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Back from Chicago.
My sister offered for me to move in with her. Basically free rent. I think she's serious. I'm considering it. It makes me think of how few bonds I really have to this place after fourteen years of living here. If I did it I would want to acquire some things first, like an iPod and a laptop (maybe a few programs as well). I'd have to ditch most of my comics and convert my CD collection into a megabook(no fucking way I'd get rid of them). I'd end up biking and bussing everywhere, probably.
Is there anything for me, here? I can count my friends on one hand, the acquaintances I see more than monthly on two. I like my job, but I'm not excited about it very much anymore. I wouldn't mind getting further away from my mother, closer to someone in the family I might actually develop my relationship with. My sister and I are polar opposites, of course; but at least I love her.
The real appeal of this place is that I can indulge in what culture I find in books and multimedia alone, without disturbance. Can't anyone do that in a major city, though? I heard fewer sirens in her condo in Chicago in three days than I do on any given day living a block from the interstate and a mile or so from the local hospital. I'm not needed here; but I'd be useful there. Hell, I could probably get my boss to give me free tickets to Chicago Comicon, come to think of it.
I don't know. I really don't need anything, but how can I know that I would want what I'd find over there? Would it be like returning home or would it set me on a transient path? Would I even mind it the latter were the case? Might it be good for me to do so? Maybe I should sleep on it for a while.
I wonder, would there be romance, could there be in the Mid-West?
My sister offered for me to move in with her. Basically free rent. I think she's serious. I'm considering it. It makes me think of how few bonds I really have to this place after fourteen years of living here. If I did it I would want to acquire some things first, like an iPod and a laptop (maybe a few programs as well). I'd have to ditch most of my comics and convert my CD collection into a megabook(no fucking way I'd get rid of them). I'd end up biking and bussing everywhere, probably.
Is there anything for me, here? I can count my friends on one hand, the acquaintances I see more than monthly on two. I like my job, but I'm not excited about it very much anymore. I wouldn't mind getting further away from my mother, closer to someone in the family I might actually develop my relationship with. My sister and I are polar opposites, of course; but at least I love her.
The real appeal of this place is that I can indulge in what culture I find in books and multimedia alone, without disturbance. Can't anyone do that in a major city, though? I heard fewer sirens in her condo in Chicago in three days than I do on any given day living a block from the interstate and a mile or so from the local hospital. I'm not needed here; but I'd be useful there. Hell, I could probably get my boss to give me free tickets to Chicago Comicon, come to think of it.
I don't know. I really don't need anything, but how can I know that I would want what I'd find over there? Would it be like returning home or would it set me on a transient path? Would I even mind it the latter were the case? Might it be good for me to do so? Maybe I should sleep on it for a while.
I wonder, would there be romance, could there be in the Mid-West?