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[flounderphil]

are you not you

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[shazzathegreat]

I do have to say that moving away from Austin led me into an excruciatingly boring city, in an excruciatingly boring daily life. However, since I moved I have become a cave diver, sung in a band, gotten to NPS indies, climbed a minor mountain, killed someone, been told by a transgendered shaman that I should have sex with gods, and done voudou in my basement. So moving can be a good thing, I suppose. Or maybe it just makes you even more fucked in the head.

[flounderphil]

Exactly. Living in Austin for so long has had the same effect of glazing my eyes over. I need to break out of my comfort zone in order to present myself with new challenges. I can always return to Austin, but I really do feel like I'm getting nothing done here.

[you_got_phoned]

1. Please do not fling poo at me.
2. I realize you don't necesariy enjoy spending time with all of us bad influences, but some of us really do miss you.
3. If you want to break out of Austin, then do it. We will miss you, but hopefully everyone loves you enough to realize its something you need to do. Just come back and visit.
4. Lunch tomorrow, (tuesday) for reals this time.

[flounderphil]

Let's do lunch.

[wickedchildhood]

While it's different for me, since my "getting out" was going away to college, I'm desperately, ecstatically glad to be out of Austin for a while. And being gone has made me realize that I will need to be there again in a few years. But I understand that sort of stifling, sucking-the-life feeling. It only started to go away gradually when I was forced to actively start building a life for myself here, which has been rewarding and challenging and degrading and awful-- but it's never stagnant.

I miss you, Phil. I hope we can see each other soon, and I hope you find a way to make change in your life, whether it's moving or not.

Love, Tina.

[flounderphil]

I miss you too. We should see each other soon. If I can afford to (which is still a maybe), I may try to visit NYC in the fall to visit xaq and see some foliage in the countryside. If that happens, I will be in touch, unless you plan on studying in another country or something next semester!

[ender605]

It's nice being out...for a little bit.

But if you have ambition, especially as art goes, Austin is kind of the place to be.

[flounderphil]

I think my artistic ambitions can go on hold for a bit, I really need to go to school, or find another suitable way to please society for a little while. Maybe major in playwriting or something.

[ender605]

Also, are you feeling "sapped" because of getting fucked up too much? That's how I read into that, but that's because that's what I feel like when I get fucked up too much too often.

[flounderphil]

Not really, I've made it a point to avoid getting fucked up on anything for the past couple of weeks.

[jackstill]

Read Andy Warhol's book. The Philosophy of Andy.

[flounderphil]

I'll try.

[jackstill]

You could move up here, I could use some level-headed like-minded people to hang out with.