one: i like your art a lot! two: i found your journal through some other ones and added it, hope that's alright. three: i noticed that you know alden-- are you the same meg from portland who came to visit in vancouver when alden was living at 4477 prince albert and wanted to have sleepovers on the trampoline? if so, then i met you one time! if not, then whoops.
yeah, i was just moving in! that was one of my first nights there, i ended up living there for only two months. that house was fun, living with all those boys. eventually things got tense in the house though cause i started dating one of my roommates (corey) and then we moved out later.
another totally weird thing, all those boys moved into a new house on 33rd and something, and my friend claire lived with them, but i didn't meet her until WAY later... and then one night i was telling her about how i lived with these five dudes and she was like "WEIRD ME TOO" and it ended up being the same group. i miss those random connections like that, they're quite a bit more spread out in this city.
aw, i miss seeing those lights on the mountain! they looked so neat when bike riding down the hills at night.
is portland nice? dalas and i want to move there in about a year when we've saved up some money. new york is too scummy with its garbage and jerks.
reasons why i love portland, in no particular order:
1. it's relatively cheap to live here. (especially relative to NYC)
2. you can bike anywhere. (and there are lots of bike lanes.)
3. if you don't bike -- the public transit is reliable.
4. moss grows on anything and everything.
5. every menu has tofu.
6. viable music/art/writing culture. (okay, it's not NYC, but there's still something to do every weekend.)
7. it's one of the most literate cities in the country.
8. the people here are generally awesome. (besides my neighbors)
the truth is, if i could live anywhere in the country, i'd live in either NYC or Portland. polar opposites in a lot of ways, but they are both unique compared to a lot of places.
the only big downside of portland is that many 20-somethings have a hard time finding jobs here -- but i think that if you aren't lazy, it's totally do-able.
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and i bought my ticket for m83, so get your fancy pants ready.
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two: i found your journal through some other ones and added it, hope that's alright.
three: i noticed that you know alden-- are you the same meg from portland who came to visit in vancouver when alden was living at 4477 prince albert and wanted to have sleepovers on the trampoline? if so, then i met you one time! if not, then whoops.
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another totally weird thing, all those boys moved into a new house on 33rd and something, and my friend claire lived with them, but i didn't meet her until WAY later... and then one night i was telling her about how i lived with these five dudes and she was like "WEIRD ME TOO" and it ended up being the same group. i miss those random connections like that, they're quite a bit more spread out in this city.
aw, i miss seeing those lights on the mountain! they looked so neat when bike riding down the hills at night.
is portland nice? dalas and i want to move there in about a year when we've saved up some money. new york is too scummy with its garbage and jerks.
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reasons why i love portland, in no particular order:
1. it's relatively cheap to live here.
(especially relative to NYC)
2. you can bike anywhere.
(and there are lots of bike lanes.)
3. if you don't bike -- the public transit is reliable.
4. moss grows on anything and everything.
5. every menu has tofu.
6. viable music/art/writing culture.
(okay, it's not NYC, but there's still something to do every weekend.)
7. it's one of the most literate cities in the country.
8. the people here are generally awesome.
(besides my neighbors)
the truth is, if i could live anywhere in the country, i'd live in either NYC or Portland.
polar opposites in a lot of ways, but they are both unique compared to a lot of places.
the only big downside of portland is that many 20-somethings have a hard time finding jobs here -- but i think that if you aren't lazy, it's totally do-able.
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