Home away from home

[grumbleboo]

Its been two months and a little bit more since I came to San Francisco. I was told I'd take a while getting used to the place, probably feel really homesick since this is my first time away from home - in short I was warned about adjustment problems

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[smriti]

disconnected-ly connected state
Relax, dude :) Am so, so glad you're enjoying this. You are having so much fun! Me also coming to Grand Canyon next time round - I bet you wont mind another 2 trips :)

Every time we began feeling like we could 'read' a place, it was time to move
My turn! My turn! My turn! We did that all the time. Only at a smaller scale. Everytime I grew to love a neighbourhood, we moved. You'll argue that its not the same, but when you're a kid, moving neighbourhoods or moving cities - doesnt really matter. Change in familiarity. I didnt like it very much, but I guess it helped in some strange way.

http://www.allthelyrics.com/lyrics/dido/life_for_rent/life_for_rent-199425-lyric/

Right now, I somehow feel like a gypsy....couldn't grow roots in any particular place.You do have a place you call home. To go back to. It stays. Insert lighthouse/ beacon analogy here. I dont see how that makes you a gypsy.

[grumbleboo]

Relax, dude :) Am so, so glad you're enjoying this. You are having so much fun! Me also coming to Grand Canyon next time round - I bet you won’t mind another 2 trips

[smriti]

you can still move from place to place: just drag the one and only around as well :-p

anything between < i > and < /i > will italicize. remove the spaces. go learn some HTML :p but there are probably html editors for livejournal blogs, i'm sure they are not called html editors, but they'll let you format etc. sorry, i dont know more, i'm just your average parital geek person who knows a leetle bit of html, and is too lazy to go try easier ways to do this.

[grumbleboo]

Ah thanks so much - for both the things :D

[smriti]

You might enjoy this --> http://www.livejournal.com/users/rileen/31770.html

[rileen]

I think i can understand your feelings, having moved around a bit as a kid - however, when we say we can feel at home 'anywhere', there's usually an implicit assumption about various kinds of facilities and freedoms, which are more or less available by dfault in most popular destinations.

I say this because i've realized that i may find it quite disagreeable to live in places where people or at least a significant number of them are denied what i consider essential rights/freedoms/.......

Welcome to the nitpicker, eh? :-)

Hope you continue to enjoy your new begun love affair with San Francisco :-)

[grumbleboo]

Hmm....you are right. I have been in places hit by riots and communal violence and all that. But I think thats not what you mean. I havent really had to think about it since (luckily!) I have always been in places that have allowed 'me' to be 'me'.

Nitpicker? Nooooo!!! More like 'exact' or 'perfectionist'. I totally suck at being tactful and diplomatic, don't I? :D

Yes, I would want to cherish my stay here in SF and tell amazing stories about it some day. :-)

[rileen]

I can be a bit of a 'perfectionist' when it comes to choosing the right words (and in little else), but often it's more a question of trying to get a more balanced perspective. The above was actually something that struck me when i was flattering myself about my ability to adapt :-P

[grumbleboo]

Oh you can afford to flatter yourself! I have seen so many people crib just because they just cant get used to anything new. No, correction, they can but dont want to!

What you are referring to is at the other end of the spectrum. I am talking about simpler things. Someone I know will not eat anything other than french fries when he is out. If I ask him to try out something, he'll say no. And then he'll say he doesnt like it! He wont try something because he thinks he wont like it! I dont get it!

[rahulms]

frisco is among the best cities in the country.. and its not just something people "just" say. it sooooo is.
oh and hi

[grumbleboo]

Hi Rahul!

I agree with you. From whatever (little) I have seen in this country, I am so glad I am in San Francisco. Its not only pretty, its a very liberated place.

Have you visited or stayed here? Asking cos I'd love to explore little known places in case you are able to recommend any.

[rahulms]

Ive visited. When i get a job somewere there, hope to stay in frisco.
Hmm some little known places that i could recommend.

1. kerouac alley.. assuming you are familair with jack keroauc. This place still has a very beat cafe and all.

2. When you cross over from frisco through the golden gate bridge, if you take out the first exit. it follows to some army place and on the way there is a very long tunnel that has only one lane of traffic. and traffic lights at both sides are exactly 5 minutes long!! they hace signs saying that. its a curious place to visit. especially in the night when you are probably the only car and you can ( i did) drive through the tunnel with the headlights off.. haha

[grumbleboo]

I havent read anything by Jack Kerouac but now that I googled and found it intriguing, I probably will.

The second place sounds interesting as well! But I doubt I will ever take the risk that you did. :-)