being alone for the first time in two weeks is odd. it’s like missing a limb. not that i would know what that feels like. i could try sitting on my hand for a while and then flap it around uselessly until the blood came back, but that’s really not going to compare. now kim is buying plates and lamps without my creative input. which basically means that she doesn’t get me making absurd comments about patterns looking like germs under a microscope.
i realized some things on this trip across the country with kim. and one of the most important things i came to understand is that i can never, ever, ever live anywhere besides the west coast. california, oregon, and washington, you are all i have, if you will have me. some places were beautiful, or gorgeous even. some had nice people who would call me endearments, but no place was home.
driving back to my apartment yesterday i saw the spire of the church bell tower on my campus in the distance and almost cried with delight. i missed it. i actually missed a bell tower in a city i don’t even like to live in that much. i missed my mom’s house, i missed my cats, i missed my apartment, i even missed my neighborhood. i missed the smell, the weather, the competent merging traffic, the atmosphere.
people are different everywhere but you are always the same. i am a product of my upbringing and that stamps me as a californian down to every finger and toe. i belong in the bay area because it resides in me.
which is not to say that i didn’t take entirely too many pictures of all these exotic locales that we travelled thru. they can be found here and are broken into the various states. in particular i recommend the following pictures/movies. so if you look at nothing else, at least catch these.
kim and i at arches national park in utah.
a video of me beating up a cattle guard. truly excellent when you actually know what a cattle guard is.
swine barn at the missouri state fair.
kim on a trampoline in st. louis, missouri
kim and i emerging into sunlight after being on a tour of mammoth caves national park.
kim gaining KoL adventures by eating white castle fries and me doing the same
vidoe of me pretending to be a mountain lion on the blue ridge parkway. and kim laughing at me.
jolie and i on her bed in maryland
there’s also a video tour given by kim of her new apartment. but i’m having some troubles uploading it. i’ll let you know when it’s up though. and really i recommend a lot more pictures than just these too. there’s some real gems in there.
