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May 14, 2008
A Little Clarification
The following is a followup post to this. If that clears anything up.
A couple of people here and here have questioned why "the local sports scene has nowhere to go but down" made my list of reasons to bail out of town. I love it when my teams do well - I really do! - but, unfortunately, whopping success brings with it a parade of poseurs, pink hats, bandwagoners and assorted other jerks. Case in point: Section 324 at the Garden tonight. For years, it's been the refuge of dieveryhard fans (raises hand) and kind folks and families who can't afford the lower level; tonight, with the playoffs in town, we were surrounded by the casting call for Night of A Thousand Douchebags. Not that I'd rather root for a collection of hopeless stiffs - been there (for a long time), done that. But there's something to be said for the valiant struggle. And there's definitely something to be said for actually being able to get tickets on a whim.
None of this is to be construed in any way that makes it seem like I'm thinking of leaving town merely because my favorite teams are too good. Because that's just pathetic-bordering-on-psychotic, and I might as well go listen to Dog's Eye View's "Everything Falls Apart" over and over again if that were the case. I mentioned it as part of a laundry list.
And thanks for the suggestions so far...I can tell you all that I've completely ruled out Alaska, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Mississippi and that insane asylum posing as a state. Nearly everything else is on the table. Keep 'em coming.
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"everything falls apart" - gold. pure gold.
meanwhile.
i myself would move to mississippi if i really meant it about doing the work i like doing in the places nobody likes it to get done. but for now, nah.
where I moved isn't cheaper but so far it's been a nice place to live for a while. but i have been really processing the whole concept of "home" --and all those complicated and multiple things that can mean and what one does with all that--since about november. also, where I moved is not so far or such different weather. so, yeah.
it's also a heck of a thing to not be able to go sit on a plaid couch in a certain small town in Massachusetts when one feels like it. just saying.
ONE MORE THING. moving is A PAIN.
unpacking, on the other hand, and setting up shop in a whole new space, is dreamy.
Posted by: christine | May 15, 2008 11:52 PM
