The time is now pizzle denizens, for the third time in a year, I'm preparing to disconnent my PC and pile my little life into a bunch of boxes (that's always a bit sobering, fitting one's entire life into a few pieces of cardboard).
In a couple of days I will leave the friendly confines of the great state of Texas for who knows what in San Diego. Of course I've left "home" before (I pretty much do that constantly), but this time it feels different. I'll be gone for a longer period of time than before, and for the first time, I feel like I'm not really leaving anything behind. Not in the sense that I won't miss my friends and family, but there's a sense of newness and possibility to this move that I've never felt before. It's exciting, no more pining for home, no more worrying about unfinished business ("I settled all family business today"). A whole new chapter in the Life of Shlep. I'm a blank slate, just like when I first went to Singapore, expecting everything and nothing at the same time. New job, new roommates, sunny skies, and the next time you hear from the pizzle, it will be from my new digs in La Jolla. Until then, be safe, love one another, and remember, no matter what the stripper says, there's no sex in the champagne room, oh there's champagne in the champagne room, but there's no sex.
**Note to all my homeboys and girls (especially those that live close by, Akash I'm looking in your direction)--Come to Cali Labor Day weekend, we are going to deflower San Diego for my birthday.
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Loyaltly Oaths? I ask you, how far away are we really from Facism?
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"Baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run....
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
but there's no place left to hide
Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul
Someday girl I don't know when
we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go
and we'll walk in the sun
But till then tramps like us
baby we were born to run"
----Bruce Springsteen from "Born to Run"
Damn dude, I'm gonna be in Dallas that weekend. In fact I called you last weekend when I went out to LA because I thought you'd already moved. We need to work something out for another weekend though. I have some friends that want to visit Diego.
Posted by: Akash at August 26, 2004 11:51 AMI'm a friend! I want to visit Diego!
G'luck in Cali dude. If it's anything like the last time you went somewhere with a clean slate I'd expect you to have a blast. Just don't forget about us boring folk once in a while.
Posted by: Dan at August 27, 2004 01:25 AM