[ posted by cricket at 10/12/2005 12:08:19 PM ] [ link ] [ 6 responses ]
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a not-so-quiet sadness.
so, i am totally used to moving. have done it all my life. and lots of times i have run-not moved from place to place. that usually feels pretty crappy-making waves that follow and threaten to drown and so you keep swimming out farther and farther to escape the crash-over. but that isnt happening this time.
this time i am taking my time, tying up loose ends, giving my job practically two months of notice, coming up with a solution with the band so we can stay together, working through relationships that feel unresolved so i can have a sense of closure and strengthening the ones i want to keep growing.
and despite my excitement about moving to a city i have wanted to live in since i was a little kid: i feel really sad.
i love dc.
i love the way this little city feels in the morning when riding my bike downtown. how everything is so politically charged. i love that i can ride my bike through traffic and feel dangerous without all the real pressure of big city driving. i like the messenger park and seeing my friends go by on their bikes and how they have these secret and subversive communities i only see through glimpses. and all of the yummy food co-ops, my bus routes, my housemates who can never be replaced, the gang of girls in whom i confide my deepest details. i will even miss the dc aesthetic: the simple, subdued black grey navy blue walk-abouts.
last night i went to this event lenora organized to help assemble medical kits for katrina survivors and it was so rewarding. i kicked myself afterwards for not becoming involved with the activist community sooner here. i felt so good spending my time doing something positive and supporting her hardwork at providing relief.
so, i will be sad to leave dc for i love it so. but i have other goals to work towards that i cant accomplish here. i just hope that i will be able to build new relationships and groups like the ones i have in this fine city. and i will use all the energy of wishing i had done x with me and start doing it in my new borough.
[ posted by cricket at 09/30/2005 02:37:57 PM ] [ link ] [ 8 responses ]
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when the dog bites...
sometimes living in a group house is so fucking infuriating. especially when you come home after weeks of sudden home improvements no one ever discussed with you, that were crappily executed by people who didn't know how to properly complete said improvements who then promised not to do any more improvements for awhile (but then we all read gaping hole)- and find all of the furniture piled on the front porch and enter to see a houseful of new and much worse furniture that just plain sucks.
whatever. i am going to a party.
[ posted by cricket at 07/10/2004 06:24:34 PM ] [ link ] [ 0 responses ]
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checkmate my checklist!
so, i plowed through my lessonplans and i feel first rate. check!
i made a photo date this saturday with lani to capture a crippling theme. check!
i finally updated my resume and sent it off to ben or jason to put on their list. check!
absolutely did a first rate job painting the p and p bathrooms! check!
now to win the game....
finish my taxes
clean my room
change my oil
check out the libertarian party
[ posted by cricket at 05/18/2004 08:16:01 PM ] [ link ] [ 12 responses ]
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never before seen friend flicks
me and jim
ameira, laura, crystal and piper during the dc hurricane
sally before the booz cruz
sean and me after moving a polish man's tv
samina on halloween as a rockstar
sean bartending
daisy and me at our house featuring partyline
kristy singing at our party
me and daisy
[ posted by cricket at 05/10/2004 11:57:24 PM ] [ link ] [ 2 responses ]
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you know what sucks?
beginnings.
i hate them.
whether they are jobs, relationships, dares, paintings- they are all just terrible things to start. the only thing i ever enjoy beginning is a friendship. to hell with the start of the rest.
what do you think? which part of the process is your favorite?
[ posted by cricket at 05/09/2004 02:21:46 AM ] [ link ] [ 5 responses ]
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november rain.
thanks, guns n' roses, for taking me home. i have so much to write about. what with ben's art show and his old photos i saw forever ago (and again tonight) from baton rouge and the bunny ears and anna's puppet show and time with byron. so much past reeling in the present is overwhelming. but i dont have time to think of that now. tomorrow is ride your bike to work day in washington and i have five hours to wake up and hop on my twelve speed, so i better do this another time. whew. i hope geting older gets easier.
[ posted by cricket at 05/07/2004 01:28:13 AM ] [ link ] [ 7 responses ]
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some pictures
[ posted by cricket at 05/04/2004 01:13:55 AM ] [ link ] [ 3 responses ]
