Since moving out of Boulder back in December, I have been coming back to the Denver/Boulder area at least once every couple of weeks. I love Boulder. I loved it when I lived here, and absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder. I was in Denver only three days ago hanging out with friends and playing at Water World (for the first time since I was a wee young lad), but already I am back down again. This time my excuse for coming down is to help Granny buy a new and hopefully much improved car. Every time I come back though it just makes me wish I were still living here and going to school. Sometimes when I'm here I like to come to campus and pose as a student. In fact, I'm sort of posing as a student right now since I am writing this from the UMC student center since Granny doesn't have internet. I'm even wearing my leather messenger bag just to help blend in, even though there's nothing in it. Maybe I'll come back tomorrow when there are actually students on campus. Maybe I'll ride my bike too fast around campus like the good old days. Who knows, maybe I'll even take it to the next step and go sit in on some big lecture class. Haha, well maybe I won't do that, but I will probably at least come hang out on campus for a bit tomorrow and soak in some student vibes.
School isn't the only thing I love about Boulder though. I also love things like the awesome bike paths. I love that people USE the bike paths. I love the trees. I love the old houses. I love the less-old, dumpier houses. I love all the young people. I even kind of like some of the old crazy people. I love that you can get print versions of The Onion. Oh, and the Flatirons, they're cool too.
Anyway... I think I'll go ride my bike around for a bit before it gets too dark out. Adios people!
1 comment:
Dustin,
it sounds to me like you need to get yourself back to living in Boulder. There's a lot to be said for living where you want.
I'm currently residing in Claremont, CA for grad school, but grad school's the only reason I want to be this close to the smog and traffic of LA. If driving buses for the Town of Vail is what is keeping you away from where you really love, that's easy to remedy. Now you have experience, maybe you can drive for the City of Boulder.
That's my two cents, because it really sounds like Boulder is the place for you.
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