Thank you. I just came back to the Los Angeles two days ago to meet my baby niece from London. It was strange being in London while riots were happening and yet I still gelt safer there - watching videos of a man pulling a chainsaw out of his car and running at a Muslim couple with it in a gas station - than I feel here. There is such a sweet sadness to being here, a home that doesn't feel like home, in an election that doesn't see us, not really.
this was great to read. I've lived in the US for a year and I realized recently that each new friendship, each lover, the connections that usually make me secure about my future in a place, feel bittersweet because I can't imagine growing old in this country. Too many guns, not enough social safety nets. And while I love each day here, it feels scary to add them up into years.
Thank you. I just came back to the Los Angeles two days ago to meet my baby niece from London. It was strange being in London while riots were happening and yet I still gelt safer there - watching videos of a man pulling a chainsaw out of his car and running at a Muslim couple with it in a gas station - than I feel here. There is such a sweet sadness to being here, a home that doesn't feel like home, in an election that doesn't see us, not really.
Ah. Yes. And those riots broke my heart.
this was great to read. I've lived in the US for a year and I realized recently that each new friendship, each lover, the connections that usually make me secure about my future in a place, feel bittersweet because I can't imagine growing old in this country. Too many guns, not enough social safety nets. And while I love each day here, it feels scary to add them up into years.
Thank you Julien, I feel that so deeply.