An Update from the Front Range (695 hits)
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Submitted by OathMeal (View user info) at 2007-10-09 15:10:20 EDT
The drive was long and my left hand is calloused from having it rest on the steering wheel for hours at a time (especially through Kansas, where you can basically point your car west and fall the fuck asleep).
I made it, however. I'm here. The journey has been long and the new chapter in my life has started.
For those who don't know, I gave up a life in Atlanta to move out west. This wasn't some off-the-cuff idea I cooked up between bong hits: I took my time to plan out how this would work, who'd I'd stay with and how much money I'd need in a worst-case scenario.
No more furniture
No more dog
No more job
No more stability
No more certainty
No more peace of mind
No more complacency
No more settling for life in a shitty city with no hope for happiness
If you've ever risked everything you had in lieu of pursuing a dream, you know what I'm talking about. Right now, I've gone so far as to do just that, and the stage wherein I build a new life, here, amongst the Rocky Mountains, has begun.
Every morning I wake up to the sun cresting over long, spanning stretches of fruited land, casting it's glow across the glorious Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. The sky here is insanely blue. That's the best way I can put it. It's not enough to just call it 'sky blue' because it's more than that. The sky, the earth, the air and the people here are way more that just those things. They are complete, wholesome and real - a stark contrast to the fake, self-righteous profile of the city I left.
My life, for now, is lonely and empty in some regards; making friends and finding work will come with time. However, I now know that I am located exactly where I have longed to be ever since hearing stories about the glory of life here. The openness, the love for others and the soil, the palpable energy gushing from the frosted outcroppings of fault line fractures...
I fucking love it here, and I know it is here where I shall die, happy.
User Reviews
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-10 15:19:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-09 12:14:02 PDT (#)
Ranking: 2
You moved in with JGreening, didn't you?
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fuck BOb, you beat me to it...
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-10-10 12:57:10 EDT (#)
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good luck.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-10-10 09:07:30 EDT (#)
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Try real estate, the way things look where you're at it can only go up-hill.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-10 07:20:21 EDT (#)
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B/c I love the idea of just getting in the car, driving away, and leaving it all behind.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-10-10 03:34:00 EDT (#)
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Breezy.
Submitted by netimportant (user info) at 2007-10-10 02:05:04 EDT (#)
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This is basically what I dream about every day lately. Leaving everything behind, driving out to the southwest, and just being. It would be nice to have a companion, though. And I have about $400 to my name, so I'd be lucky if I could even afford the gas.
Submitted by Mrs.Somebody (user info) at 2007-10-10 01:22:43 EDT (#)
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Also, how the heck can you afford a computer and internet? If you're crashing at Grandma's then you're pumping your own *pioneer-spirit-and-a-dream-out-west* thing way out of proportion.
Submitted by Mrs.Somebody (user info) at 2007-10-10 01:16:05 EDT (#)
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I love the mountains too. They're about to get pretty cold pretty soon so I hope you solved the whole "jobless hobo" thing. If not, keep going west. I'd be a beach hobo in SoCal over an icy blue corpse any day!
Submitted by Kaelic (user info) at 2007-10-10 00:25:51 EDT (#)
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Whoa! what the fuck?
I just realized ... you got rid of your dog? What the fuck, dude? I expected better from you.
Submitted by jamowilly40 (user info) at 2007-10-09 21:26:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-10-09 20:39:30 EDT (#)
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Re: comment below - He didn't move to Kansas, you vapid hosebag.
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*sigh*
Good times.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-10-09 20:39:30 EDT (#)
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Re: comment below - He didn't move to Kansas, you vapid hosebag. He moved to the Rocky Mountains. Learn to read, and study a US map while you're at it.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-09 20:17:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by pshuu (user info) at 2007-10-09 19:53:03 EDT (#)
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"No more furniture
No more dog
No more job
No more stability
No more certainty
No more peace of mind
No more complacency
No more settling for life in a shitty city with no hope for happiness"
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None of these things change just because you move. Congratulations, you have now chosen Kansas as the perfect spot to generate new problems and find new sources of anxiety. Kansas is boring as hell, too. It's the place I would choose as being the polar opposite of Atlanta. But you could have moved to Asheville, NC. It's a small place at (basically) the base of a mountain. Just as beautiful as being out in Kansas, minus the tornados. You get snow in the winter, good rain, the economy isn't horrible. You would have been able to go on doing whatever it is that you do for a living out in Asheville. You could have made a wiser choice and moved somewhere closer with fewer natural disasters... of course from what i'm reading... not much of what you say or do makes sense... so I might just be asking too much of you.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-10-09 19:33:14 EDT (#)
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i really have a good laugh to myself when people look for the solution to their miseries and frustrations and complaints outside of themselves. meaning: you'll have a whole NEW set of complaints and frustrations and miseries when the shiney newness wears off. and probably most of the old ones too.
i'm happy your dog is in a better place. i like dogs.
Submitted by DCWoody (user info) at 2007-10-09 19:31:34 EDT (#)
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I don't need to know
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-10-09 18:35:43 EDT (#)
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You have the worlds smallest penis.
Submitted by TechnoRatty (user info) at 2007-10-09 18:30:30 EDT (#)
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Good Luck, hope your happy and stuff!
Submitted by jpk34359 (user info) at 2007-10-09 18:07:46 EDT (#)
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Well done. Welcome to wonderland. You are hereby directed to:
Fish;
Camp;
Float;
Hike;
And generally enjoy life in the Rockies. Please respect the environment and pack out what you packed in, plus some.
Carry on
Submitted by nicballs (user info) at 2007-10-09 17:38:00 EDT (#)
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For having the fortitude to go off like that...
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-10-09 17:20:52 EDT (#)
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i moved 14000 km east.
im still here
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2007-10-09 16:26:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:34:26 EDT (#)
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No more furniture
No more dog
No more job
No more stability
No more certainty
No more peace of mind
No more complacency
No more settling for life in a shitty city with no hope for happiness
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Good luck with all that.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-10-09 16:01:09 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:58:23 EDT (#)
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very brave.
I hang out with a guy who moved over from england about a year ago. He made friends the traditional english way - picked a local pub and went to it every single day.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:57:15 EDT (#)
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Okay, so what's the plan?
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:53:27 EDT (#)
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good good,
poor dog...did you sell him to an NFL star in atlanta?
Just kidding, best of luck.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:50:24 EDT (#)
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Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:12:54 EDT (#)
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No matter where you go, there you are.
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*whistles a catchy tune*
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:42:24 EDT (#)
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You gave up your dog?!?!
Fucked up man...
good Luck.
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:39:11 EDT (#)
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Good Luck.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:34:26 EDT (#)
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No more furniture
No more dog
No more job
No more stability
No more certainty
No more peace of mind
No more complacency
No more settling for life in a shitty city with no hope for happiness
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Good luck with all that.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:31:56 EDT (#)
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The "Feds" taught me about IP #'s.
I still don't know what they mean, though.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:25:13 EDT (#)
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Shlongy, knowledgable on computers and IP address tracking?
IT'S A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:23:35 EDT (#)
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Maybe you should revenge yourself on JayPig. Just a thought.
We watched a scared-straight video in school today about the dangers of steroid abuse, complete with shots of bulged-up biceps and after-pictures of flabby man tits and shrunken genitals...I thought of you!
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:20:15 EDT (#)
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Sounds like a big lie, to me.
Your IP # still says "Shithole, Atlanta, Georgia".
Submitted by Sinistral (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:17:11 EDT (#)
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Congratulations
On a totally separate note, this post reminded me of the user CoMountain, whose only post I remember is http://www.ubersite.com/m/87197
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:16:30 EDT (#)
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is the grass greener? if it is just wait cause it does end up being very brown there.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:14:02 EDT (#)
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You moved in with JGreening, didn't you?
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:13:12 EDT (#)
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hate to tell you, but just because you're further from familiar people, doesn't mean people stop sucking.
Submitted by triangle_man (user info) at 2007-10-09 15:12:54 EDT (#)
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No matter where you go, there you are.