how dare you change, how dare you stay the same?

[averseortwo]

It is autumn in New York, gold, crimson, sea breezes that blow right through my warm coat. When I go back to Raleigh for Thanksgiving, I will get my extra-warm coat, the black and white one I bought from the crazy lady on Tate Street who I understand has closed up shop since I left town.

I am keeping so many secrets from you. Here is one now: I

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[amuzulo]

Wow, I love your writing... would you have any books you could recommend to me so I could get an introduction to journalistic writing? I'm most interested in writing newspaper and magazine articles.

I believe I understand what you're saying firsthand after more or less travelling for two years (with a one year stop in Rotterdam and a two month stop in Calgary). Now, living with my parents for a few months doing data entry work before I move to Brazil to work on a new Internet TV station, is quite an interesting experience.

Although my suitcase did not become the constant of my life (as I had broken two suitcases before I decided to "Go European" and get a large sturdy backpack), I ended up attaching more emotions to my passport than any other object I own. It will be nice to eventually settle down a year or so from now, and hopefully in NYC...

Oh yeah, please wish a "Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!" to Aliyah for me! I wanted to tell her, but I haven't seen her online lately and I don't have her email... And yes, that is Dutch for "Happy birthday!" Don't ya love how the Dutch love to take so long to say the simplest things? ;) [Of course, you could just say "Gefeliciteerd", but that would be too easy now, wouldn't it?]