of course, there's the problem i've had for years. i was born on the west coast. grew up in the midwest. went to school in chicago. lived in new york. resided in DC.
but i could always fall back on the place i currently lived. the place i paid rent. where my car was registered. where i voted. where i paid taxes. but now that's over. my stuff lives in my parents' basement and closets. i sleep in a bed in chicago. my affiliation is with a school in DC. and in a week, i will physically be in Bolivia.
and so i stutter. i hesitate. i look to other people to answer for me. because i am no longer from anywhere. i am only to somewhere. to illinois. to chicago. a bolivia. and with my fromness, in a way, my history is obscured. if i'm not from dc, i have no school, i have no purpose.
leaving dc has been difficult. its the end of an era in a way. and i'm not sure i'm entirely ready for the next era. i'm hesitating about all kinds of things. but in a way, i suppose bolivia has come to symbolize a release. a relief. a place where i can just be. and there the answers are easy.
soy de los estados unidos.
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Yo it all depends on where you're formed. That's what people are trying to figure out about you. Do you have midwestern sensibility, pacific abandon, eastern withdrawl, texan regular drawl, southern hospitality, northern...je ne sais quois. Don't overthink it.
Now, considering both of our midwestern roots, I think it's safe to say Chicago when you are far away. People asking that question don't want a dissertation about the relative merits of State Farm or Steak'N'Shake, they're really just trying to brag about where THEY are from.
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