. I'm not sure how i got mixed up with Nats in Saul's muddled brain, but there you have it.
Not so later in the day, Quiche emails me, asking when my going-away party is. I tell him the only thing i'm doing is retiring from the social scene. Visits with people who have kids make my late-30something homo lifestyle seem depressingly frivilous. Maybe it's the fact that i've been sick since Christmas Eve (ear infection, though i'm now on antibiotics), but the idea of going to yet another bar to get drunk yet again with my too-loud too-violent chums has utterly, finally, lost its appeal.
"So when's the retirement party?" Quiche asks.
Comments (10)
so confusing is the blog world. listen to more peter gabriel.
I think you need to move to NYC, and get re-energized about life.
@Glitchworks -
If we move anywhere in the U.S., it'll be to that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow...San Fran! We're smitten every time we visit. Real estate is just as ridiculous as NYC, but i suppose i can be a lowly renter again. Sigh.
@hipsterhomo - Reality in San Fran is actually higher then NY, or at least the good parts are. Ultimatly, it comes down to what you want out of life, for each person. I certainly didn't mind giving up my gi-normous apartment in Chicago for a much smaller space in NY, but it's large enough for two. Have to say, I've found living in a smaller place has some huge advantages. 1. much easier to clean and keep clean. 2. Less need for stuff to fill it so it doesn't look empty. 3. clever people find clever ways to solve storage issues. 4. Less stuff, means you focus on what's really important. 5. They stay warmer, I'm sitting in a t-shirt right now, and each night, it's just a sheet and blanket, because the apartment never gets freezing. In fact the living room is often too hot by the end of the night, and we are cracking a window.
But man, I get inspired by NY. The people, the events, the amount of life. I know you don't do facebook, but I've got several photo albums there of pictures I take, one called Train People, which is just shots of people on the train that catch my eye. And one called The Streets of New York, which are just pictures of anything that catches my eye while out and about. New York is just crazy that way. You just don't know what you will come across.
And I feel I fit in here much better. That should probably be the guiding factor for people in choosing a location to live, do you feel you fit in. San Fran is nice, I'll give you that. We are thinking of taking a vaca there this year with our friend Brett and Eric.
Central Park, early morning, after the first heavy snow fall, was simply beuatiful. There is something awesome about Central Park. It's an oasis of calm meditation in the greatest city. You only go there to step outside of city life, and the tranquility of it is great.
yah, we took our christmas tree (which duke named hesessa, a name that's sounds suspiciously hebrew to me) to margate fieldhouse and it's truly a winter wonderland out there. i do love me some snow.
if you ever put your pics on an open-access site, let me know! sounds right up my alley.
@hipsterhomo -
I think I can make the pictures accessible to people not using Facebook.
does this work?
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71647&id=649587941
@Glitchworks -
"You must log in to see this page."
There was an option to share an album with someone even if they aren't on facebook, so I sent the link to your hipsterhomo address
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