Tuesday, December 14, 2004
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Shining Rock, NC 12/14/04 (click to enlarge)
I had a very good conversation last night with my most trusted friend, Drew Wallace. It seems he may be as sick of Cincinatti as I am of Chicago. I believe we are very luck to know where home is. Maybe we just needed to leave for a little while to see why our home means so very much to the both of us. I am sure there are some people who never truly feel at home anywhere as much as I do when I am in the high country of NC.
Still, I have my life to live in Chicago for a few months more. I will not waste them by looking too far into the future. I am sure there are still a few great experiences I can squeeze outta the windy city before I return to the mountians.
Deciding to move on from here will also mean that my current relationship with Mary Beth may have to come to an end. I really don't want it to, but I cannot ask her to come with. She has a life here and a family close by. She has lived here almost her entire life. I would feel very uncomfortable asking someone to make such a drastic change for me when we have been together such a short time. There is time to discuss this with Mary Beth before May, but I can't help but think of the outcome now.
// posted by Justin @ 8:58 AM 
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there's a really good mos def song on "black on both sides" called habitat about this idea of home. the importance of it.. your post reminds me of it.
a life in the mountains seems far superior to the city hustle. but both extremes have their appeal. or it seems that way. the middlemark in the suburbs seems the worst.
a life in the mountains seems far superior to the city hustle. but both extremes have their appeal. or it seems that way. the middlemark in the suburbs seems the worst.
I have been wondering how this is all unfolding for you Justin. It is hard when you are in a new relationship to try to plan for the future, be it together or appart but that is what we do anyhow... is it not? Try one on until we find the keeper? Perhaps by that time you won't have to ask her (either way). So I gather from your plethora of post pics that you are from NC? Is that where you want to return?
maybe by May you'll decide that you can't live without her.. i mean, that's a possibility. or not. i don't know.. hope all is well..
it seems like the high country of NC is ridiculously beautiful. but, how are the politics?
it seems like the high country of NC is ridiculously beautiful. but, how are the politics?
Leyla,
The politics in NC vary greatly by region. I guess its still really a traditional red state, but areas like Boone and Asheville have a much more progressive minded population, I think. Probably due to the colleges and "mountain hippies' as the older locals call them.
The politics in NC vary greatly by region. I guess its still really a traditional red state, but areas like Boone and Asheville have a much more progressive minded population, I think. Probably due to the colleges and "mountain hippies' as the older locals call them.
mountain hippies! oh, i love that. maybe i'm over-romanticising it, but it seems like an awesome life.
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