If wishes were fishes I'd be up to my gills in fins.
Submitted by Owen (severedscythe) on Thu, 2009-03-05 00:57
Y'know what's stupid?
In the beginning, I didn't even -want- to go home. I was too worried about what they'd think of me. And with Clarkson and that its just that I didn't want to go. And now? I'd give anything to be able to get out of here in one piece. I think about Maroochydore beach back at home and think about that stupid monument with the toilet blocks underneath and wonder why I didn't think I could go back there.
So. Where are you guys from? I-. It might be hard to talk about, or y'may hate me for asking but
Yeah.
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Chicago. I grew up on Keating, off of Belmont and Cicero, but my parents don't live there anymore. Now I live...well. Here, obviously. Nowhere, I guess. I told my roommates I had to split and they could rent out the room if they wanted. I miss it. It was a really sweet little three-bedroom not too far from the Damen stop on the Blue Line, and my roommates didn't suck, one of them was the reason I worked at the tattoo studio.
Don't really have anywhere to go back to, I suppose.
Right! This is the world's smallest violin playing just for me!
Maroochydore, where is that? A beach sounds fucking nice right about now.
You worked at a tattoo studio? That sounds interesting! And its not often that you find a place that you like, like that.
Uhm, its in Queensland, Australia. The sunshine coast, what a laugh. Its just as wet and rediculous as most other places in winter, only humid and floody.
It was pretty sweet...I just worked the front desk but I had some good friends there. The piercer, Jenny, was my roomie, and there was this big guy Tony who was one of the artists and always let me have discounts on work. We never got paid a lot but at least I got to be me, you know?
I wonder if they think about me much. Huh.
That's cool. Well, hey, at least you're not getting buried under lake effect snow? I think winter sucks everywhere. (I don't even want to think about how much it's going to suck in Middle of Nowhere, Russia.)
I don't think I've ever been this cold in my LIFE. And apparently it's not even winter yet?
They probably think about you a lot,y'know? I mean, I told my family where I was gunna be and there's still a couple of months left on the blanket year I told them I'd be uncontactable. huh.
Alright mate. I'm from South London. My 'rents are from India though. I'm not in any hurry to head home without the money I was promised to be quite frank! Although it's be fuckin' wicked to see the family again. I miss them...
Why'd anyone hate you for asking? I'm Saj. Nice to meet you.
Someone speaking the Queens English? Say it isn't so! Nice to meet you, I'm Owen.
I guess some people might not wanna be reminded of home? I dunno.
Not that it matters, since we'll probably never see it again, but I'm from University Park, TX. It's a small town inside the city of Dallas where all the rich people live and bitch about the minorities taking over Dallas, then turn to the Mexican in the group and say "present company excluded of course" when you know they're *not* excluding you.
People are giant jerks. That sounds like where I used to work. "careful to go to school, honey, or you'll end up working a minimum wage job like him." and I'm standing there with their three dollar toothbrush in my hand and trying not to laugh, because what the hell woman, we all know your prada bag is a knockoff.
The end.
Sounds like fun. :)
Exactly. I had the wonderful fortune of being a double minority- Mexican and handicapped. Yeah. I'm still amazed anyone even acknowledged my existence sometimes. On the plus side, they loved to trot me out to show how "diverse and inclusive" they were.
I'm Esme, by the way. Don't think we've officially met. I'll be the one wandering around looking like she's drunk.
Oh, lucky you! :) I'm hoping they at least fed you at these "inclusive" parties. Otherwise, it really wasn't worth it.
I'm Owen. Nice to meet you.
I'm from North Carolina in the States. I miss the mountains pretty bad, and going to Myrtle Beach even if it's a giant tourist trap. The Great Smokey Mountains National Park will be gorgeous right now, all the leaves turning orange and red along the roads, the air all humid and cool. I want to go back home to Asheville with all the hippies and college students and everything, even the silly people that do all their shopping at the Grove Arcade.
Man , living near the mountains sounds absolutely amazing. I lived on the coast and this is the furthest I've ever been from home. I'd love to see mountains like the ones you're talking about.