My life in the slow lane.
dear livejournal,
hello. i'm in the midst of picking up my life (again) and shoving it into two suitcases and hauling it across a country. thats right, i'm on my way BACK to BC. My time in toronto was a mix of emotions from "i wanna get the hell out of this suffocating city" to "i love this place and i'm not sure i can believe i'm leaving it". I had great times moving out on my own for the first time (!), having constant house guests (our house was a sausage fest for the first half of summer, then it went into estogen relief with a storm of female friends coming through in august). I had great roomies and fun times. we really let freedom roll ;).
my friends katherine and jessica took the long trek across canada via greyhound to my place where we started my vacation together. we went to niagra falls (with jenna and robyn) which was a great way to spend one of my last days in southern ontario. Other good times we shared was a fun game of truth or dare and a party with the jocks. oh the jocks! another thing that will not be forgotten about Toronto.
Katherine, Jessica, and i left toronto on the 22nd and went to montreal for a bit which was awesome! that city reminds me of BC quite a bit actually. so beautiful! We had made some interesting memories there that will be implanted in my brain for sometime. Two words. Johnny Cockin. After Montreal we made our way to thunder bay (where i am now). I have family here, from my dad's side, so i figured since i'm passing through i should actually stop and stay awhile, visit the fam, you know. K & J stayed a night with me here, and the next morning, before i saw them off at the greyhound station, we went to thunder bay's infamous Finnish restaurant, Hoito. mmmm, so tasty.
so i'm here until sept.10th. This gives me a lot of time to do nothing in particular, which is hard to take as i've had routine and constant stuff going on for the last 6 months. i'm in a city where i have no friends, just family, and its so small town, but i'll take this opportunity to read and reflect.
it feels weird. I really wish i had a shit load of good zines (especially ones that encourage female empowerment) to spread around the town. It feels like this city needs some alternative avenues of thought kicking around. i'm sure there are conscious people around here, but all in all i feel the city has a certain aura of ignorance to it. For example, this lady named Dee, who happens to be staying at my aunts house with me, and i went for a walk today and were called lesbians by this band of slightly threatening teenagers on bikes. it made no sense for them to try to insult or threaten us in the first place, and secondly, calling people lesbians shouldn't be an insult and was completely unneccessary. It seems like the kids here are majorly lacking a healthy outlet for their energies.
a positive thing about thunder bay is how genuinely friendly many of the locals can be. i haven't felt it so much with the young people as the older people though. They all wanna say hi and chat. and the fresh air! it feels great to enjoy breathing again! sometimes i take things like that for granted. the air is sweet here.
okay i should get some rest though. i wanna hit up a book store or at least a thrift shop tomorrow.
goodnight!
carissa
hello. i'm in the midst of picking up my life (again) and shoving it into two suitcases and hauling it across a country. thats right, i'm on my way BACK to BC. My time in toronto was a mix of emotions from "i wanna get the hell out of this suffocating city" to "i love this place and i'm not sure i can believe i'm leaving it". I had great times moving out on my own for the first time (!), having constant house guests (our house was a sausage fest for the first half of summer, then it went into estogen relief with a storm of female friends coming through in august). I had great roomies and fun times. we really let freedom roll ;).
my friends katherine and jessica took the long trek across canada via greyhound to my place where we started my vacation together. we went to niagra falls (with jenna and robyn) which was a great way to spend one of my last days in southern ontario. Other good times we shared was a fun game of truth or dare and a party with the jocks. oh the jocks! another thing that will not be forgotten about Toronto.
Katherine, Jessica, and i left toronto on the 22nd and went to montreal for a bit which was awesome! that city reminds me of BC quite a bit actually. so beautiful! We had made some interesting memories there that will be implanted in my brain for sometime. Two words. Johnny Cockin. After Montreal we made our way to thunder bay (where i am now). I have family here, from my dad's side, so i figured since i'm passing through i should actually stop and stay awhile, visit the fam, you know. K & J stayed a night with me here, and the next morning, before i saw them off at the greyhound station, we went to thunder bay's infamous Finnish restaurant, Hoito. mmmm, so tasty.
so i'm here until sept.10th. This gives me a lot of time to do nothing in particular, which is hard to take as i've had routine and constant stuff going on for the last 6 months. i'm in a city where i have no friends, just family, and its so small town, but i'll take this opportunity to read and reflect.
it feels weird. I really wish i had a shit load of good zines (especially ones that encourage female empowerment) to spread around the town. It feels like this city needs some alternative avenues of thought kicking around. i'm sure there are conscious people around here, but all in all i feel the city has a certain aura of ignorance to it. For example, this lady named Dee, who happens to be staying at my aunts house with me, and i went for a walk today and were called lesbians by this band of slightly threatening teenagers on bikes. it made no sense for them to try to insult or threaten us in the first place, and secondly, calling people lesbians shouldn't be an insult and was completely unneccessary. It seems like the kids here are majorly lacking a healthy outlet for their energies.
a positive thing about thunder bay is how genuinely friendly many of the locals can be. i haven't felt it so much with the young people as the older people though. They all wanna say hi and chat. and the fresh air! it feels great to enjoy breathing again! sometimes i take things like that for granted. the air is sweet here.
okay i should get some rest though. i wanna hit up a book store or at least a thrift shop tomorrow.
goodnight!
carissa