Stuck in my head

Big Stuff

Sorry it's been all quiet on the blog front.  Kinda seems there's been tumbleweeds skipping past on here the last month or so.  But after the day I like to call the "Sack-attack" I've been a busy bunny trying to sort some stuff out in my life.  I'm disrupting it entirely and not just mine but someone else's, too, which is sad.  However, this time seems to be ripe with opportunity and I'm gonna take it.  I'm moving back to Australia next month after 3.5 years away living in the best city ever, She-ka-go!  It's only for a year, though.  To you know, work and travel and have the best effing time ever.  I'll be back and raring to go in my wicked hometown before I know it.

But for now, it's all busy busy.  Subleasing the apartment, packing stuff, tying up tons of loose ends... I'm hoping that I've made the right decision and am not fucking over my life entirely.  But I have that gut feeling.  The one where it acts like an ADHD kid high on kool-aid, "Do it! Do it! Just--Gah!!!--DO IT!"

So.  Yes.  Melbourne, here I come.  Be prepared.  Be very prepared.  It's time for some new adventures.  We've got a beef to work out, you and I.  And I'm gonna eat you whole, baby!  

My kind of town

From journal 2.7.09

Chicago is hauntingly beautiful.  As the sun sets over its glittering spires*, the silhouettes of ancient water towers look almost black against the rainbowed sky.  Glorious and industrial.  Full of secrets, and while these secrets are blatantly gorgeous, they are not always nice ones.  It's a harsh city at times but it is the harshness that makes Chicago's beauty that much more intense.  The juxtaposition of old-day modern and what is now considered new creates a thick vibe of life.  Something is always in the process; a building, a bridge, a business, a beautiful relationship.  I think it will always be home.

Look at the sky.  The sky...

*Thanks to Graham for the phrase "glittering spires."

Syd Love

My darling girl-crush, Sydney, got hitched to her boyfriend of 2 months last week.  Just like that.  All "Let's go to City Hall today and get married."  They threw a huge party last night and we ended up dancing in the living room with 20 people until 8 this morning.  I literally didn't stop dancing until I was falling over with fatigue.  God, I love those types of parties.  Full of fun people enjoying themselves, enjoying me, and loving being young.

Sydney kissed me for the first time last night.  Twice!  They were lovely soft ones on the lips and I do believe I might like her more than I thought before.  I've never dabbled in the girl world but I probably could with Sydney.  Gorgeous, lovely girl.