Memoirs of an English Major

“Well, if we’re so fucking advanced, then what are we doing working here?” - Randal Graves

     So I realize I haven’t posted a full post in a long while and by “a while” I mean it feels slightly foreign to even write a post these days. Oh don’t get me wrong, I have been writing in the background and keep notes on some of my longer works, but in the foreground, I’ve been unpleasantly silent, almost dormant. I think it’s far time I at least write an update as to what has been occupying my time. This would be my new life in Austin. It’s been a whirlwind of various things from buying a bed, moving my roommates belongings, doing laundry, working a strange schedule, and other tasks. It’s been a crazy time so far, but I am loving every minute of it. It’s just strange because it feels like this is a new phase of my life, almost as if it just started. It’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my time in Weslaco or Laredo, it just I never felt that I had started my life when I was in Weslaco. It always felt that it was pretty much just more of the same. It was weird when I moved here, I didn’t quite get it. Hell, I’m still getting used to the whole idea of living in Austin and actually living here. I still feel I’m one of my short trips up here and that it’ll all end next week.

    All of these feelings seem to stem from the idea that I never pictured myself living here. I always had the concept this would be a place to visit, have a great time, but never live. I figured it would be some place else. In the end, this has been a benefit more than a hindrance, mainly due to the fact that I didn’t have any preconceptions of the city. In all honesty, Austin is nothing more than another city in which I am living in. Sure, its got many advantages over my previous cities, but it’s still a place where I sleep, eat, and work and because of this, it’s still a town. What I’m trying to say is I’m glad I didn’t hype the city up in my mind and that I had a real expectation of the city being nothing more than that. In essence, I’ve done the action I try to do when I go to any location: Not to romanticize it and judge it on what it is.

   I understand this post is short, but my time is limited. I’m going to get back into writing more frequent posts and try to post some of my writings. Just need to get back into the habit of doing what I am now. In any case, expect more, just not sure on the frequency.