My friend, Suketu, an “old college buddy”, is in town and we’ve been spending some time this weekend exploring Austin. Yesterday we did UT, the capitol, and downtown. With those staples out of the way, today was time for the long-anticipated garden party at Jess & Stacy’s.
I love the Avenue H place. I even got to see inside my old apartment - there were a few “relics” from my prior tenancy: door beads, an iron star, and a broom! The sangria was superb. And I seemed to morph into one of those people who spends all her time at a party in front of the food platter. But it was all so good, I couldn’t help myself. And you can meet lots of people over food! Truth!
I think Suketu had a good time - he seems to think Austin is where it’s at, culture-wise, tech-wise, food-wise, and other -wises I’m probably not aware of. As for me, well, I’m just having fun being around a UIUC friend.
Undergrad was so special. Suketu reminds me of some excellent times, and it’s cool seeing him now, talking about school and life and mutual friends with more experiences under our proverbial belts. Suketu’s one of those friends who I can visit after a long hiatus, and it’s as if nothing has changed. I get kind of sad sometimes because I don’t feel that I took any friends like that away from grad school.
I can’t explain it (well, i probably can explain it but i just don’t want to); it’s the one major life experience I’ve had that came up socially empty. I can trace my past from high school, through college, through tulane, penn state, london, and i get a little warm in my heart when i think of my far flung but still close at heart friends. then i get to ut and i feel nothing. well, i feel something, but it’s not comraderie.
and yet here i am, back in austin, trying not to look back.
it’s best to just laugh!
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