it's funny. i've been wanting to re-start a blog for awhile now but nothing kicked me into high gear until today. for some reason, the stars aligned or something. and now that i start to write, the song playing is Shawn Colvin "Stranded." and that's pretty much where i find myself these days. maybe that's not the most positive word to describe my state of being, but it does kind of encompass how i got here.
for those of you who don't know - i am in Texas and unfortunately, i'm not in Austin. i'm not even in a city - but instead a suburb called Grand Prairie. i'm not really sure how grand this place is. it's pretty mundane. the houses are all the same, the communities are all pretty much young straight couples with new babies and young professionals. the only cool people i have found are the people who work at the grocery store or a good percentage of dog park people. but for the most part, the people in these parts are very small-minded and very self absorbed. needless to say i am here until at least June 2012. i'm not sure where the world will take me after that, but as soon as i can afford to put my house on the market i will. i want out of suburbia and back to something closer to the city, closer to culture, closer to some semblance of intelligent life-forms.
for those of you who do live here in Grand Prairie and find my posting offensive, i extend my apologies. if you consider me a friend, chances are i consider you a friend as well and therefore you don't fall into any of the aforementioned categories. but if you are easily offended by my frustrations then you probably shouldn't read my blog. i'm just saying...
for every place that you live, you take away with you a valuable lesson learned. no matter what that lesson may be. you have a reason for being there. maybe you've already learned what needed to be learned and are ready to move on to the next phase of your life. either way, you've grown since being there. it's impossible not to have.
ReplyDeletenow you can move here. instead of hot cowboys, we have not so hot farmers with mullets. woohoo!
Love it!
ReplyDeleteWe're just going to turn your feelings around while we have time. Austin does rock...but Dallas has it's good parts too. Grand Prairie is not the best fit for you by any means. You were led astray as a newbie here.