from the road
volkswagen in seattle
Originally uploaded by kyoppolife. finally back in new orleans after spending the last two weeks in seattle. drove back down and stopped in vegas for a couple days for a friend who was getting married. i didn't expect to like vegas, i was expecting disgusting degrees of consumerism/capitalism and while that's true, i still had a blast. i gotta go back sometime.
seattle was soul nourishing. i hadn't spent a christmas with my father in seventeen or eighteen years. we are all so old now. it was utterly strange to be sitting at the adult table while the kids played among themselves in the living room and the teenagers huddled on the couch doing their own thing. how did this happen? i was sure i was at the wrong table. i need to find a way back to seattle eventually, after i finish my work here in new orleans.
also got to see an old friend yesterday morning in phoenix that i hadn't seen in years, if only for a minute while my brother and i were passing through. it was good to see her, i was expecting her to be a different person almost, but she seemed the same and it felt comforting that she hadn't changed all that much. tricky, you honestly are one of the best people i've ever known. you have a purity of heart that i just about never see.
then hit the road again and drove straight through to new orleans. got home at 8:30 this morning and then crashed for the rest of the day. i'm still feeling burnt, trying to decide whether to go out for new year's or not.
to party or not to party...