gone and back

So for the last nearly two months I've tried really hard to write a substantive, interesting update about my new life in Seattle. I've failed continuously. I don't know what to say because I don't want to sound overly enthusiastic about my new life because I feel like it'd be a slap in the face of my friends back home. And I can't be that happy about being here just yet because a) the rain hasn't started and b) I haven't really made any friends yet.

I've been on imgur and instagram a lot lately. I feel, and perhaps many of you that frequent both might agree, that sometimes it's too difficult to explain what I'm doing and how I'm feeling through just words. Maybe the last four years of intense essay writing and reading dense, literature (think 18th century here, folks) have burnt me out on language. So I've been taking a lot of pictures.

I should admit, now, that I do genuinely dislike instagram but I feel like it's become the new facebook of sorts and many people close to me only use that app (and have deactivated their facebook accounts to boot). I usually post without filters. I don't know how to link my account just yet.

Anyway, back on track, I don't really have the words to explain how the last two months have been. So here are some pictures. I hope you get a sense of where I am and what I'm feeling.