So maybe we get real for a minute. And then maybe we stop.
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Thursday, July 5th, 2012
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As a ginger, I resent it all!! J/k
Well, I’m glad to see the streak is alive with Byron leaving before the show ends in a display of passive-aggressiveness.
On a separate note, Big Jim’s story about his mom/family was very touching and interesting. Good to hear some of his backstory.
I live in a town that is up against a reservation. the fourth of july, the whole place catches fire. the streets become so full of smoke that you can’t see. your eyes burn and your ears thrum. by 1am things finally start to die down. the next morning it looks like Escape from New York. spent rocket casings litter the lawns. mortar shells like on the pavement like cracked, burned eggs.
God Bless America.
I’m going to give Byron some life advice which he will be free to ignore.
Life is pretty much the same anywhere you are. What I mean by that is that life becomes ordinary and mundane by the virtue of the fact life is mundane and ordinary, and the ordinary things are the same anywhere. Cleaning, walking the dog, paying bills, doing dishes, commuting and working are essentially the same bullshit routines no matter if you live in Italy, Southern France or Oregon. In the end what only really changes with the change of location is things like bureaucracy, infastructure and climate, and these changes can either make the mundane shit function more easily, or become pain-stakingly hard.
I wouldn’t idealise living abroad too much. It’s nice to go on holiday anywhere in the world, but imagine living as an immigrant somewhere else. Even with the privilege that comes with being from a wealthy nation (ie you can return to your home country as it’s not war-torn), life as an immigrant is always more difficult than being a native. Sometimes it just means more paperwork, other times it means hostility from the natives and discrimination in the job market.
So if you’re serious about wanting to live in Europe, get serious about it: learn the local language, find out what it means to immigrate into that country, start building contacts and looking into jobs. And remember it will be mundane than going there on an awesome holiday, and don’t forget to consider the people you’re leaving behind: the first things you’ll miss won’t be the food, but the people.
Good/funny/positive stuff:
Big Jim’s good stuff. Love the guy. Big Jim for mayor, I say!
Other stuff:
Wow. I like the C&F shows that Byron is on… But, what the hell was that all about?
If he’s having a crisis of self, he needs to stop doing what he’s used to doing and take himself out of the limelight/drama/social life for a while.
He’s always seemed just a few minutes away from crisis with life in general, but this seems different. It’s unhealthy, and he seems like he needs to change some core things about himself. I think, for the most part, listeners like Byron. I do. I hope he figures things out.
I think the scary squid semen talk might change Byron’s life forever.