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| Theories: Seattle Overdrive |
Posted by
Dolorosa on Saturday, December 27, 2003 - 04:10 AM PST
I guess I do make a habit of disappearing utterly…or nearly utterly for a while. Eh, I guess I could relate it to going through various stages of chrysalis or some pseudo-scientific bullshit like that.
I’m in Seattle now, well…very close to it. Caught myself a bus, grabbed some extra clothes and here I am. It’s pretty here, far away from the desert and all, a different place than I’m used to. And it snowed not long after I arrived…freaking snow! I can’t begin to describe the sublime crispiness of making a grit laden snowball and using it to soundly remove any sense of safety and cohesion from a twelve year old waiting at the bus stop to go to school. And Halloween, that was fun. I’m shaking up with an old high school buddy, making sustenance money at the local mall and generally wasting time. For Halloween I threw a party, filled with people I hadn’t really got a chance to meet yet, it went well…especially when I managed to nail a kid in the small of his back with one of our pumpkins, from the third floor of our apartment complex.
It’s much quieter here, I can think a lot more…not that I let that stop me from being a bouncing giddy idiot most of the time, at least now I have the option. There are places within reach where you can avoid sight, from anyone who matters at least and get a little damn peace. Only thing is, I’m not sure if those places are exactly user-friendly, Seattle tastes like a city that’d be easy to get lost in, get lost and never find your way back.
But I’m here, in the cold and in the rain. I’ve met an ass-load of new people, and that’s good…and believe it or not, I think I’ve stopped my bar fighting and brawling. It’s just not as fun as it used to be, at least up here, people are considerably softer. So I guess mebbe I’m finally growing up or some shit like that. At twenty-two, I’m up north and not giving anyone hell.
Crap.
The only bad thing about moving up here is the equal and opposite reaction thing I’ve been getting. Alright, so I feel calmer and I fight less…but my dreams are going absolutely berserk. I crashed out a few days ago and slept something like twenty-three hours, apparently it was a pretty vocal sleep too. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on, I’m used to being in solid control of my dreams, but now I have trouble even remembering simple details or general themes…it’s weird. Meh, it’s no big deal really, I have enough to keep together, the dreams just give me some strange spice to go with my common stew.
I need to see more though. I don’t want to leave a single stone unturned. In my eyes or in my mind. Mebbe this place is just another waypoint on my road, I dunno…I’ll find out I guess.
Yeah…that was pretty random, heh.
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Re: Seattle Overdrive
by Psychopixi (psyche.at.psychopixi.dot.com)
on Dec 27, 2003 - 04:23 AM
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This might not be the response you were looking for, but I'd love to have the freedom you do. I know you must have had reasons for moving around, and those are personal to you, but I envy you the ability to just up and leave; free to start over in a new place.
I think I'll probably be here, in South Wales at least, for the rest of my life. I have so many ties - friends, family and just the fact that I *know* this place. It would take an awful lot of courage for me to move someplace new by myself. I know my way around here, and I don't just mean in the geographical sense.
I'd be scared to go somewhere new, as then I'd have to do the awfully hard thing of making new friends, and finding new places to go. I don't do well in new social situations, which is why I stick with my current one. I'm comfortable with it, and maybe that's a problem. I'm too lazy to disrupt my own comfort, so I just sit and read about other people's exploit and envy them.
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Re: Seattle Overdrive
by daria_4 (-)
on Dec 27, 2003 - 08:26 AM
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Random though that may have felt to you, you're very clear and well-spoken. I particularly enjoy your descriptions and general word choice; sublime crispiness, strange spice for common stew, and the way Seattle tastes to you.
It's a good read; flows in the same way my general speech patterns do.
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Re: Seattle Overdrive
by dead-cell (Tarant-9@stribmail.com)
on Dec 27, 2003 - 04:52 PM
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Dolo as always your articles are great to read.
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Re: Seattle Overdrive
by ravinsaend on Dec 27, 2003 - 09:01 PM
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Sounds like you're having an interesting time over there Dolo...enjoy it, as it may just be exactly what you said, another waypoint. But either way, enjoy it to the fullest, you never know what will happen tomorrow. I've moved many times like that, and, oddly enough, I'm back where I started, and waiting for the chance to go again.
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Re: Seattle Overdrive
by Domkitten (saradevil@saradevil.com)
on Dec 29, 2003 - 03:30 AM
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I think it can certianly be said without question that you must be kept away from small children. Other than that sounds like your doing alright. But really, can't somebody think of the pumpkins...no wait, children!
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