Hey man

hey

waddup?

I've stayed in one piece so far.

But I gotta be honest this place is losing its charm on me.

Wanna go back to the Chicagoland.

You?

really

what happened?

Oh no I've just been here for too long.

i am doing well, i have been in my studio allday

If you're a guy like me you find out rather quickly that there isn't much for him in a place like this.

Not to say that most people wouldn't wanna spend their time here though.

oh i already did

i mean have you been going out and about?

you need to join a community

and do something meaningful for yourself

or else you're never going to feel at home anywhere

i mean have you been going out and about?

Well...

Yes and no.

There are groups here that are legitimately decent.

And also a small but tight network of buddies.

So they make the experience not a pain.

I mean I go out and explore every now and then but just not really finding anything really worthwhile.

(The undergrad party scene is completely retarded by the way).

Bottom line is that I can stand doing my 4 years here, but I just see myself staying for the long term.

Need a place with more to offer (such as the city where you hail from).

lol, there are many people out there who think cities too are alienating places

let's put it like this

from what limited understanding of the world that I have

is that you have to be active in your own life

you have present, past, and future in your existential understanding of who you are and in this way craft meaning out the seeming void that surrounds you

and the single most powerful way to do this

is find a community, a group, and interconnection of individuals that support what you do and challenge you do more of it

or else you're going to feel like your constantly wasting your time working for something that really has no value to you

a city is valueless unless it offers you ( and i mean you yourself in a holistic sense) a place be you or as jay-z puts its "do you"

i.e. it is not the city but who lives in the city

True that I could be more proactive in my quest to find a community where I can excel.

Like the Urban Planners' network down here is a pretty solid group of people.

I've just barely gotten to know them (having transferred in this semester) but there's something that we can all relate to even though we haven't really had much interpersonal contact yet.

ok, then, i challenge you to pursue a greater interpersonal connection with them

use their interest in Urban planning as pretense to speak about all other things

from the practicality of Gehry designs to the taste of peanutbutter in the rain

or the sound of a viola in Beethoven

to the way the grass in the quad is greener to the left

I'm hearing ya.

Don't take me too seriously in my complaints I'm just bitching right now.

Sorry to have to take it out on you actually.

no, don't apologize

I think I originally called to say something else.

But can't quite remember what it was...

whatever you meant to say was irrelevent

what you did say however

is of the utmost importance because alas it was what you actually said

Seconded.

Although what I meant to say has just been recalled into memory so therefore it can actually be said now.

If you wish that is.

say it

you should never fear your words if you are willing to confront yourself

in the form of the world

Oh no no fear of speaking oh no.

I was just gonna say that Katie and Ellen were impressed by well... the previous time we were all at the dinner table at your dwelling.

Couldn't really find another way to describe it.

But I think visiting Hyde Park and your place was really an eye opener to them.

From what they tell me.

i am glad

i am certain my father is glad

aswell

but i suppose the point that my father would draw from this and give to you

katie and ellen

is that my house, our house is not some sort of sacred space

and my father and my family are not in someway divined with the ability to cook

much to our chagrin

but that if you ever desire to do as we do ( as in eat well and speak of the things that are important to living the good life or the simply daily pleasures of life or the complexity of body politic)

then anyspace

can be transformed in to such

and you need no city, nor hearth of Horace's home

(damn, that was a good alliteration