5.23.01

signs i know i’m in idaho:

-no buffy channel, not even with cable.

-no sushi (would you eat raw fish that had to be driven here from the nearest ocean? me neither.)

-everything is CLOSED on sundays. i had forgotten what it’s like to live in a mormon-dominated town.

-i only saw two people who weren’t white all day yesterday.

-i actually saw a woman parking her horse in the 7-eleven parking lot last night. i’m not making this up.

it’s quiet here. when i wake up, i lay in bed and hear only the sound of birds chirruping – no traffic noise, no middle-of-the-night domestic disputes, no sirens – just silence and sounds of nature. don’t get me wrong, i live in a suburb, not in the forest or anything, but compared to my apartment in the haight, this is a little haven of green nature.