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4.25.2005

ive been back to complaining about ny
that it has turned into a city of bankers and lawyers.
that the grit and the noise that lured me here has been sterilized over the past few years.
and i have been talking about leaving again
nothing serious.
just that if i was going to go, now would be the time
and i would go to europe for a few years

but i was walking by isa the other day and there was a tee shirt in the window that read:

Keep
New York
City

and i started thinking that maybe leaving isn't the way to deal with it
maybe staying and continuing to create is whats going to do it.

the first time i remember coming to NYC was with my parents,
i was 9
i grew up a spit and a hop from the holland tunnel but that first time was the day my life changed.

when i came through the tunnel, it was the first time that i felt homeostasis
the static outside my head matched the static inside.

i knew that i would move here as soon as i was old enough
and thats what i did.

this summer it will be 15 years.
the 15 happiest and saddest and craziest and most creative and least inspired and wildest years of my life

so i bought the tee shirt.
and im not going anywhere

for now

.: posted by landry 5:28 PM