amidst the strangeness and charm
Things have been so lovely and strange.
Living in Revere makes everything different, as I knew it would. I'm 20 minutes from work, for one thing. I have a beach 90 seconds from my front door. And not at all least importantly, I'm out of that wretched apartment in Lowell.
Emotionally things have maybe been a bit trying, but when aren't they? Breaking up with Matt at the beginning of the year has also changed everything, of course. Sometimes I wonder what life experiences I would have accumulated so far this year if we had stayed together; and there's just no comparison, I mean, it goes without saying. I've done so much this year, probably more than I did in all the time I spent with Matt. I think it's fair to say that I'm an entirely different person than I was a year ago.
I've been to loads of concerts this year - let's see, starting from the beginning: Jimmy Eat World, Langhorne Slim, Apocalyptica, KT Tunstall, Bob Dylan, Panic! at the Disco, Bonnaroo (the highlights of which included: Gogol Bordello, Sigur Ros, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Bela Fleck, I can't remember what else at the moment but additionally the life experience that is BONNAROO), The Hush Sound, !!!, Mark Knopfler, Gogol Bordello two nights in a row, in Hampton and then Providence; and...that's all I can remember so far but I'm going to see Sigur Ros again on Friday.
Megan and Brian's wedding is next month, and my bridesmaid dress is waiting for me at the bridal shop in Plaistow, and I can't WAIT to wear it. :-)
Lots more exciting fun has also happened, but I won't bore you.
What else is up...oh, I HATE HATE HATE Sarah Palin, I think it's frankly irresponsible that she should be put in such a position, and I'm praying that McCain doesn't get elected. Just the fact that he and Obama are so close in the polls is appalling to me. I can't wrap my mind around it. After the last eight years...
On a more positive note, my stepmother has very kindly lent me her old laptop until such a time as she needs it again, so I may actually start doing more blogging. I'm dying to take it to a Starbucks, just 'cause.
I'm still working at Mercury in Boston, been there close to three and a half years now. Time keeps on marching forward, as ever it has done. I think may say things like this a bit too often for anyone to take me entirely seriously; but, I truly feel more alive than I ever have before. And maybe that is an admirable goal in life - to be able to say that every day.
Oh, also, if you have not read Watchmen by Alan Moore, make it a priority. It will change your life a little.
Living in Revere makes everything different, as I knew it would. I'm 20 minutes from work, for one thing. I have a beach 90 seconds from my front door. And not at all least importantly, I'm out of that wretched apartment in Lowell.
Emotionally things have maybe been a bit trying, but when aren't they? Breaking up with Matt at the beginning of the year has also changed everything, of course. Sometimes I wonder what life experiences I would have accumulated so far this year if we had stayed together; and there's just no comparison, I mean, it goes without saying. I've done so much this year, probably more than I did in all the time I spent with Matt. I think it's fair to say that I'm an entirely different person than I was a year ago.
I've been to loads of concerts this year - let's see, starting from the beginning: Jimmy Eat World, Langhorne Slim, Apocalyptica, KT Tunstall, Bob Dylan, Panic! at the Disco, Bonnaroo (the highlights of which included: Gogol Bordello, Sigur Ros, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Bela Fleck, I can't remember what else at the moment but additionally the life experience that is BONNAROO), The Hush Sound, !!!, Mark Knopfler, Gogol Bordello two nights in a row, in Hampton and then Providence; and...that's all I can remember so far but I'm going to see Sigur Ros again on Friday.
Megan and Brian's wedding is next month, and my bridesmaid dress is waiting for me at the bridal shop in Plaistow, and I can't WAIT to wear it. :-)
Lots more exciting fun has also happened, but I won't bore you.
What else is up...oh, I HATE HATE HATE Sarah Palin, I think it's frankly irresponsible that she should be put in such a position, and I'm praying that McCain doesn't get elected. Just the fact that he and Obama are so close in the polls is appalling to me. I can't wrap my mind around it. After the last eight years...
On a more positive note, my stepmother has very kindly lent me her old laptop until such a time as she needs it again, so I may actually start doing more blogging. I'm dying to take it to a Starbucks, just 'cause.
I'm still working at Mercury in Boston, been there close to three and a half years now. Time keeps on marching forward, as ever it has done. I think may say things like this a bit too often for anyone to take me entirely seriously; but, I truly feel more alive than I ever have before. And maybe that is an admirable goal in life - to be able to say that every day.
Oh, also, if you have not read Watchmen by Alan Moore, make it a priority. It will change your life a little.