today, i ate at least 5 chocolate-covered mint oreos, which cherith brought me from the army base in daegu. they were good with just milk, but would have been better with a woody allen movie and someone to spill crumbs on.
i moved into my new apartment on the same day i turned 24, which i think is probably significant. like a fresh start. seoul kind of makes me feel queasy and uncomfortable now, but suwon feels like the kind of adventure you want to go on when you're 24. i think even kaji likes it better. she seems less wary and more playful.
it seems strange to me how little i have thought about home. the trees in asheville will be just starting to change, and the air will have that indescribable smell... that smell i have tried for years to put a name to, only to be left with the impression of memories... pumpkins and hayrides, soulfully blue skies, dry grass, and the changing leaves. i hate to be away from asheville in the fall. but what is so much worse, i have forgotten the life i had there. i know it was so specific - i did certain things, felt certain ways, knew certain people. but now it feels like a movie i watched months ago and half-asleep.
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