I was just enthusing once again about how I only live a block from the party I went to on Friday night. (I left my coat there so I was picking it up and enthusing to the host.) I think I’ve mentioned this to about ten of you in the last few days and I just realized why and thought i would explain since it seems like a stupid thing to get all amped about:

Other than in college, I have never lived within walking distance of anyone I’ve known and now I live within walking distance of, like, half of the people I know.

I grew up in the country on a farm (we only grew trees and my parents had jobs in town but it had a barn and was isolated like a farm) and had to take the bus to school and there were only about 2 people my age nearby and my brother and I had to make all these advance plans and beg our parents for rides just to have a friend over. And by the time we got into elementary and middle school, it felt like all the town kids were best friends because they would just walk out the door and across the street and spend all day together, and that continued for all of school, and the only kids i ever made good friends with were also farm kids from outlying areas. This sucked doubly because the farm kids were largely duds and/or unfriendly unless you were also in FFA and 4H. I was so jealous of those town kids and wanted so badly to be one of them.

I have no plans to walk to any of your houses in the near future.* I may never walk to some of your houses. But I like knowing I can and feeling like a town kid, finally, in LA of all places.

This blog seems really sunshiney and uncool. Like a fucking farm kid would write. Shit.

*Kelsy, excepted. I am coming to your house to hear Robo meow.