Wednesday, June 21, 2006
the stillness..
is something i miss about my hometown.I happen to live in an area that is urban & very much lower middle class. It's 50% white & 50% black, household incomes ranging from nothing to about 200k. You can find a little bit of everything in madisonville, mansions to projects, all within the same block.
Our home is antibellum & victorian. The first in the area, rumored to be the main home on some what of a plantation (although Cincinnati was the first free city one reached from the south). The attic obviously was a sort of quarter..but who knows.
The street is dead end & while there are a few other homes on the street, it's relatively quiet...almost eerily. I sat outside smoking my squares & realized that I miss the clarity..it allowed me to think and reason. Until the thing that I don't miss at all reared it's ugly head..critters!
I can't even recall seeing a spider in NY. Sure we have our share of cats, rats & roaches, but not much else..
In a matter of five minutes I saw a racoon, possum & countless insects with way too many legs. Eww!
Anyway, it's good to be home (again). You know, sucks for it to have been under these circumstances but I'll never be mad about seeing my parents & enjoying good food. Although I haven't even had any of mama's cooking since last time I was here i hooked up some of jolena's smashing moqueco & my dad's fallen in love. He practically had the ingredients on the table as soon as I came home.
In other news, my display screen on my razr is cracked. My phone still functions but i can't see anything, including texts. I'm going to get another one tomorrow I think but in the mean time, it's a little shitty. I mean it's my main vessel of communication with the boy, so..ehh.
Speaking of which, he's not blogging & I understand why..but that doesn't make it any less shitty. So, blog man! Or atleast post some damn pictures.
Anyway, I'm in the nati indefinately (school starts July 5th, so i don't have to be back until then. I say to say, who knows, I may not have anything to post about for a while..we all know how boring this place can be.
(I love it.)
lauren alyse belle at 9:17 PM