i gotta feeling
(woo-hoo)
guess what? i’m back. this time, for a bit longer than last. 159 days has passed since then, and it is true whey they say: absence makes the heart grow fonder. also, time heals all wounds1. judging by my previous calculations, i should be nearing the inflection point.
vancouver still feels like home, but i no longer feel like a stranger in this city. perhaps part of it is that i have convinced myself that i’ll be here again to stay before long. but there are very tangible things that ground me to this city, too.
for starters, there are my friends, whose lives remain mostly unchanged. then there is evo. the moroccan theoretical physicist. the dry cold. the cafés. the girls i see on hinge. speaking of the girls…
that tonight’s gonna be a good night
this place no longer reminds me so strongly of my person. that’s not to say that it doesn’t - i can still see her in the various places i used to take her, but the image is only fleeting. in her place are opportunities popping up like curly haired pirates from young adult fiction2.
and so, i will be back. and so, we go.