not to toot my own horn, but i feel as though i have reached a major milestone in my life today. this morning, i picked up the keys and put down the first and last on a cozy little studio in berkeley. while this may seem to some an easy to achieve feat, to me it has been a long time in the making.
when i graduated from high school, my home turf was caught up in the dot.com boom, and rents were out of control. i remember at one time the only feasible option to me was to rent the closet in a friend of mine's room! crazy times. so, i left the californian motherland for pastures that weren't necessarily greener, but had cheaper rent. i found myself spending time in both athens, georgia and portland, oregon. while both these towns have a magic all their own, really nothing compares to the california state of mind.
so, i have made what i now can consider a triumphant return to the place of my birth. as my friend chris (who just moved to the intensely beautiful town of carmel valley) said to me a little bit ago: the california renaissance is beginning to bloom. flowerin'!
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