The Move to Boston
Meeting Laughing Boy
And more.

So I will officially be moving to Boston in 7 weeks. I've been in Austin for almost 5 years and I will be returning the sort of the "unknown known" I guess. People keep reminding me that nothing is forever and I can always come back. While I find some comfort in that, I am mostly afraid of somehow cementing my future into some kind of mediocrity while I am there. Of course I have to generate some kind of income once I move because I have debt and yet, I have not happened upon any promising leads and am idling in this idea of not working for a while. I really can't do that at all, but I keep holding onto it like I can. I don't want to make a mistake and end up 20 years later having slept through my days and weeks with no passion, no effect on my world, no thrill and no soul. Tritey McTriterton I know, but I am stymied. Then there's Laughing Boy. Real Name Ben Deyo. Waspy, red headed man of adventure, Pioneer of Urban Exploration and Editor of Jinx Magazine (biographical content might be a tad sketchy - there was some wine in a box at the party where we met and things got a little murky). Just for a visual, the man wears a navy sb suit with a white shirt and chartreuse tie to a South Austin house party. Are you feeling me? At any rate, despite his right wing tenets and conservative, County Club hipster appearance, he has spent the last several years challenging himself and what he knows about himself and the world: seeking thrills, adventure, infomration, history, closure, understanding (http://www.jinxmagazine.com/). He is 33. I am 31. I have never seeked adventure in this way or felt self important enough to even step out of the role of subordinate long enough to seek anything that matters to me in a fundamental way. I am a failure in this regard and I'm not sure if Boston is going to help that or encourage it. There's not anything more.