I am glad that things are returning to normal. For a long time I just put most of my thoughts into my personal journal at home because I figured it would be a waste of time to do it here.
I am going through a period of deep reflection right now. I have a neice in Tennessee that is getting married. A lot of my family has moved up that way already. I am really considering moving up that way. I think that anywhere near the Tenn/Georgia border would be ideal. Even though that is not the exact center of the country, it is close enough for me and besides, I get 31mpg with my pickup anyway.
The area down here is so fucked up. It is like the cities are all trying to "re-invent" themselves again like they did in the '80's.
It is all so damn stupid. What is really happening is that the cool, working class people that have a values system and make the best neighbors are being squeezed out to make room for the soul-less moneygrubbing yuppie scumbags that never stay in one place for more than five years anyway. Elegant old buildings are being razed in the downtown St. Pete area to make way for condominiums that no one will be living in six years from now.
The main thing that makes me want to move is just the plain old day to day shitty way that people treat each other down here. It is now common practice to see an accident and watch the car that got the least damage simply drive away. It is fucked up, and I am sick of having to live with it. There are simply too damn many people crammed onto too little land. I'll miss the beaches, the weather, the endless entertainment choices, etc, but in reality, quite a bit of the mid-west Florida that I miss simply is not there anymore.
