Just As I Thought

Dissing my old hood

Just got back from the theater, where we’re setting for tomorrow’s opening day at DC Shorts. Tired and hungry and formulating an opinion on whether or not I will end up returning to DC: short answer, no.
Heat and humidity… unbelievable traffic… packed like a sardine on Metro… fights on the street between an annoying saxophone busker who could only play the theme from Sanford and Son and a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair…
sigh.
I long for my quiet old San Jose neighborhood where I can sit in my backyard by the orange tree and look up at a clear sky with stars. While I can, because the cost of living there is insane. Now I know why.

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