words, words, words
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If I begin to detail myself here, will you understand?
P. I am me
Q. I don't always know exactly who that is
R. I am Quaker
S. I like words and playing with them
T. I like genmaicha tea
U. I like the word napkin more than most others
V. I spend time walking my neighborhood
W. I cook rice often
X. I sleep well most every night
Y. I eat large amounts of fruit and vegetables
Z. I munch, sleep, write, create, cook, bike, watch, walk, listen, hope, learn, drink, live, breathe, touch, know, question, taste, copy, read, stare, carry, talk, dance, finger, try.
raisin@gmail.com
albums:
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
Erasure: I Say, I Say, I Say
Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
George Michael: Listen without Prejudice
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
songs:
Wild is the Wind: Nina Simone
Come Undone: Duran Duran
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini: Rachmaninov
My Funny Valentine: Chet Baker
Feeling Yourself Disintegrate: The Flaming Lips
This Must Be the Place: The Talking Heads
Hyperballad: Bjork
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Friday, December 20, 2002
Minneapolis ranks 11th in the creative class index done by Richard Florida. Whether or not you believe that a city's creative class furthers its growth, it's nice to know that someone has already done research on how much diversity a city has. Does that settle my decision? It stregthens Minneapolis' case, but of course, San Francisco ranks number 1. I'm pretty sure Toronto is up high as well. So why Minneapolis. Snow. That may honestly be the biggest reason. I could choose Denver, but I've been there before, and that's a really conservative state. San Francisco would feel as if i'm spoiling myself, giving into that california dream that I tried to break from when I asked to leave. It would be so easy. Is easy bad? I've always believed so. Why else did I go to USAFA? Last time I was in San Francisco, I let myself admit that I really really wanted to move there. Why was I trying to keep that secret from myself? Is it because so many gay men want to move to SF and you dont' want to be like everybody? (yes) Is it because you are scared of letting yourself dream too much (yes) Is it because you'd be embarrassed to return to California as if you're abandoning the midwest (yes). Then again, there are great reasons to move to Minneapolis. It's cold, there's a thriving community of all sorts there. It's beautiful, and I have loved it since I saw it the first time when I was maybe 12, driving to a canoeing trip to Canada with my dad. My friend Emily plans on moving there soon, and she's already taught in Minnesota, so she knows what strings to pull. Is this like choosing broccoli over french fries? somehow I feel more responsible if I move to Minneapolis, like I'm adding to them, whereas SF would just absorb me. Even Emily told me Minneapolis needs me more than SF. Maybe this is a step towards Toronto as well, which seems to difficult to do immediately, when I don't even have education credits. I want to move to both places. People tell me this is the best time to move to SF because the rent is actually reasonable. Minneapolis will always be there. So will SF, and when I was there last, I was way too young anyhow compared to most people I met - why not wait five or ten years? but this is my golden age, right? this is my first chance to be free, out of the military, out of my parents' grabbing hands, out of control.
Still, this is a minor worry. I'm just focusing on this because I cant' do anything about the other worry, leaving the military. that, and everyone wants to know, what are you doing? where are you going? i don't know. i don't know. i don't know.
10:39 AM
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