Ha.Alright so I have returned once again to this coffee shop in Old Town I used to frequent over the summer. I have been avoiding it because I spend my time here doing things like this: playing on the computer! I have been bad the past few days about being on this machine. Well, not this one but the desktop at home. I think I like being in Old Town because of its name. Old Town Eureka, Old Town Berea, you get the idea. All my friends (all two of them-ha) have left town for the holiday and I find myself wondering what I did before I knew them in those lonely days of my past Humboldt County life. Needless to say, I am bored! And nothing sounds good to me at the present moment. No fear, Clint returns tomorrow evening, Nick I'm not sure when-assumingly Sunday. I think I'll go see a play tonight in Blue Lake(?-still undecided). It's been so long since I've been to the theatre.
Thanksgiving has come and gone with an expediency I wasn't expecting-it was fun and delicious but lonely without the company of close friends and family that I have been accustomed to for the last two decades of my life. But a little taste of home made it's way to our table way out here on the Pacific, as I made a fine broccoli casserole and some lovely focaccia bread! I ate hippie turkey (or Tofurkey) and it was actually pretty good. I was surprised. There's something about imitation meat that just disgusts me though. I would rather just eat veggies and leave fake meat for the birds. Mmmm leftovers. I think I may trek on home soon and delve into the depths of our overflowing fridge, browse the remains of a feast fit for kings! My stomach grumbles in agreement.
As I look out the window onto the busy streets the arrival of the holiday season is almost overwhelming. People are bustling around on this day, the busiest shopping day of the year, or Buy Nothing Day if you're so lucky to have hippie friends who tell you these things. I am pleased to report my only purchase today is a cup of coffee (benefitting a local coffee shop!), which I felt obligated to buy in exchange for these internet services I now utilize for your reading pleasure. I get kind of sick when I think about all the useless things that people are buying today, most of which were probably made in sweat shops overseas and will ultimately end up in a landfill somewhere. It's sad. I think I'll make my gifts this year with recycled stuff. It'll be fun! I dream of the days when I can live in my cabin in the woods, off the grid, playing music, growing food, making everything I need. I was meant for old time Appalachia.
Speaking of Appalachia, I decided this yesterday: After I finally graduate I'm moving to West Virginia, or a state similarly afflicted by mountain top removal, to work on reforestation of surface mines and fight against the demolition of our remaining mountains. I feel an obligation to help, to do something, anything, everything I can to stop it. So there. I'll be returning back east in a few years I think. To anyone who doesn't know a thing about Mountain Top Removal, go here:
May you be compelled to join the fight.
For now, I'm out.
Be thankful for your fortune, friends. I know I am.
love,
Jess
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