5/26/07

rage is good has moved to wisconsin

so, i'm doubtful anyone checks this anymore b/c it's been, oh, EIGHT months since i last posted anything (and that last post was itself an apology for not posting anything in a while). i'm lame. i got busy. what can i say.

well, i can say this. rage is good has moved north. we left alabama behind to simmer it its own red dust, and high-tailed it to a state that is technically the midwest, but try telling that to the suthnuhs back home. this is north of oklahoma. therefore, this is the north.

and i gotta say. there's a hell of a lot less to be rageful about here. j and i were talking with our new neighbors and they were complaining about things like how sometimes the cars don't always respect the cyclists in the bike paths. and they went on and on about the travesty of the situation, while we were grinning like idiots and thinking, "bike paths?! they have bike paths here?!?" (and dog parks and organic gardens and people with green hair working at the FedEx, and gay people everywhere.)

someone else we met recently lamented that living here, in this city-so-blue-it's-blinding, was like living in a bubble. "it's sooo not the mainstream," this person said. and j and i were like, "exactly!! we need the bubble! bring on the bubble!!!" we're walking around with our mouths hanging open. seriously. drooling on the tofu at the co-op. it's embarassing.

but i'm sure we can get into some trouble here, too. maybe no horn ladies protesting outside of the abortion clinic. but something equally as entertaining.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It sounds like you guys have found your own version of Heaven on earth. I know I felt similarly when I moved away from Arkansas after 18 years. Looking forward to hearing about all your wonderful new adventures. Next time your town troubadour comes walking by, you should invite him up for a drink and have J join him in a little strumming time! :)

fuquinay said...

I am thinking of moving my SUV-drivin' ass to Wisconsin, home of Willy Porter and summerfest and a better quality of life. Don't know when it'll happen. But we're thinking about it.

Carrie said...

no way! please come. we have FABULOUS VEGAN CAKE HERE, around the corner from my house.