vela:
It’s funny how people don’t understand how pretty the South really is. That’s fine, more for us, right? Oh and KBels, I’m also stuck in Florida.It sho nuff is tough living down chere in Wilmington among them thar st00pid southerners…I was just talking about how this was my IDEAL place to live. And then I got sad and looked at apartments and they seem to be fairly reasonable, so then I looked for jobs and it appears there are none (at least on craigslist). Either way, I’m trapped even further South for what appears to be the rest of my life (thanks, following your heart, you fucking jerk). I’m thinking about getting some acid wash jeans, smoking marb reds, and neglecting to condition my hair on a regular basis just to rebel and fit in with the nice people at Walmart.
I hate your face, Florida.
it IS such a wonderful place to live! decent cost of living, amazing weather, the arts, the movie and tv industry, endless gorgeous scenery… but it is a tough job market (cos everyone wants to live here!). I am so lucky I got my teaching job when I did.
The good thing is you can always make a ton of money waiting tables in the summers thanks to the tourists at the beach. I had to fall back on that last summer and made as much as I did teaching!
if you can get here, do.
I earned my MFA at UNC Wilmington. Lived in a house with a historical marker announcing it as the location of the first death from yellow fever, back in the day. I wasn’t happy there.
