Well, that was quick
Saturday January 31, 2004 – 9:47 amFeels so weird to be home again. I’m surrounded by my stuff but it’s not home anymore is it? My heart has no home right now. Space for the physical body is paid up through this month, but after that it’s anyone’s guess where I’ll be going or what I’ll be doing.
I went out to Seattle to scout out the kooky idea of living in a town other than Chicago. Moving out west isn’t going to work for me though, at least not at this juncture. Just didn’t feel a strong enough connection there, I guess you’d say. So I reckon I’m staying in Chicago, unless I come up with some other bright idea. Where will I go though, what will I do? I’m fairly clueless. But aren’t we all.







January 31st, 2004 at 7:18 pm
sorry seattle wasn’t up to snuff; where are the seattle commenters on here? my wife applied for a job in portland a few years ago and we toyed with the idea of moving there. for some reason, it never rained when we visited, but the lakes are easily colder than lake michigan. in the end it didn’t work out; the people there are definitely a little…different. combo of weather and being a refuge from the rest of the nation, i guess. (sorry if that offends anyone - bring on the flames)
January 31st, 2004 at 10:39 pm
It’s not Seattle’s fault, that would be a great place to live. But in order to move I’d have to have a little more of a life waiting for me there, and I don’t, so fuck it.
February 1st, 2004 at 1:26 am
This has nothing to do with Seattle or Portland or Chicago or anything like that. I just wanted to recommend Sean Hayes’ cd "Alabama Chicken", it is absolutely phenomenal. His voice sounds like a combination of James Taylor, Tracy Chapman, Eddie Vedder and a really old broken hearted Black man. Jolie Holland lends her amazing vocals to a couple of tracks which makes this cd all the more deliriously beautiful. Check out the cd on his website seanhayes.com. He also has two other cd’s out, "Lunar Lust" and "A Thousand Leaves", that are absolutely breathtaking. Take a listen and let me know what you think. Kay
Do you have any book or music recommendations?
February 1st, 2004 at 4:05 am
I know what you mean Edith. I want to move to another town, but I don’t know enough people anywhere, so I am sort of stuck here.
February 2nd, 2004 at 12:51 am
MOVE BACK TO NEW YORK!
You know you want to.
February 2nd, 2004 at 1:11 am
oh, i’m so glad you realized before you moved out here that it wasn’t gonna work… i’ve been in seattle for over two years now but my heart’s still in austin! i did have some kolaches and lone star imported this weekend, which were super, but they just made me even more homesick. : (
portland feels a little more like home, but the job market’s even worse down there than it is here. it’s a nice place, though. maybe a little friendlier than seattle. the grass is always greener, right?
February 2nd, 2004 at 6:18 am
You’re better off where you are. Seattle is pretty cool but the rain and overcast weather gets to be a real burden. I’ve been here all my life. I thought about moving to Chicago or New York but didn’t. Now I’m regretting that decision. If you want to move to the west coast go to the bay area.
February 3rd, 2004 at 7:17 am
All this talk about where to go has me thinking of the lyrics to your song "You’re Decided", (except, of course, that at this moment in time, maybe you aren’t so decided). Although in that song you wrote that about a time and place in your life that we don’t have a clue about, it’s also vague enough to anybody to identify with the feelings. With infinite options, sometimes it’s hard to do anything. Or staying in Chicago seems the path of least bullshit.
February 3rd, 2004 at 9:38 am
Wow Clay, now that you mention it, when I wrote that song I was in the exact same place heartwise that I’m in right now, it’s kinda eerie. But it’s not me who’s decided in that song, it’s someone else. Or rather, maybe I was decided one way and they were decided another. Hell I don’t know!! But I like that song, it has the correct ending. Always love ‘em, that’s what I say!!! ha ha
February 4th, 2004 at 1:37 am
Come to Boston Edith! You should at least come for a visit and play out at the local haunts. You can sleep on my couch.
You can too Matthew who doesn’t know anybody :)!