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 if i ever move to some dumb european country where people only go out to hang out with the people they already know, something that i would miss the most is the fine institution that is american bar,. the various watering holes of new orleans are especially close to my heart. each is speacial in its own beautiful way. they will carry you through the night; like all things in the new orleans tradition, their spirit endures and is interconnected and never-ending. the insides of bars spill out freely on to the sidewalk. never say goodbye because new orleans never says goodbye and because you know you will see them later in the infinite night .the city streets are not just for moving about, but are just as much places to be in their own right. sitting on a french quarter stoop or a street corner in the marigny, listening to someone play a fiddle or a trombone, drinking abita and greeting all the passerby that you know and all that you don't. your bicyle will take you to the next stop and through the night of the giant never-ending block party that is new orleans. like the mississippi river that made this place what it is, the spirit of the city comes in the form of a flow strong and slow, just,as the bands and parades that dance through its streets.  in other news, i still need a job and don't know where i'm living at the end of the month. exciting times. |
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going back is different when, instead of coming home to warm and loving arms, all you have is a cold, dark apartment all alone. new orleans tonight. |
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 my street.  snow/tropical flowers.  st. charles streetcar. it's going to be 76 degrees the day after tomorrow, too. in other news, i'm pretty much done with college. weird. need to figure out how to make money now. any ideas? a lot of things in my life are generally up in the air right now. don't have to much time to work it out here, though. going home for the holidays on thursday. |
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 My life has never felt so ambiguous. The state of my relationship, school, where I'm living, not to mention The Future. I have no idea how any of it is going to work out. I have little to no plan. This semester is nearly over and after that, I'm basically done with school except for a single class in the Spring. How to best use the rest of my time? I need to figure out what I REALLY want to do and try to work towards it or else I am not going to feel fulfilled. I want to experience the world in the deepest way possible and constantly challenge myself at the same time. The biggest question out there really is whether I should stay in New Orleans. The more I think about it the more I truly believe that I don't think I could have as much fun or have the unique experiences that are possible here anywhere else in America. But do I want to go to UNO for grad school? Do I even want to go to grad school? Do I want to be further sucked in and stay here always & forever? New Orleans is not a place of progress or productivity, but it's so wonderfully special. Should I try to become master urban planner or sell custom-made fanny packs for a living and live in a trailer in the lower 9th ward? Other?? I just need to infuse myself with a little more motivation and ambition and try to do whatever I can. There's only so much I can do - the rest is up to chance and fate.
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I finally just got to vote in my first presidential election! And what an exciting one. Halloween was super amazing. I dressed up as a chimney sweep. It was cost-free and a big hit. Now it's time to find my couchsurfers, get drunk and (hopefully) celebrate the incoming election results.
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if anyone who hasn't already feels inclined to do so, add me on twitter at http://twitter.com/lauraharris
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I miss you and I'm sorry I never post anymore. Here is a picture of me cycling through Greece:  Honestly, I probably will never post all my pictures on here - on facebook, maybe. Is this a dying medium or just something I have grown away from? I think both. Autumn is the season I love the most. I feel like I can make anything happen. I feel obligated to say something about the current status of my life. Overall, I'd say I'm more comfortable with myself and what I want than ever before. The conflicts that do exist are essentially reinventions of the same conflicts that have always affected me. I feel like I am still floating around in a social realm that is too large and diverse for a single individual to traverse. People come and go from my life, some stay. I cannot be well-defined by any particular association and while sometimes I feel lost in this sort of sense of anomie, I think this is just my nature. My spirit is restless, which I think is a good thing. I've just got to figure out the best way to roll with it. I feel like I am conquering more all the time, meanwhile discovering more I'd like to conquer. Conquer is not the right word. I wonder which way I'm going to take this amazing thing we know as life. I feel like a couple of years from now I am just as likely to be living a million kilometers away, existing in a completely different way, as I am as likely to stay loyal to my dear New Orleans, rolling with the same crew, more or less. I have no idea how it'll go, but I just turned 21 and there is so much living left to be done! It seems moments ago that I was just 17 and the great big world had so much to offer me and I was ready to dive right in. It's beautiful how much I have learned since then - there is so much more! Anyway! Enough of this crap. I have to go. I love you all.
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