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"You'll never have that kind of relationship in a world where you're afraid to take the first step because all you're seeing are the negative things that might happen ten miles down the road."
Watching Good Will Hunting always makes me homesick. It's the accents. It's the shots of the city. It's seeing the lights at Fenway Park. I miss not living near a real city. I miss riding the T aimlessly for hours just to clear my thoughts. I miss days spent lying on the grass in the commons people watching. I miss museums everywhere full of anything you could want to know. I miss people who are assholes and either completely rude to you or come straight up and let you know what they want. I miss Boston boys.
The only reassuring thing is knowing that I have a city I can call home. I'll never feel at home in Tampa. There's nothing about this city or this area that pulls me in. I have no desire to spend a day wandering around what passes for downtown around here. Strangers around me I don't find compelling. I can't get lost in my surroundings here.
For all that, though, it's my friends down here that make it all worth while. I don't miss my friends back home. Yeah sure, in a vague general way I do. Every once in awhile I'll reminisce on things we used to do or events that happened. But there was a reason why I moved, and it sure as shit wasn't because of Massachusetts. I'm so much happier with the people I hang out with down here. The things we do, the parties we go to. It seems to take so much less effort. I only miss Jon, which is why every time I go home I spend as much time with him as I can.
Good Will Hunting reminds me why I love Matt Damon and Ben and Casey Affleck. Boston boys. Southie boys.
And I'm just emo enough to love Elliott Smith.
Watching Good Will Hunting always makes me homesick. It's the accents. It's the shots of the city. It's seeing the lights at Fenway Park. I miss not living near a real city. I miss riding the T aimlessly for hours just to clear my thoughts. I miss days spent lying on the grass in the commons people watching. I miss museums everywhere full of anything you could want to know. I miss people who are assholes and either completely rude to you or come straight up and let you know what they want. I miss Boston boys.
The only reassuring thing is knowing that I have a city I can call home. I'll never feel at home in Tampa. There's nothing about this city or this area that pulls me in. I have no desire to spend a day wandering around what passes for downtown around here. Strangers around me I don't find compelling. I can't get lost in my surroundings here.
For all that, though, it's my friends down here that make it all worth while. I don't miss my friends back home. Yeah sure, in a vague general way I do. Every once in awhile I'll reminisce on things we used to do or events that happened. But there was a reason why I moved, and it sure as shit wasn't because of Massachusetts. I'm so much happier with the people I hang out with down here. The things we do, the parties we go to. It seems to take so much less effort. I only miss Jon, which is why every time I go home I spend as much time with him as I can.
Good Will Hunting reminds me why I love Matt Damon and Ben and Casey Affleck. Boston boys. Southie boys.
And I'm just emo enough to love Elliott Smith.