i went out drinking with the girls tonite. one of their friends came along later & i found myself having the most bizarre conversation with him.
he’s from melb but lived in nyc for about 6 years. while living there he had to come home for a bit & he hated being here. went bk to nyc & then decided to move back. he loves being back, of course. why? cause he surfs 2-3x a week, because he kite boards, blah blah @ some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. what does he miss about nyc? mexican food, the energy, the convieience of everything, the jazz scene.
he finds out i dont surf & i dont like nature & starts to counsel me. tell me how i should move bk to nyc as soon as i get the MBA done. that he can tell i’m a city girl & why live anywhere else than nyc if ur a city person.
and i found myself defending melbourne. but i was also wondering why i would want to stay here.
one thing that i think is probably a new york cultural thing is bitching about everything but not meaning it in a very negative way. on several occasions i’ve made statements about not liking something. how something sucks. whatever it is… london, a certain food, a bar. but that doesnt mean i hate london or whatever it is. and people that aren’t from nyc take that complaint to mean i HATE the place.
i started feeling like that tonite. that i had to defend my non-hatred of melbourne. weird.
maybe i need a list in my wallet that i can refer to for this sort of thing….
- the weather. it never gets too cold & if i want snow i can drive 2 hours & have it. there could be a few more sunny warm days though (see… there i go. nothing can be ‘good’ w/o having some sort of BUT to it).
- public art. there are a lot of sculptures & other public art in the city. randomly strew around. it’s pretty cool.
- the coffee. its sort of hard to get a bad cup of coffee here. possible but odds are you’ll get a good if not great one. they take coffee very seriously
ok. that’s it. bedtime.