back.

and was seen wearing my plastic rimmed glasses, a v-neck t shirt and drinking a pbr last evening at a trendy dive bar in the mission. the same day that i read the adbusters article about hipsters which has set several people all abuzz. liza, i think, has the best, most optimistic thoughts on this article and hipsterdom in her blog today (check, but don't wreck it...it's under my friends-s-s-s).

anyway.

I'm back in the city. After a lovely drive of sun, good music, and road-trip style bonding, Lindsey B. and I were greeted outside her inner richmond apartment by fog, grey skies, and wind. We promptly scrambled for our hoodies. I put on my hazards and pulled partway into a near by driveway. We unpacked onto the curb, and I watched our stuff/my car as L.B.J. ferrying loads inside. The familiarity of city life enveloped us, feeling strange and not fitting quite right. After 3 days back, I am re-acclimated to sitting in bay bridge traffic, spending 20+ minutes looking for a parking spot, walking, talking and thinking a little bit faster.

I dove right back in, no rest for me. Within 2 hours of being back in the bay area, I had a place to live, and then was on my way to a production meeting. I move into a 1 month sublet in north oakland on Wednesday (after a week on the floor of Lindsey and Gillian's apartment). After that, I'll hopefully move back into the city.

As for Blue Lake. I loved it up there, and I loved Dell Arte. I miss them both terribly. However, I'm not done with San Francisco. I still feel like I have a lot to explore and do and meet here. As for getting a job with Dell Arte. I didn't ask, so it wasn't offered. At some point, I'll probably ask, and it'll probably be offered. For now, I'm content with the likelihood of next summer, a Thanksgiving visit, and talking about how great BL is with Lindsey B.

To sum it up, a phone conversation:
G.L. : Are you happy to be back home?
M.F. :Home? There isn't a place that feels like home to me. But, yes, I'm happy to be back in the city.