This actually tracks pretty close to me when I lived in Troy, there wasn't much that interested me at all there except the book store and then I moved away and suddenly people started to invest in the downtown

how else am I to make new friends

Will you guys be letting in people with no knowledge of the world around them to ask "who?" or "wow you guys sure talk about this guy a lot"

I was thinking this morning "shit, I'm ready for a Bright Eyes concert but not a Conor Oberst concert", I need to catch up on his solo stuff

Mine face a church!

I never know how much the responsibility of what I do without clothes in my apartment falls on me or outside observers. It's a constant struggle because I don't like wearing clothes but also I have giant bay windows that face the street.

Troy is actually very cool and hip* these days! People have been putting a lot of work into revitalizing it and attracting younger people to the area.

won't you come outside, love, won't you come outside?

Hey that's fair, probably all of our boring upstate new york cities like to say "well at least we don't live in [mostly identical city]!" because we're insecure so… uh, hey, at least it's not Utica?

I mean, if I was living in Rochester maybe I would have had the ambition to leave the area I was born in ages ago. But Albany and the surrounding areas have been good to me - it's beautiful, there's three gay bars, it's very liberal, there's not an abundance of cultural events but there's always something if you're…

Well everyone else has good news this week so hey me too, I've been on three successful dates with a dude who is exactly my type physically and personality wise so… HEY I'm in a good mood

But…. you've been gone for 12 years….

STOP MAKING THAT SOUND

accurate

everyone I love always leaves me :( good bye, fly

I live in Albany, a very old and boring city in upstate New York and… I kind of love it to death. I don't really have any dreams or desire to move out of the area, at least long term. I know a real city would beat me up emotionally and financially so as much as I'd love to be a real new yorker once I know I would…

High five! Progress is slow but it comes eventually, it looks like. I think you and I were in the same boat at the same time earlier this year and look to be about in that same boat now just further up the river :)

[thinks deeply]

Andre was a young black Santa Claus, he didn't want to be like his daddy was

https://m.youtube.com/watch…