Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004
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round two
a friend asked me what the most traumatic moment in my life was. i really couldn’t come up with an answer.“my parents divorce?”it was a question and i dont even know if it’s the real answer. i haven’t really experience much trauma, have i? i’ve been fairly lucky. so second round: fate 2 – liz…
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last words
i dunno. i guess it all makes sense. this is what i’ve been talking about.i’m not feeling very profound. i’m not feeling much of anything still…this has been a slow, drawn out thing and it still is.so… ‘have a safe flight’ and ‘good luck’…
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where you from?
so i’m go-go dancing for the last time (for a while) in a NYC club and this guy leans up to me and asks me where i’m from and as i begin to mouth, ‘staten island,’ i had a last minute change of heart and i smile and i tell him, ‘israel’, and he goes,…
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lizrael update – leads
currently, the situation is as follows: leads on apartmentsleads on jobsleads on friendsleads on adventuresa plane ticket
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prediction
soon your night will be my morning and life will go on.
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reign of terror from a child's mouth
So here’s the problem. You’ve been training for pain management since you were fourteen and learning how to express your feelings in new ways. Technological advances like razors and parker pen clips on the back of a yellow school bus. But you’ve graduated since then. Twice. You’ve moved on. You’re not angry, you’re not pained…
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dont get all monica on me. too late.
dream i had last night: so for some god weird ass reason, i was invited to bill clinton’s house to discuss conflict management or something… so i get there and we start meeting a few times a week. ok so he would be really casual in like shorts and a tennis shirt and wed sit…
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life, dream, realization (2)
it’s just that i haven’t felt not-invincible in the last coupla years until like a few hours ago.
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life, dream, realization
what if i got killed before i made it to israel? i never really thought or cared about this stuff but suddenly, i realized, i’m actually fulfilling something i chose to commit to, and if i didn’t make it, i’d have lived unrealized and that would just be so sad.
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the things i lose
bagels.green and white street signs.skyscrapers.brook-len.hip hop.bodegas.beastie boys.christmas.catholic school uniforms.new jersey turnpike.window shopping.labor day.snowstorms.
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city stars
window lights are city stars that have led me here – awaystars that carry, stars that mend; city stars never sway.i peer across city stars; behold the city of Roamthrough car windows i see stars; above green stars pointing home.these stars are where my trust was born; these stars will carry throughbut soon the stars…
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feeling right
as i was walking towards the post office, for a split second i felt like i was in israel – it smelled right, it looked right, it felt right- you know what i mean? and then i walked inside, and the line was out the door, and it just made me smile cuz i felt…
Questions? Comments? Advice?