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...just another girl who costarred?
they're gonna wrap you up in cornsilk.
they're gonna cry like you were spilled milk.
-rhett miller

2003-11-287:42 a.m.

only in the Bay Area...

Seeking: 1br APT/STUDIO in Washington DC NW. Please contact me if you have a vacancy!

No not for me, for a friend. I will never live in that hell hole again. Okay...it wasn't THAT bad. Perhaps it was my own personal funk (at the time) that was hell. Free museums, clean PT, fireflies, thunderstorms, Cafe Asia happy hour, tubin' on the Shenandoah. Then there's the militarization, people in suits, bad poetry slam venue, the sterility of it all. That's what I don't miss.

Now Boston, Boston I miss. Best PT I've ever been on, all the walking you can do, the intellectual stimulation that naturally comes with having the most colleges per square mile in the nation, The Charles, The Cantab, the architecture, Brown Sugar, Newbury Comics, Pho Pasteur, The Thirsty Scholar, H&M! Wheeeeee!

NY, NY...didn't stay long enough to know, but long enough to know that I don't want to live there. It's definitely overrated.

The Bay Area. Home. The most diversity per square INCH. Sunrise Ceremony on UnThanksgiving. Freedom of speech exercised more than anywhere in the US. You can drive 1/2 an hour and be in a completely different geological landscape. The SF Giants. Revolution Books. Archipelago Books. SoMa. Candlestick memories, and making new ones at PacBell Park. Bindlestiff (SAVE IT!). Lucky House on University & Bonar. Japantown. Amoeba Records. The Parkway. 24 Hour GOOD Filpino food (try finding THAT in any other city east of the Mississipi). FilsGlobe. The Tinkers! The Starry Plough, La Pena, The Fillmore, Bimbo's, The Great American, Cafe DuNord. Growing up listening to Renel while putting purple eyeshadow on from my Caboodle, then growing up and going to a Giants game and listening to Renel announce the game. Haight St. Telegraph. I won't mention the ridiculous rent, crooked mayor or screwed up parking and PT...every city has its downfalls.

Other cities yet to explore: Seattle (although I've been and liked it a lot--the music scene alone is enough to live there), Austin, Chicago, I've been to Florida and seem to remember wanting to grow up and live there (I went for 8th grade trip), Kailua, HI (duh! who wouldn't want to live there?)...Virginia is about as south as I'd ever go, so that cuts out a great part of the country...As for the midwest, I dig Nebraska, too. Anywhere with fireflies is generally good. Arizona is nice too for all the sunshine and desert landscapes, Sedona?! Now I wish I visited my sister more while she was there. Palm Springs was nice, too. And surprisingly sexually progressive.

In other ramblings, I'm not getting so used to the time change. Last night we were at SFSU for the Meeting of the Minds. I was speaking to a lot of high school students and college folks, trying to convince them that they should abandon the ideal of chasing the dollar and consider the non-profit sector. Lots of blank stares. But also a lot of folks that reaffirmed what I'm doing, are passionate about making a difference and chomping at the bit to serve our community. Had dinner with the girls last night and it was fun just doing our thing, trying to matchmake and talking about boys...Rissa came & I'm really, really, amped about sharing my bathroom with another FEMALE. I don't EVER want to live with straight guys again unless I'm romantically involved with them.

I can't WAIT till Halloween! I am such a freak, my favorite holidays are Halloween and July 4th...Halloween because it reminds me of my childhood so much, more than Christmas almost. The pumpkins, the costumes, the candy, the scary movies. My niece is having a concert (she's 3). She's going to be Ariel & her 1 yo sister is going to be Nala. And July 4th because underneath my Serve The People shirt, is a girl who recognizes she comes from Benicia, CA Americana Capital of the NorthEast Bay and also can appreciate the ritual of small towns coming together and celebrating together. I just tell myself it's more about the fireworks than the United States.

Sigh. I wish my bf didn't have to study so much. But...admittedly, I think it's kinda hot. Hahaha...

bout to give this girl a shout

>>back in the day>>
>>i'm not a kid anymore>>
>>but somedays i sit & wish i was a kid again>>

"i don't want the world, i just want your half..."
-they might be giants

>>>leave your mark on me / [?uestbook]>>>

* me love you long time *
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