Homesick and Homeward
I become extremely homesick now and then. I use the word home in regard to New Orleans of course. My heart longs to return to the crescent city and though I am on a path towards such, it still seems so far away.
I am trying to enjoy my last year in Los Angeles and appreciate each day I spend here, but it can be difficlut at times when I smell some jasmine or see vivid colors, which remind me of orleans.
Trips to San Francisco do little to nothing anymore, it just does not compare.
More importantly, my degree will be used for something very good in that city, as opposed to being stuck teaching in a commnity college on the west coast.
The school I plan on transfering to in New Orleans offers a Cultural Anthropology Major with emphesis on New Orleans and Shamanism.
My desire for a Religious Studies degree is within the Anthro degree, just better because I can teach evolution and religion, which is important, since I consider myself a scientist when it comes to human origin and philosopher when it comes to the human condition.
Another great thing about living in New Orleans is that I can go to Haiti for my Masters program since it will be based on Yorubian spirituality and comparative religious thought in Haiti. Being a Cultural Anthropologist and World Religions scholar will open up many areas of possible travel and study in the carribean and hopefully India later on.
Viktor is also very excited about moving to New Orleans, we are planning on taking my 18(will be 19) year old sister with us. She will love it there, her bohemian flare will fit right in.
Someone asked me "how are you going to deal with not having goth clubs out there?"
The answer was very simply "the same way I have dealt with not going to them here."
I am too busy and have too many obligations to really go out anymore and in truth, I feel I lost the desire to go to clubs when I started to crave going to temples, monuments, and historical places of interest as alternatives.
This is not to say that I do not like knowing there are places out ther that offer beautiful music and a safe environment for the alternative sorts, but just that I have retired by black for earthly tones. :-)
I feel silly even trying on the old garb these days, I do not have that emptiness inside of myself that was filled by making fun clothes and worrying about my make-up.
Viktor sometimes says I am boring, but I have lots of fun and actually during the day hours, surprising.
This does not mean I do not enjoy sharing music with the sub-culture that was once a sacred home. Many musicians in that genre do not actively go out dancing anymore, economy and life's responsibilities often prohibit extra social activies.
I do miss some of my friends that I saw when I went out, but hopefully I will have the chance to see them a bit more this coming year before I make the journey across the country once more.
More importantly, I hope some of my friends will come and visit me this time. That place is truly amazing if you like being you for no reason other then just being you.
If you are looking for a platform or hoping to be put on the cover of something, most likely you wont like it there, but if you want to live for the sake of living and just appreciate the fusion of haitian and western european culture in one place, it really is awesome.
HURRICANES!
Well, you shouldn't leave someone because you are worried they might get hit by a car or have cancer someday, so leaving a place you love is the same for me. I feel bad for abandoing the city when it needed me most, but i know that my contributions after my degree will be much greater and that I am returing with different eyes and a different heart.
I moved there when I was 21, having a morticians lisence and prejudice against anyone that did not wear black daily.
I return 26 with a transfer degree and working towards higher education and with an appreciation for all sorts of people
A great hurrah for no gas worries too. With the way the economy has been and gas prices, it will be wonderful to be back in a city where walking, riding a bike, and public transportation is very much alive.
In all honesty, if disaster were to strike and we had no more electricity or oil, Orleans would do very well since it was created before the thought of such things mattered.
MOST IMPORTANLY
it is a boat ride away from HAITI!
Don't ask me about my fascination with Haitian culture, it just exists. :-)
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SATURDAY FOR MONASTIC AT SINISTER.
Other then a hopeful halloween performance, this is all I am planning in Los Angeles perhaps ever, since I will be moving next year and wont have much time to tour this way.
Hoping for a fruitful performance.
<3
I am trying to enjoy my last year in Los Angeles and appreciate each day I spend here, but it can be difficlut at times when I smell some jasmine or see vivid colors, which remind me of orleans.
Trips to San Francisco do little to nothing anymore, it just does not compare.
More importantly, my degree will be used for something very good in that city, as opposed to being stuck teaching in a commnity college on the west coast.
The school I plan on transfering to in New Orleans offers a Cultural Anthropology Major with emphesis on New Orleans and Shamanism.
My desire for a Religious Studies degree is within the Anthro degree, just better because I can teach evolution and religion, which is important, since I consider myself a scientist when it comes to human origin and philosopher when it comes to the human condition.
Another great thing about living in New Orleans is that I can go to Haiti for my Masters program since it will be based on Yorubian spirituality and comparative religious thought in Haiti. Being a Cultural Anthropologist and World Religions scholar will open up many areas of possible travel and study in the carribean and hopefully India later on.
Viktor is also very excited about moving to New Orleans, we are planning on taking my 18(will be 19) year old sister with us. She will love it there, her bohemian flare will fit right in.
Someone asked me "how are you going to deal with not having goth clubs out there?"
The answer was very simply "the same way I have dealt with not going to them here."
I am too busy and have too many obligations to really go out anymore and in truth, I feel I lost the desire to go to clubs when I started to crave going to temples, monuments, and historical places of interest as alternatives.
This is not to say that I do not like knowing there are places out ther that offer beautiful music and a safe environment for the alternative sorts, but just that I have retired by black for earthly tones. :-)
I feel silly even trying on the old garb these days, I do not have that emptiness inside of myself that was filled by making fun clothes and worrying about my make-up.
Viktor sometimes says I am boring, but I have lots of fun and actually during the day hours, surprising.
This does not mean I do not enjoy sharing music with the sub-culture that was once a sacred home. Many musicians in that genre do not actively go out dancing anymore, economy and life's responsibilities often prohibit extra social activies.
I do miss some of my friends that I saw when I went out, but hopefully I will have the chance to see them a bit more this coming year before I make the journey across the country once more.
More importantly, I hope some of my friends will come and visit me this time. That place is truly amazing if you like being you for no reason other then just being you.
If you are looking for a platform or hoping to be put on the cover of something, most likely you wont like it there, but if you want to live for the sake of living and just appreciate the fusion of haitian and western european culture in one place, it really is awesome.
HURRICANES!
Well, you shouldn't leave someone because you are worried they might get hit by a car or have cancer someday, so leaving a place you love is the same for me. I feel bad for abandoing the city when it needed me most, but i know that my contributions after my degree will be much greater and that I am returing with different eyes and a different heart.
I moved there when I was 21, having a morticians lisence and prejudice against anyone that did not wear black daily.
I return 26 with a transfer degree and working towards higher education and with an appreciation for all sorts of people
A great hurrah for no gas worries too. With the way the economy has been and gas prices, it will be wonderful to be back in a city where walking, riding a bike, and public transportation is very much alive.
In all honesty, if disaster were to strike and we had no more electricity or oil, Orleans would do very well since it was created before the thought of such things mattered.
MOST IMPORTANLY
it is a boat ride away from HAITI!
Don't ask me about my fascination with Haitian culture, it just exists. :-)
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT SATURDAY FOR MONASTIC AT SINISTER.
Other then a hopeful halloween performance, this is all I am planning in Los Angeles perhaps ever, since I will be moving next year and wont have much time to tour this way.
Hoping for a fruitful performance.
<3