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May 08, 2004
friends from reno, come to visit
so i just got done putting up drywall in matt's warehouse, station 40. it's so amazing to see 24 kids drilling, sawing, cutting, and nailing this converted post office into a living situation and community space. we all wrote messages on the studs before nailing up the drywall, words to the future.
so things have been going well, they're having a house meeting tomorrow to see if they'll accept me at the purple house where i've been staying. i'd get aaron's room, he'd move into kristy his girlfriend's room, and everyone's rent would be reduced. i think it's pretty probable they'll accept me, i've been a real good guest, not making messes or anything, and i've even cooked a few meals. plus my presence in the house, along with aaron and kristy, has helped provide a wealth of extra free food for everyone, and we all know how appreciated free food is. so cross your fingers for me about tomorrow. the rent would be cheap as hell, tons of food, and good people to live with and talk to.
i won't be at the meeting, i'll be meeting megan from ohio at the airport. she went home, and as promised is moving out here for good. she arrives around 4:40ish, i'm gonna help her lug her suitcase back out to the house. i might even get to meet my folks as they return from china, we'll see if the times coincide. i'm stoked to hear stories of their trip.
so last night daveo and rachel slackdog drove up from reno to see this band called pretty girls make graves. they were the first renoites i've seen since moving here. on the way to the show i thought a lot about what i've done since moving here, it's been an excellent first month all around. there have been times when i've been down, but those seem to be happening less and less, for which i'm thankful. mostly i love that every day has adventure to it. at work today i decided that the only thing i'm not happy about here, provided i get housing, is my work situation. but more about that later.
so i got off early to meet daveo and rachel. the first band i watched by myself, called seachange from somewhere north of london. i liked them live a lot, but got a cd and wasn't that impressed. oh well, supported their tour at least.
so i'm waiting outside, and here come my reno friends. it made me really happy to see them, they had had a hell of a drive getting here. apparently highway 80 was closed, so they did some crazy dirt road driving out by stampede reservoir to get into truckee and bypass the highway closure. i hadn't heard the fires had started so early this year, that sucks.
so we walked over to where their car was parked, and ran into jz gerze (sp?) and kara, an old school reno girl i didn't know was living here. that's the 3rd time i've ran into renoites up here, probably not the last.
the show was good, but better for me was talking to dave and slack. i worked on dave a bit to move up here, he seemed half interested. that would be rad, i totally want a posse for this summer and beyond. slack's still having trouble with her roommates, a perennial problem, but other then that they seemed to be doing very well. cept that daveo broke up with his girlfriend, but even that didn't phase him much.
we hung out till after the show was over, then they took off. riding home on my bike through the cold air, i loved that my return home wasn't 4 hours but instead 20 minutes. i felt bad that i did a little badmouthing of reno, that city is in my bones no matter what i do, but the truth is i'm not looking forward at all to my return visit in june. think i'll stay one night only, see some friends, watch my stepsister graduate, and get the hell out of there. that's still a month off though, so no sense thinking about it now.
so i had an interview with this lady who's doing a documentary, and we're gonna meet on tuesday, see if we work well together. if so, i might cut my waitering schedule back to make room for transcribing and translating her footage about chinese cubans that she took in cuba. it's an interesting project, could lead to better things.
so another good thing is that i haven't drank anything in about 6 days or so, it feels really good. before i came here i was on a super binge, and a few nights here i found myself staying out late, but now i've reined that in, focusing on doing more physical and community stuff. think i'm gonna even buy a new bike, a crazy fixed gear one, i think the money's worth it if i consider how it will make me enjoy riding bikes even more. it's a good life.
Posted by bendan at May 8, 2004 09:04 PM
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