Comments on: New City, New Culture, New Life

By: Keetha

Keetha — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:13:21 +0000

That’s the most apt description of Bass Pro Shop I’ve ever heard.

Another great post.

By: Melia

Melia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:38:31 +0000

Yeah, Siobhan - Ireland, Japan, Boston…you just pick up and go! Talk about culture shock. It must be cool getting to know each place and your favorite things about it.

Gill, I’m just so impressed that you made this move at 18 years old. I wasn’t ready to live so far away from the comfort of our home base until now. I’m glad that I got to do San Francisco before swapping city living for southern living. When you move to Hawaii, I’m sure you’ll be writing a similar post because the culture is so unique there.

Yes, I am so, so excited to find a corner of New Orleans to make into our kingdom. I don’t think the rest of the Loyola crew will be able to resist the creative tractor beams pulling them back, and maybe we can even entice some of our CA crew to join us.

By: Gilliebean

Gilliebean — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:21:09 +0000

I can totally relate to this post. When I first moved to New Orleans for college (almost eight years ago, jeebas!), I was so homesick for the Bay Area. I missed my friends, my family, the food, the progressive politics, all that good stuff. Some things drove me crazy about NOLA, like how the bank teller would spend 10 minutes chatting with the person in front of me in line about how their mama was doing.

But about halfway through my freshman year, I started to make great friends and began to appreciate the slow, friendly pace of life. I will always miss some things about California and hope I can always come home often, but New Orleans is home now. It’s where Brian and I met, and we plan to come back and start that intentional community with you and whoever else we can wrangle back to the city!

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:00:33 +0000

“Even if you think you could never live away from the place you grew up, you probably could. And you might even like it.”-
I totally agree with ya! When people hear of where I’ve lived, I get a lot of ‘I could NEVER live in ~~’ and I think ‘Uh, yes you could! Just GO!’ lol!
Glad to hear the South is treating you well!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:22:05 +0000

What a great post! It is like returning home in itself, just to read “Things I Love” because it is such a centering, calming, gratitude-inspiring practice. Thanks for the ‘fix,’ Melia!

By: Melia

Melia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:39:53 +0000

With the people closest to me, I find that I can pick up right where we left off, no matter how long it’s been. And as my dad just emailed in response to this post, “Thank Gawd for the internet, as it almost seems like you are still at home with us.” (Aww.) At least we have Skype and Facebook keeping us updated.

By: Marijke

Marijke — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:37:35 +0000

And so we all have the same dream….that our loved ones will live in one place. I doubt it will ever happen (I speak for myself) but that I have learned over the years: it’s not the quantity but the quality of time spent together that counts. And Skype video is terrific to fill the gaps between visits ……

By: Melia

Melia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:45:37 +0000

I may have exaggerated the red meat and fast food intake — it’s not like I eat it every day. Burgers and steak at cookouts, sausage in jambalaya, and the occasional Chick-Fil-A sandwich and Little Caesar’s Hot N Ready pizza is all. I try to go with a healthy option, though I can’t resist the occasional chicken nuggets and fries.

I also forgot to put “family” on the things I miss about the Bay Area and love about Jackson. I miss seeing my parents every day and knowing what’s going on with them. I do feel lucky that I get to see Darren’s parents at least once a week. Maybe one day my dream will come true, and my loved ones will live in one place.

By: Melia

Melia — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:43:01 +0000

You got it. I’m still in transition and sometimes feel discombobulated, but I haven’t ever doubted that this is the right thing. I do miss hassling you about our peoples, too. Ha, you of all people know what I mean about 50 Cent!

By: Mr. Hsu

Mr. Hsu — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:43:13 +0000

Sounds like you’re feeling like I did when I first moved down to the Bay: excited, scared, a little crazy, but knowing and feeling that it was the right thing at the right time. I’m so happy to hear that you’re enjoying it. But I do miss giving you all the crap about “your” peoples. And kudos on the 3 dollar 50 cent quip. Priceless.