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lady_karelia ([personal profile] lady_karelia) wrote2009-06-18 02:15 am
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In a way, I'm relieved Dorkboy is traveling this week. Having to spend an hour at Starbucks every day while Little Man is at MA class does seem to do Lucius good. He likes being written by hand *snickers*. And I get to listen to music without anyone making comments, which is, once again, a novelty. And then we get home, and the coffee shows its effect, making me all bouncy.

Of course, Dorkboy's trip to California is making me rethink Memphis. We settled here thinking it's relatively near to newly-found family. The fact is, we haven't seen most of them at all, and my brother maybe two or three times a year. So I started wondering some time ago what the point is of living in a place so utterly deprived of culture and intelligence. I really despise this... excuse of a so-called city. It's unbearably hot for about seven months of the year, the weather is freakish, most of its inhabitants are so totally not to my likingunderstanding, so why on earth am I here??? I understand it from a spiritual point of view, totally so, but, gods, can I please have a reprieve and live somewhere where maybe one or two people actually share my beliefs and maybe some culture thrown in, too?

[identity profile] lady-karelia.livejournal.com 2009-06-18 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, organic arugula would totally be a reason to move there!!! We're actually thinking of Bay Area. The weather is nice most of the time, San Francisco and thus culture is nearby, and it doesn't take long to drive to beautiful country where hiking is easy and mushrooms grow aplenty. Definitely worth pursuing I think... xD

[identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com 2009-06-18 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
The Bay Area is expensive, even more so than in San Diego, and I don't just mean rent. However, it makes up for it, as you point out, by being gorgeous and having a kick-ass arts scene (Mr. 42 and I have gone up to SF just to see operas. Twice!).
AND you don't have to worry about catching on fire the way we do downstate. We also have some really amazing cheesemakers in this state (Cowgirl Creamery, Point Reyes, Cypress Grove)... :D